The stadium was half empty at game time on a surprisingly sunny day, and Pettitte was given a pleasant little reception when he took the mound shortly after 1 p.m.
And Forte was taking his hosting duties seriously, welcoming friends and guests to United Talent Agency's pristine screening room, offering a few introductory remarks ("Oh... I was told you were allowed to record it... wait, now I'm being told... ..) and even directing people to the bathroom during a pleasant, low-key reception following the film.
The lobby is glass and marble, and behind the reception desk a pleasant young man answers the telephone.
When we returned to the lobby, a pleasant young woman at the reception desk explained that the hotel had not yet published a rate list.
The reception, he said, has been a pleasant surprise – comments from people whose own childhood memories are stirred by the images.
A woman whose daughter is being married invited several hundred people to a reception at her house in a pleasant western suburb of Jerusalem.
Sipping elegantly on a glass makes the endless tedious waiting around while trying to get WiFi reception before the shows start almost pleasant.
As guests arrive or depart the ceremony or reception, why not let wind chimes provide that pleasant background tinkle that soothes and comforts the soul?
Nov. 11 through Dec. Reception: Nov. 11, 4 to 7 p.m. WAE Center, 270 Pleasant Valley Way.
"The other day they gave me a reception I didn't expect and it was very pleasant because they recognise that although there have been problems, the job has been done," he said.
Beyond the reception area was a courtyard filled with rubber plants and ferns, totally silent but for the pleasant fountain in the middle.
