
That's me over there on the right, getting right into character as Huges Le Grandbutte, Deputy Major of Casablanca. I'm accompanied by my glamorous wife (and one time star of the Parisian stage) Edith. You might take particular note of the slippers, a critical element of any mayoral dinner suit.
I've uploaded some photos, as has Linda. Enjoy the costumes!
We all toasted in the New Year with a first sampling of the rumtopf - mixed with champagne, naturally. Based on this initial experience plus a couple more samplings since, I've learned a few things:
- Rum is quite strong
- A strawberry can suck up a surprising amount of rum
- Champagne may take the bite out of the rum but it doesn't really temper the impact to any great extent
- Nectarines should be quartered, not halved
- Rumtopf is very nice with ginger ale or ice cream (or possibly both, though we haven't tried that yet)
To close, here's a shot (courtesy of Linda) of her and Jelte enjoying a midnight tipple.

2 comments:
So, how come it took 3 days to update your blog. Was it to do with developing all the photos!!!! Glad the party was a great success.
M&D
@M&D: How come it took three days? You don't want to rush things so early in the new year...
As a footnote, Rob has uploaded some more cracking photos including a fantastic one of Martin.
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