The Masked Bar­fly has been busy in the last little while soak­ing up the scene and hanging around the hors d’oeuvres in our buzzy little town.  As could be expec­ted the Masked Bar­fly favours fecund environs where one can imbibe a good com­post of booze, blood and guts, gos­sip and cul­ture.

Some bul­lets of buzz after the jump:

  • Inter­sec­ted with some com­post-lov­ing types at the Cross, exchanged entry tick­ets for drinks and was Power­Poin­ted towards some recyc­ling solu­tions (fill in a sur­vey here about your rub­bishy habits to help test the idea)
  • Buzzed in the back­ground at the French Ambassador’s res­id­ence where Pas­cal Chivot (of Simply Par­is) was being hon­oured with a Che­va­lier dans l’ordre du Mérite Agri­cole for being a fant­ast­ic pur­vey­or of baguettes among oth­er things.  Jack Yan was dis­play­ing his French and his net­work­ing skills, the Fly was attend­ing to the Cham­pagne and pate.
  • Hovered over the spicy ribs at Region­al Wines and Spir­its for the release of Tuatara’s new Amer­ic­an Pale Ale – this red haired Amer­ic­an step-broth­er of the IPA was get­ting the crowd hopped up.
  • Watched the paint dry at the Sus­tain­able Busi­ness Awards with Celia Wade-Brown doing the hon­ours for Resene (organ­ic mat­ter and pinot provided).
  • Took some tea at The Guru of Chai where Jac­ob Rajan threw off his masks, and with just one pair of crooked false teeth became a tea seller, sev­en sis­ters, a love stuck police­man and an ill-fated poet.   
  • Dined out on the drama of World Press Photo: blood, guts, poetry and polit­ics smeared all over the walls.  The lushes and the paparazzi stayed close to the heav­ing cheese­board and the pinot while Her Wor­ship spoke.