Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Le 19 f?vr. 2017 ? 14:30, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : > > Jayanand, Philippe. I have to wear black tie and to be honest it's easier > in the long run. I'm in the oldest foreign branch of a society for > Bordeaux wines - it was founded in 1954 - and all our dinners have black > tie as de rigeur. I'm The Donald of it and was re-elected president again > that night. > > For those of you who are interested in wine, we had the G de Guiraud 2013 > and 2014 as the opening whites. BTW the 2013 is better. Agreed - I have a crate of them in the cellar, but they?re way too young to be appreciated to the full IMHO - wait 10 years at the least > Then we had three reds - '98 Ducru Beaucaillou, '98 Montrose, and '98 > Latour Not the best vintage in those years, but I would certainly enjoyed joining the band, even is the price to pay is to wear a Donald tie ? Had Chateau La Pointe tonight, I know it?s no excuse :-) > - and we finished with a pudding wine 2001 Rieussec. Must have been a treat - 2001 is one of the best vintages for that wine in the late millenium Amities Slaintefully yours, Philippe > We ate at one of the oldest gentlemen's clubs in Ireland and the food was > excellent. All very delectable and I didn't even have the slightest > hangover the following morning. > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at > gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 5:18 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: At the Exhibition > > >> Douglas, >> You are looking great with your prints! I did not know black tie was still >> de rigueur for dinners, however formal, we must be living on different >> planets - here we are happy if they do not turn up in shorts and flip >> flops! >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 9:12 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >> >>> The opening of our exhibition http://www.mermaidartscentre.i >>> e/exhibitions/details/bray-camera-club took place on the 9th and I went >>> along. I was a bit overdressed for the occasion, and in a rush, as I had >>> one of my dinners on in the centre of Dublin a little over an hour later. >>> >>> Myself beside my photographs at the Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. >>> Wicklow. Image taken by Eilis Taves using my Fuji X100S. >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Interiors/BCC+ >>> Exhibitions/BCC+1.jpg.html >>> >>> Donal Enright and Malcolm McCamley at the BCC Exhibition in the Mermaid >>> Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow. Fuji X100S. >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Interiors/BCC+ >>> Exhibitions/BCC+2.jpg.html >>> >>> Douglas >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information