A Very British Party

Continuing the trend of a seemingly never-ending weekly list of parties, this week i was invited by a workmate to go with her to a party hosted by an MUSC scientist - someone who works at the marine labs that they have here rather than on campus and, so, who i had consequently not met before - and, also, who is British. When Kellie asked me along it was a case of 'Do you want to go to a party where there will be a few British people and lots of wine." I would've taken either of those as perfectly good reasons but both together? Sold!!!!

On the whole, it was a very enjoyable evening. Greg was a very genial host - he spent a lot of time travelling round the place with bottles of wine topping up everyone's drinks - and I also got to meet a few fellow other MUSC scientists who i haven't met before. On top of all this, Greg's mother Miriam lives with them out on James Island - she's 89 years old and, as she told me, is from Keighley (near Skipton if anyone is wondering). Suffice to say, I spent quite some time having a natter with he. Having been out in the US for some time (18 years i think she told me), it was quite something that she had managed to retain a strong accent (she sounded a lot like the actress Liz Smith to my ears) and a very English character!! For this alone, the party was worth it!!!