Month: May 2003

…or rather back to home, and now back to work. I could happily have had another day off and relaxed/scummed around the flat/slept, but…never mind. Schlepped myself and the laptop collection back into work this morning – will the bloodmarks on my shoulders ever heal? I’ll fill in the details for the remaining days shortly,… Continue reading PALM BEACH: Back to back…

Last night was Ben’s final night in the UK before returning to Beijing, and what a night! Had the pleasure of meeting the lovely Wei at last – good work, Ben! ;O) at the Maple Leaf, Covent Garden. If you haven’t yet been, go! This Canadian pub hosts different theme/promotion nights: every Monday being chicken… Continue reading Saving the best ’til last

You are quite clearly missing Amal Shawarma, Mr Fryer! Don’t worry though: whilst you’re having withdrawal symptons and are consoling yourself with american burgers, I’ve been having your portions too – had a speciality chicken shish taouk on Friday night and another on Saturday night…..mmmm !!!

Can’t remember much about Monday! Lots of meetings, lots of meeting prep and presentation stuff, then rehearsals and updates to the presentations in the main room ’til silly o’clock in the morning. I had a pizza at 2am, which iks normally the sign of a good night. Not this time tho – much presentations and… Continue reading PALM BEACH: Monday update

I bet Lou is loving this…food update for day 3 involved a burger in the poolside bar/restaurant – with brie and forest mushrooms. As ever, very nice, and got chatting with the manager who is from York (non-UK residents – York is in the north east of England). She’d recognised my accent as being northern… Continue reading PALM BEACH: Food update – Sunday