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Another weekend has disappeared. I managed to be out both nights, but totally kept it sensible. Friday was drinks with Carrick, dwlt and Stella (his wife) at the Guildford Arms.

After that, we headed to Zest, a 'contemporary Indian restaurant' that I had quite fancied visiting for a while. Unfortunately, I was less than thrilled. First off, they had no Kingfisher beer, so I ordered a Stella, which was either very watered down, or was just not Stella. I'm keen to go back and try another pint with some Stella drinking experts. I'm willing to lay a lot of money that they are not serving the genuine article. Secondly, both curries we ordered were much spicier than as described on the menu. Stella's mild curry had quite a kick, and my medium was a few notches up the scale, giving me quite a bead by the end of the meal.

On Saturday evening I met up with Terry who was in town for the Democats International Caucus, and who'd had a hardcore day dealing with the media (think BBC, the Herald, ABC, CNN ...). We did pizza and then caught Dave and Stella at the very cool Hallion, where there were some very ... interesting customers. I think I learned more about politics (and talked more about politics) than I have in a very long time. It was actually fun to steer the conversation away from technology for once!

Terry managed to persuade us that we really want to try a deep fried Mars Bar. It was actually not too bad -- just gooey chocolate in a light batter. We almost had a second...

Thanks to both Carrick and Terry (and dwlt & Stella) for two great nights out! See you both again soon.