This was the day of the board meeting (and Suzanne's birthday) and there was a celebratory (for board meeting) lunch afterward at which I had this tomato salad ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030859 as Shirley had the salad nicoise ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030860 and I then had asparagus soup ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030861 as Christopher was amused by tales of my photography ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030862 Much wine was enjoyed ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030863 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030864 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030865 as Clayton and I played dueling cameras ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030866 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030867 as Trevor and Dimitri attempted to have a more serious conversation ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030868 and my ice cream ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030869 and Clayton's Victorian sponge were served before we adjourned. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030870 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030871 after a break, we headed out for the dinner celebration stopping in Covent Garden for a stroll where we found Maxwell's ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030872 and a traditional phone booth ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030873 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030874 on our way into the market ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030875 where a Shake Shack was about to open ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030876 and we saw these solar powered waving queens ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030877 while looking down on the largest imaginable pot of paella. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030878 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030879 Walking on, we ran into Ben's cookies ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030880 and the Big Ben burger ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030881 before reaching The Ivy, our dinner destination ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030882 as shown by the linen ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030883 and after recording the menu ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030884 and the vegetarian menu I noticed that there was no photography allowed. Still, all in all, it was a fine meal. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030885 On the way back to the hotel, we passed various shoes that might have been the ones Ben wanted ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030886 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030887 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030888 in the store called Author as shown by the American website. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030889