Ladies who lunch - part two
I had lunch yesterday with A, who collected me from the hotel (honestly, this is how every outing with everybody starts) and took us to Penang Club.
SE Asia is filled with these clubs, it seems - Clubs, Sports Clubs, Swimming Clubs, American Clubs. It’s obviously a throwback to Colonial times; Penang Club was established in 1886. A fact I know because it’s printed on their towelling bathrobes and coasters:
Penang Club has a lovely terrace with a sea view, an outdoor swimming pool and a teeny tiny private beach:
(That’s actually looking back to the area why my hotel is.)
Penang Club is also, it turns out, a wedding venue - and preparations were underway for a service that afternoon for a Dutch couple getting married there. The florist was creating a garlanded archway, and chairs and tables were being set out (see the pictures here). It was all sweetly makeshift and mismatching - blue tablecloths, yellow chairs, a burgundy rug, pink flowers and two strips of red carpet - but the best part was the fact that they were setting all of this up right next to a volleyball net:
“I now pronounce you man and wife… And request that guests please form an orderly line so that the bride and groom may choose their teams.”
March 19th, 2008 at 5.22pm
I so want one of those bath robes.
March 19th, 2008 at 5.24pm
Jack - if I had enough room in my suitcase, and enough room for movement in my luggage allowance, I’d bring one back for you.