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A brush with politics
Jan. 30th, 2010 06:45 pmJust back from my high school reunion in Glasgow last night — as usual, not great food, but good company (sitting between Gareth, an old acquaintance who is now a jeweler, and Mike Thomson, Finance Project Manager at DC Thomson).
The guest speaker was "Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton", a former Cabinet member. Probably the most memorable moment was his reference to having "achieved something no other Cabinet member, in either the Blair or Brown administrations, had" — he paused for dramatic effect at this point, during the answers "competence" and "literacy" were suggested. He was actually referring to having every major newspaper call for his resignation on the same day.
Before catching the train home today, we had lunch at a Mongolian restaurant, Kublai Khan's: Wah Ho, Gansukh and Khoor Shoor to share, various vegetables, meats and sauces from a buffet cooked in front of us for the main, then Yum Tum, Gwai Ho and Hung Yum for dessert. All delicious, certainly somewhere I will visit again!
(We actually tried TGI Friday first, but even at 2:15 they were reporting an hour's wait for a table, so we decided to give Kubai Khan a try instead. Very fortunate.)
The guest speaker was "Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton", a former Cabinet member. Probably the most memorable moment was his reference to having "achieved something no other Cabinet member, in either the Blair or Brown administrations, had" — he paused for dramatic effect at this point, during the answers "competence" and "literacy" were suggested. He was actually referring to having every major newspaper call for his resignation on the same day.
Before catching the train home today, we had lunch at a Mongolian restaurant, Kublai Khan's: Wah Ho, Gansukh and Khoor Shoor to share, various vegetables, meats and sauces from a buffet cooked in front of us for the main, then Yum Tum, Gwai Ho and Hung Yum for dessert. All delicious, certainly somewhere I will visit again!
(We actually tried TGI Friday first, but even at 2:15 they were reporting an hour's wait for a table, so we decided to give Kubai Khan a try instead. Very fortunate.)
