Purple clothes, drinks and more...

Sorry readers it has been a hectic week and not much time at home or near the computer to post, I actually have a job now?! It does truly interfere with my spare time though... :)

Worked on the Girls Aloud private gig at Sketch on Conduit Street last week (their website is quite cool). It was an event to launch the new purple Samsung F210 phone and it was purple power all night! The girls looked fab in their purple outfits and the venue was set up to be a mini concert venue - great job Olivia! There were purple cocktails and lovely canapes passed around but unfortunately the life of a PR gal is not to sip cocktails and eat the food but to work the event.

So will have to wait for pics of the food and get the recipes for some of the lovely purple signature cocktails that were created. Other food related bits about the day are during media interviews the girly group were housed at the Westbury Hotel in Mayfair and journalists awaited their turn to interview the girls in the hotel's lobby bar - The Polo Bar. I recall eating some lovely crisps -hand cooked sweet potato chips, small salty biscuits and other cocktail-y nibbles that were great. Again no time for pics but you can imagine what a swanky hotel bar would bring out. The Polo Bar's menu online also looks delicious - need to find an expense account to take me there for a grand lunch!

I did have dinner at Sketch a while back and can't remember what the food actually tasted like but the atmosphere is like no other, especially the toilets which remind you of Mork and Mindy's egg shaped space vehicle.

Will post more pics and some info on the purple themed cocktails if anyone of the team stopped and actually drank one! By the time I was ready for a glass of champers the bar was dry.

OMG great food at the festOh my golly, the food at V-fest was great!

It wasn't the burgers and dogs they were selling, it was the catering by Rustico Fine Foods that we loved. We had VIP passes to the fest which we loved. We were on a viewing platform (see pic) and we saw the concerts with no heads blocking our view or any elbows or sweaty fans rocking the party next to us. It was all very civilized. The best part of the VIP treatment was the food catered by Rustico Fine Foods...oh, and the VIP ferry.

Our menu on day one consisted of a lovely green bean dish with beef medallions, jerk chicken and salmon in a coconut sauce and on day two we had a tandoori chicken, roasted lamb and a chick pea salad and chick pea ratatouille-like dish. On both days there were lovely salads with vinaigrette dressing and sweet potato chips - yum! All dishes were served with lovely mango and other chutneys. I think there was more on the menu but will have to check with my partner in crime as she raved about the food as much as I did (and she has a better memory!)

I would definitely check out their catering services if you are looking for a caterer. I think we met Andrew Underwood the executive chef and partner in the business... we told him how much we enjoyed our dinners on both days.

It was a great weekend and it's oh so nice when you get that extra special treatment and a fantastic meal!

The only thing was that we could not have any alcoholic drinks on the viewing platform - for reasons that I could not comprehend?!? (I think there are too many health and safety laws in Canada) See pic. of Ranoush sneaking a sip of her beer. So wild and dangerous, non? ;)