Rache is pretty good at getting all her friends together for whenever she is in town for a visit – or it could be a sign that we miss her terribly whilst she has been living in Edinburgh! – and this weekend’s visit was no different. Though a few of us were nursing a bit of hangover from the previous night’s festivities, we all made it to a very boisterous and long lunch at Fire and Stone. Its kind of funny – though we individually each have strong connections with Rache and in fact have met each other on numerous occasions before hardly any of us catch up with each other when she is not around!

To celebrate Christmas Fire and Stone had a special Turkey Pizza on their menu. It was a Roasted Turkey, roast potatoes, chestnut and onion sage stuffing, pork and apricot sausage meat, brie, cranberry sauce and grav – who couldn’t resist it. Mmmm …

After Fire and Stone we rolled over to Bar Ciao Caffe, as is now tradition, for some of their funky ice cream concoctions. We lost a few people to various other commitments but still had a rather large group for the venue to handle – we ended up squeezing on to a table fit only for about 6 people max. heh heh. Nice and cosy.

Surprisingly Cam and Matt ordered what was probably the girliest items on the menu … though admittedly the strongest for alcohol 🙂

Nic and I opted for the kiddy ice creams – hers was supposed to be a clown (I think) and mine was supposed to resemble a bee.

Good times.