A private conversation broke out between them and before I knew it, the destination had changed to someone's house to play pool. And I'm in a cab with them headed to two different places - allegedly. The two top guys are good friends, pretty drunk, and won't see each other ever again. Most of us live in Pacific Place, so we all got in the same cab and headed back to HK Island. It's so peaceful and quiet there, I can see moving there to retire!") (Favorite comment from this part of the night: "Oh yes, I love San Francisco. After hanging out there for a few hours, we decided to go home. My coworkers were amazed when I drank two martinis and was still sober (small martinis and huge dinner - I'm no Houdini, just 1/2 Irish and very practiced). I was still feeling fabulous from Aqua, so I decided to classy up the place by ordering martinis. Felix was a somewhat-cool bar, but it was packed with ugly tourists in shorts. The Peninsula is probably the most famous hotel in HK (mostly for me, since it's prominently featured in the Bourneseries), and mostly known for its English afternoon tea. Not wanting to sacrifice the face time, however, I opted to join them at Felix in The Peninsula Hotel. I can't even get myself to type the price, especially since we drank five bottles.Īfter dinner, I truly wanted to just go home. My more-experienced VP quickly took over the role and ordered a 1997 vintage Italian wine. Cool and pick out the wine (not remembering that I can't do this effectively in SF and it's right next to the wine capital of the US!). Our table was in a private room fully surrounded by glass with a huge centerpiece of roses and candles. Well, if this place is any example of what Kowloon has to offer, I am dead wrong! Probably the best thing was the view. I'm not sure if that's entirely fair, but who moves to Manhattan and hangs out in Jersey? Maybe some people. Now I don't normally go over to Kowloon - I equate it with the SF Eastbay. The management team in my office decided to throw him an impromptu going-away dinner at a restaurant called Aqua on the Kowloon side.
One of our VPs is retiring and moving back to the US.