Big birthdays

[cazmanian_minx]

Hard as it is to believe, Mick will be 50 on Friday.  I was going to really blow the budget and take him to Bermuda to watch the Americas Cup final, but then we decided to try and buy next door, so the celebrations had to be downsized a bit.  It's been tricky to know what to do - for all that he's the life and soul of a party when he's at one, he'd far rather have a quiet night in and he hates anyone making a fuss of him, so a big party was out, and he wasn't particularly enthused at the idea of going to a Michelin-starred restaurant somewhere and doing a chef's table either, despite his love of food.  So I'm taking him to a small 5-star hotel a few hours' drive away for the weekend, which happens to have a restaurant run by Albert Roux, and I really, really hope it's up to scratch, as judging by the Trip Advisor reviews they occasionally have an off night with the food! 

His team at work insisted on taking him out as well, and his secretary got me to scan her all the photos I could find from his younger days to make into a nice embarrassing card for him.  They told him they were going on a tour of the Old Poultney distillery; what they didn't tell him was that they'd booked a special tour given by the manager and at the end he got to bottle his own 19-year-old malt and hand-write the label.  They then took him out for supper and drinks and refused to let him pay for a single thing - he really does have an amazing ability to generate love and loyalty from the people who work for him. 

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[zahryn]

Yay!! Happy Birthday Young Man xx