Fancy Cocktails

Last Thursday night (yes, I'm still posting episodes from the UK trip) we got dressed up for fancy cocktails and the theater.  We went to Artisan - which was named world's best bar in 2014 (not sure who judged that). 

The boys looked dapper.

The girls were gorgeous.

The drinks were all about presentation.  Cat's cocktail (called "Spring Drifting Into Summer") was poured into a silver dish that she had to pick up and drink out of the side.

My cocktail also incorporated the silver dish but upside down as a platform for a hollow sea urchin.  My drink was called "Always Print the Myth" - which has no relevance to a sea urchin as far as I know but it was very refreshing.

Jerry ordered "Fast Money Comes at a Dangerous Price".  It was served in a gold box that was full of black stones with a short straw that you pulled off (like a juice box) and stuck in to reach the drink at the bottom.

I don't remember the name of Bill's drink but it was served in a hollowed out rock - like a cup on the Flintstones.

Mike had "You're So Gansta"- which seemed like an odd name for a girly looking drink served in a normal glass.  It was frozen like a slushy….a gangsta slushy.

Ann-Maria went non-alcoholic since she has been on the wagon all year (!).  Her beaker was called "Death of the Hipster".

It was quite fun watching each drink come out and then trying to figure out how to drink them and trying each others.  

We followed it up with a cab ride in rush hour traffic to the theater.  We saw The Mentalists starring Steve Merchant - Ricky Gervais' partner from the UK Office, Extras etc.  This is a picture from the set. I did not take any of the actors for fear that someone would break the 3rd wall and start yelling at me a la Helen Mirren and Benedict Cumberbatch (and David Sedaris - remember that?)  If I'd been alone I would have waited outside the theater for picture but since I was with Brits we hustled off right away to dinner without worrying about getting a glimpse of the stars.