Ascot--Horses and Hats...but mostly hats

Thanks to Luda's great planning, we attended Ascot for the first time. After having gone to the Espon races a year ago with JT's brother Azz, where we drank, gambled, and waved to the Queen, we had a good idea of what to expect for this year's busy event.

Several of our guys couldn't wait out the traffic and had to use nearby bushes for quick relief on our way. Once finished they had a quick run in order to make it back into the bus.

For the girls a head-to-toe outfit is necessary and headwear of some kind is essential. As most of the terrain is grass, I knew to be in platforms and brought flipflops as backups. (As stripper heels are the in-fashion, most moronic girls wore 3-5 inch bondage strappy things and tripped or shuffled unsexily around the enclosure.) I also knew to bring jeans...just in case.

We had a beautiful spread as everyone brought food, (thank Teri as your 7 layer recipe is still making hits...I've subbed jalapenos for green onions). And we even survived the rainfall twice. No queen or betting this year, just the good times!

June 2009--Andrei's Bday

For Andrei's 33rd, he had a 'usual suspects' theme. The standard being cops, robbers, spies, etc. Easy out for us would've been Bond and Bond girl, I would've liked Holmes and his nemesis Irene Adler (but no one would've known who I was). Austin Powers and female counterpart would've been fun, but expensive. JT suggested Spy vs. Spy (which you can youtube and see the cartoons...which I had to do to know who they were).

After an afternoon fighting oxford street's pedestrian traffic and walking from tottenham court road to bond street and then back into soho...our costumes were complete, and with JT's great nose constructions, we were set! Thanks Andrei for giving us an excuse to dress up (as if I need one)!