She delicately selected a glass of champagne from the waiter’s tray. A vigorous celebration was in full swing in the newly restored banquet hall. The energy of optimistic decadence pulsed all around her. Beautifully intricate metal panels lined the walls, and quick flits of green and gold reflected off the decorative silvery grey surface. She was very familiar with architecture of the early 1900s from college and she delighted in knowing that these shining monoliths were cast in nickel silver. She thought it was symbolically the perfect alloy for that time-period with its ambitious flash.