One of the RW forum people in Bristol bravely invited us to "warm" his new flat.
It was an excellent party, with just the right mix of seeing people I know, and meeting new people. The first face-to-face meeting with people I've seen online is always fascinating. Usually they are about how they seemed online, but there's something extra (obviously) in meeting them in real life. I think that's what makes the RW forum so successful.
Good news from some people (TT doesn't have MS); good conversation; and I learned some new Korean recipes (and something about Chinese food). There were a lot of pirates there (i.e. the triathlon types) and lots of talk about bikes and pedals and stuff.
The host had a suspiciously large collection of spirits and liqueurs (like about 30 full size bottles) and was making concoctions of fruit juice and/or cream with about six shots in them -- absolutely lethal. Kids eh? I stuck to the Stella.
The star of the show was undoubtedly Marvin the cat - a cat of a colour I've never seen before, and brave enough not to hide from all the strange new people. Here he is getting a drink from the bathroom tap.
His colour is much nicer than it looks in the photo. It's all silver, no brown in it.
