Black tie dinner at the Oxford & Cambridge Club

Well the second black tie dinner of last week was for my work. Brian actually had a night at home alone while I mingled and drank port with Oxford business alumni. The dinner was in London at the Oxford & Cambridge Club - a well worn but obviously prestigious club on the Pall Mall. Another three course meal, this time beef wellington (delicious!), lots of wine and networking was had by all.

My colleague and friend Charlotte and I had taken the train together into London to help set up a few things prior to the dinner. We then changed at the club and helped check people in as they attended. The first 45 minutes was a cocktail reception with sparkling wine before we moved down to the dining hall. There was six long tables with 10 people on each side.

There was a guest speaker after the meal who spoke to finance in London (yawn for me) and then the port and cheese was passed around, follow by coffee and chocolates.

Charlotte and I luckily had booked a car (Mercedes!) to take us back home to Oxford for the night, so we didn't have to take the late train and cab it back home.

I sure don't know how I get myself into these amazing situations sometimes!