NEMO christmas party 2006

Today, unlike last year, there was no snow and a great turn-out! The party was also at a new and better venue this year, the Kings Inn in Putnam, CT – lots more space which was perfect, given that people prefer to mingle and chat rather than sit and eat …

Apart from meeting friends, the highlight of the NEMO christmas party is the yankee swap – and this year we reverted to my preferred rules, where you EITHER pick a gift OR steal (seems fairer than opening a gift and then swapping if you don’t like it!); I ended up stealing this cute Mini / clock, which David originally opened but which he lost to Hrach prior to me …

Great day! Thanks, NEMO 🙂

 

MTTSphotos

MTTSphotos (Newscast) was the official photographers of MINI Takes The States and they took some great pictures!
I ordered a pile of (mostly) GPMINI related pics – here’s some of them:

(copyright 2006 Newcast)

If you drove all or part of MTTS you might be included in some of the many pictures they took – head over to MTTSphotos and have a look!

(photos scanned / shown here with kind permission of Jim Sulley from Newscast)

Deer, Jacket

I dropped in at MINI of Peabody today to say “hi” to some MINI friends: Theo, Richard and Ivan (and to check up on the progress of GPMINIs alarm install).
Richard was in his recently deer-struck MINI, and a model deer provided photo opportunities for us 🙂


I also picked up a new MINI jacket which just arrived – very nice grey with red and black (matching GBMINI nicely) and fleece lined so perfect for the cooler weather coming this way …