halloween in oxford...

So this week was Halloween... I remember when living in England way back 20 years ago that Halloween was not really something that the English participated it - a purely American and very strange observance. Aparently that has changed dramatically in the past ten years or so. There was a lot of publicity of party stores and costume deals, and much discussion on the radio. In Oxford, several of the colleges hosted Halloween bops (parties) and their was a general air of silliness in the air. Of almost all of this happened last Saturday.

I wandered around town with some MBA friends for the evening. Though few of us were brave enough to wear costumes there were a few stong souls dressed as Panchol Villa, a mortorcyle cop, a hospital patient, and other crazy things. We ended up at a bop at Magdalen college which was incredibly crowded, but where they were playing a pretty amusing mix of 70s and 80s music, and where there were tons of people in costume. All in all a pretty amusing night out.

Friday night I had a joint birthday dinner with a housemate (Nina) who's birthday was Oct 26th. We went to a great and very hidden Lebanese restaurant in the Jericho part of town. It was yummy, and reminded me of many fun dinners at the Lebanese Tavernas back home. :) Otherwise lots of group work and studying this weekend, besides many hours spent rowing, which is so crazy I'll have to address it in another post...