Social butterfly
My week-end flew in a whirlwind of social activities.
The lovely Richard/aka Ricardo/aka bazanges arrived on Friday afternoon; later we were joined by our neighbours Sim and Peter for dinner.
Adrian (london1952 ) cooked a fantastic meal: retro prawn cocktail, followed by an Indian main course (bengali-style fish with warm sweetcorn and mustard and watercress and... salad) and an exotic dessert (kulfi - sort of Indian ice-cream/pannacotta).
It was all delicious, and so was the company.
Lazy morning on Saturday, followed by some shopping in Bromley.
Later, Miranda and Lynne came round for dinner. It was my turn to cook.
Sadly. my focaccia which I have successfully baked for years didn't rise for the second time in a row and I had to throw it away.
At least penne alla carbonara turned out just fine, and dessert (cherry meringue pots) was a success too.
Dinner was followed by sinful chocolates and a round of Sybarit.
Yesterday the three of us spent a fun afternoon in Ealing, at David and Robert's. Lunch was had and the 5 of us lost count of the numbers of bottle of wine that were emptied (my estimate is 9).
It's somewhat hard to be back at work today after such a busy and fun week-end (no, not because I have a hangover - saint Franco of Penge only had a couple of glasses of wine yesterday)
Still I can daydream, cannot I?
Plus in a few hours I'll see Adrian's sweet face again (and Ricardo too! - as he extended his London sojour till Wednesday). Yay!
The lovely Richard/aka Ricardo/aka bazanges arrived on Friday afternoon; later we were joined by our neighbours Sim and Peter for dinner.
Adrian (london1952 ) cooked a fantastic meal: retro prawn cocktail, followed by an Indian main course (bengali-style fish with warm sweetcorn and mustard and watercress and... salad) and an exotic dessert (kulfi - sort of Indian ice-cream/pannacotta).
It was all delicious, and so was the company.
Lazy morning on Saturday, followed by some shopping in Bromley.
Later, Miranda and Lynne came round for dinner. It was my turn to cook.
Sadly. my focaccia which I have successfully baked for years didn't rise for the second time in a row and I had to throw it away.
At least penne alla carbonara turned out just fine, and dessert (cherry meringue pots) was a success too.
Dinner was followed by sinful chocolates and a round of Sybarit.
Yesterday the three of us spent a fun afternoon in Ealing, at David and Robert's. Lunch was had and the 5 of us lost count of the numbers of bottle of wine that were emptied (my estimate is 9).
It's somewhat hard to be back at work today after such a busy and fun week-end (no, not because I have a hangover - saint Franco of Penge only had a couple of glasses of wine yesterday)
Still I can daydream, cannot I?
Plus in a few hours I'll see Adrian's sweet face again (and Ricardo too! - as he extended his London sojour till Wednesday). Yay!