Texas U
A sampling of what was on offer for the Texas football game night - the game was cancelled due to the hurricane but there was plenty of food and fantastic mojiots to entertain in its absence.

The flour tortillas were home made - did you know that there is lard in the ingredients? Apparently a lot more than we thought. I thought tortillas and chapatis were just made out of flour, water and salt? The chapati recipe I remember is flour, oil, warm water and salt. I guess that's what makes the tortillas fluffier.

I had a small scoop of the re-fried beans as was on a plane the next day and didn't want to have any embarrassing wind emissions. Off to sample some Scottish haggis...adios amigos.

Cocktail anyone?After an afternoon skating at Somerset House - or I would say watching the Brits; perform some acrobatic falls, do the hanging onto the ledge skate and wobble along precariously, we had mulled wine at Somerset House and then went for happy hour drinks at a bar in Covent Garden. It was the night of our work Christmas party and the bartender was probably overwhelmed when 25 of us piled into the bar and the boss ordered 100 drinks at once -half were mojitos and the other half were some kind of grapefruit cocktail. Happy Hour only lasts til 7pm you know?

Loungers really know how to have a party! After drinks we went onto Guanabara for some Brazilian food, music and dance lessons. A great night out! Hope everyone's work Christmas party was as fab as ours.