Peruvian bananas...

Today my bananas are from ecuador. Yesterday they were columbian. Not sure if there is a message in that, but it certainly makes a difference from the boring origins when I was living in London. Not sure where my apple is from - it just says Fenix so perhaps it is shy...

I am recovering still from last night (and the night before and the night before). Last night I crashed some very exciting drinks at Park Avenue Cafe, which were hosted by KPMG in advance of an infrastructure conference on in NY this week. I hasten to add I did go with someone who was invited, but that is not always enough to get you in. As we had fortified ourselves with a bottle of Pinot Grigio before arriving an hour fashionably late, we swept in ready to take the room by storm. Not hard when the room is full of men who do infrastruture. Lets just say that these are not the Liam Neesons of the structured finance game, or even the Brad Pitts (although after a few drinks there were a few would-be Casanovas, particularly one that I shall refer to as Lister for those who are familiar with Red Dwarf). Another great thing about New York, the nibblies at drinks nights are nothing like the nibblies at London drinks nights. In London you either hover near the kitchen door, or resign yourself to the fact that the trays that come out every 10 minutes or so are emptied by the one group of guys there who can hoover anything within seconds. No no, in NY the trays of food never stop, a continuous flow, with so much that they usually go back to the kitchens with some leftovers! And the food was GOOD - mini filet mignons, sushi, blinis, cold pea soup (actually very nice) and gazpacho served in shot glasses, lobster dumplings, chicken wontons etc etc. I ate like a pig, drank like a fish, allowed the Casanovas to paw and simper as I impressed everyone with my newly acquired (over a bottle of Pinot Grigio) infrastructure credentials, and then jumped in a taxi and Cinderella'd home at about 10:30pm!
On other exciting news, I have still not found a clothes drying rack ...No time tonight - I am checking out my local Italian with a friend, and then hopefully having enough time to do some shopping on the way home, as I am out of milk.