hello 2005
Happy new year, everyone.To call new years eve 'fun' would be an understatement. A group of us met for pre-dinner drinks, which turned out to be a largely unsuccessful affair as bars were charging obscene £15 cover fees. (Instead we ended up at an unassuming, quiet pub filled with drunk old men.) Dinner was lovely - definitely the sexiest, most atmospheric restaurant we have ever been to. We had a round of cocktails at the bar, and by the time we had decided on a bottle of dinner wine it was already 23:06, so our far-fetched idea of making it to the river in time to catch the fireworks was altogether dispelled. At the end of the meal we were suitably tipsy, and remained at the restaurant till past 2 a.m. I'm not sure whose clever idea it was to play spin the bottle (rather, spin the wine glass), but it did include some rather scandalous behaviour of which there exists photographic evidence - coming soon to a Statistical Science common room near you, no doubt.
We did manage to stumble over to the riverside nonetheless, to enjoy the sights and join the other revellers in a state of collective drunkenness. There was this one bloke - a friend of a friend - who had spent the evening with us, and we got on very well. At 5 a.m. he walked me home, and I will say little else except that he gave me an extremely memorable farewell (not to mention his mobile number), right in the middle of the pavement on a deserted street. Cheeky bugger.
L'Esthete @ 16:23
