On the Monday after Thanksgiving, I dropped Don & Cathy at the train station and then headed straight to the hotel around the corner to pick up another Cathy -- this one married to John. John is D's boss, the CEO of the company, and he was in town for meetings with D, his team, and some customers. Cathy accompanied him, and since we've known each other for 10 years she and I set aside the week to "play". This Cathy is a shopper, and a collector, so I laid out a plan at the beginning of the week that maximized Cathy's exposure to stores selling things she loves -- with some other fun activities thrown in. We spent Monday in the little town of Arundel (named after the Arundel family, as is the Maryland county we live in), where we found lots of antique stores filled with fun pieces. On Tuesday we went to Winchester, where Cathy saw the Cathedral for the first time and then we enjoyed the Christmas market and the High Street stores. On Wednesday we took the train into London, where we had a fabulous fancy lunch (and I got to practice my Italian on the entirely Italian wait staff!) and then saw a West End production of "Breakfast at Tiffany's". We had 2nd row seats -- which gave us a great view of the full frontal nudity (both female and male) --woo! THAT was a surprise! On Thursday we went to Brighton, where we walked the seaside in a brisk wind, dodging raindrops, before heading into Brighton's fantastic old shopping district, known as The Lanes. And on Friday we visited Guildford, where we went to department stores and specialty shops and had coffee in a tiny cafe. Friday night was the office Christmas party (I'll be posting separately about that soon!) -- this shot was taken at the end of a long night of dancing and merriment -- we're all looking a little worse for wear. But a good time was had by all!
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
First Don & Cathy, Then John & Cathy
On the Monday after Thanksgiving, I dropped Don & Cathy at the train station and then headed straight to the hotel around the corner to pick up another Cathy -- this one married to John. John is D's boss, the CEO of the company, and he was in town for meetings with D, his team, and some customers. Cathy accompanied him, and since we've known each other for 10 years she and I set aside the week to "play". This Cathy is a shopper, and a collector, so I laid out a plan at the beginning of the week that maximized Cathy's exposure to stores selling things she loves -- with some other fun activities thrown in. We spent Monday in the little town of Arundel (named after the Arundel family, as is the Maryland county we live in), where we found lots of antique stores filled with fun pieces. On Tuesday we went to Winchester, where Cathy saw the Cathedral for the first time and then we enjoyed the Christmas market and the High Street stores. On Wednesday we took the train into London, where we had a fabulous fancy lunch (and I got to practice my Italian on the entirely Italian wait staff!) and then saw a West End production of "Breakfast at Tiffany's". We had 2nd row seats -- which gave us a great view of the full frontal nudity (both female and male) --woo! THAT was a surprise! On Thursday we went to Brighton, where we walked the seaside in a brisk wind, dodging raindrops, before heading into Brighton's fantastic old shopping district, known as The Lanes. And on Friday we visited Guildford, where we went to department stores and specialty shops and had coffee in a tiny cafe. Friday night was the office Christmas party (I'll be posting separately about that soon!) -- this shot was taken at the end of a long night of dancing and merriment -- we're all looking a little worse for wear. But a good time was had by all!
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