I have been to this annual corporate event for several years now and always enjoy it. Not least, I love the British Museum and the private viewing tends to be well worth the effort. This year was no exception.
As always, the guests at such functions tend to be somewhat self-selecting; the more interesting guests take an interest in the exhibition itself while the less interesting guests are “only here for the beer” – or in this case “only here for the champagne and posh nosh”. So it is quite easy to find the interesting people for a chat.
The only “issue” this year was the vast amount of information rather than eye candy in this particular show, perhaps not ideal for a “party with exhibition”. Please don’t quiz me about this fascinating exhibition without giving me a second chance to mug up.
…Janie and I saw a different exhibition from the rest of the people on our pre-Christmas Dinner works outing.
Below is the trailer vid for the Shunga:
We really enjoyed this exhibition.
I sense that the Z/Yen team enjoyed El Dorado too.
Z/Yen Xmas Dinner At Sardo In Grafton Way
The whole event was themed as “Gold” in honour of the El Dorado aspect. Almost everyone wore something gold.
Sardo was a Sardinian restaurant, rather a good one, which itself had a somewhat gold look to it.
I crafted a seasonal song to go with the gold theme:
DRESSED UP IN GOLD ( Sung to the tune of “Silver and Gold” )
VERSE ONE – SILVER AND GOLD – ORIGINAL VERSION (by Johnny Marks) Silver and gold, silver and gold Ev’ryone wishes for silver and gold How do you measure its worth? Just by the pleasure it gives here on earth Silver and gold, silver and gold Mean so much more when we see Silver and gold decorations On ev’ry Christmas tree
VERSE TWO – BITCOINS AND LAND – LONG FINANCE VERSION Bitcoins and land, bitcoins and land Long Finance topics are bitcoins and land How do you measure their worth? Just by the value they gain and disburse Hedge funds and bonds, hedge funds and bonds Seem such a bore when you show Bitcoins and land valuations In each portfolio
VERSE THREE – DRESSED UP IN GOLD – Z/YEN VERSION Dressed up in gold, dressed up in gold Z/Yen folk this Christmas are dressed up in gold How do you measure dress sense? Not by this sartorial elegance Shrouding in gold, shrouding in gold Might cause some people offence (If) Z/Yen folk wear such decorations At normal Z/Yen events
Once people got their heads around it……the singing went rather well.
We have loads of pictures from this event, which I have uploaded to a Flickr album for ease of navigation – click here or below:
I went to a private viewing of this exhibition, thanks to Tony Friend of College Hill (latterly Instinctif).
It was a very convivial corporate hospitality event in that grand foyer of the British Museum…
…so much so, that I felt very much in the minority when I took a good look around the exhibition. There was plenty of time to eat, drink, be merry and see the wonderful show.
Janie and I went to this fabulous exhibition early evening on a Friday – this notion of late opening of museums and galleries on a Friday evening was quite new then…
We had arranged to meet Anthea and Mitchell at Salt Yard later that evening. A couple of months earlier I had enjoyed a superb meal at Salt Yard with John Boy:
I recall Mitchell being there when we arrived at Salt Yard and then Anthea arriving last, in a bit of a “sorry I’m late” flap…very much in character.
But the excellent food and wine soon had everyone in a chilled and good mood at the end of the week. For me and Janie, with the fascinating cultural exhibition before the gathering too, it was a super start to the weekend.
