4 of us from work went out last night for the latest round of my continuing leaving party. This was round 5 from work. The previous rounds consisted of:
1. Long boozy lunch at Plateau in Canary Wharf
2. Lunch an Ubon in Canary Wharf
3. Dinner at Aubergine in Chelsea
4. another lunch at Plateau
Its been a fine time indeed. Last night we went to the Oxo Tower for a quick cocktail, followed by dinner at Tas in Waterloo. It'd been a while since I'd been to Tas, but it was as good as ever, always worth a trip, and always such incredibly great value. We had the £10 set menu plus a couple of extra mains cos we were feeling. (You can see the photos of the food in flickr). So after a couple of bottles of wine we piled into the Wellington pub just opposite Waterloo and then got a bit outrageous drinking all sorts shots late into the evening. By the end all semblance of respectability had been dropped and we were drining black vodka, absynth, whiskey, and aftershock (washed down with a few fosters for Dom with typical Aussie style). What we didn;t realise was that they have a late licence there now - so we didn;t get chucked out til after midnight, by which point we were a bit of a state, and I had to jump in a taxi all the way home.
Frankly though a great evening, and that's what leaving parties should be about.
Parts 6 and 7 of the leaving do are to follow next week, with part 7 being the final blow out with the majority of my colleagues next Friday night in Canary Wharf. This time I've got a hotel room booked......
Categories: londonlife
Friday, March 24, 2006
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
House Hunting in Stockholm
Here's a picture of Sigtuna, which is the oldest recorded settlement in Sweden. Its about 25 minutes north of central Stockholm and is currently our favourite town that we'd like to try and get a house in next month. This picture is taken from a walking / skating track which has been cut into the frozen lake next to the town. We were out walking on Sunday afternoon with all the locals, who were out taking a stroll.
Categories: stockholmlife
Categories: stockholmlife
A weekend in Spain
Me, Tom, James, Jon and Steve all went to the Oliva at the weekend to celebrate James' imminent wedding. We all stayed in Jon's fantastic house in the old town. Unfortunately I forgot to take my camera, but here's a picture that Steve took last year from the roof terrace overlooking the town. We had a fantastic time and basically spent 48 hours eating and drinking. It was also pretty great to see everyone together in an easy relaxed environment before my imminent departure to Sweden.
Categories: friends
Categories: friends
Thursday, March 16, 2006
yet more domain reorganisations
due to bloggers' inability to publish active FTP - I've had to move all the domains back to blogspot again. Also Borrowlodge is now closed and forwarding to globalgoat.
If you want to see the wedding photo archive you need to be invited as a contact to view my private flickr archive. (The main public flickr archive is available by clicking on the link in the side bar.) If you want me to invite you, then email me at flickr@globalgoat.com.
Categories: blogging
If you want to see the wedding photo archive you need to be invited as a contact to view my private flickr archive. (The main public flickr archive is available by clicking on the link in the side bar.) If you want me to invite you, then email me at flickr@globalgoat.com.
Categories: blogging
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Here's some pictures of my journey to work
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