Mexican fiesta!

We had a double occasion to celebrate tonight. The more happy occasion was the birthday of Marie, and the sadder one was the fact that JayJay was going back to Mexico, after his 6 months spent on the Cote d’Azur.

To celebrate these two events, Marie and JayJay organized a Mexican soiree, starting with dinner at Poco Loco (yes, that would indeed be a Mexican restaurant), followed by some salsa action in Sansas. After a rainy afternoon spent in Nice (shopping, cinema), we made our way to the restaurant. The meal kicked off with some Mexican cocktails – Margarita for me (not a bad effort – but kinda small compared to what I had in San Diego old town last year), followed by a Poco Loco special. What followed was Mexican food, naturally (ceviche, followed by some fajitas – like last night). All in all, great people, good food, plenty of wine – no complaints then basically ;-)

The festivities then continued in Salsas – a bar I remember well from my early days in Nice, they used to sell the cheapest beer in Nice. The beer is still very affordable by Nice standards (3 Euros 90 cents!). We had a great, if emotional time. JayJay will certainly be missed… All the usual suspects stayed until the end (Gilles, Valerie, Claire, Antoine, us). A measure of what a festive mood I was in was the fact that I even dared show myself on the dance floor (no salsa though – the memories of the humiliations at salsa classes in Guildford are still too fresh in my mind)!

Unfortunately our original designated drivers had left hours ago by the time we were ready to go home. Thankfully Gilles was kind enough to drive us back to Cagnes. We eventually hit the sack about 3 in the morning – not often our nights out last that long these days…. ;-) All in all then, it was a great night out, quite worthy of such an important occasion.

So happy birthday to Marie and Bon Voyage to JayJay (and see you soon in Mexico)!