Ladies Who Lunch

The last ladies who lunch in December in the Madras club was combined with Christmas lunch for the elderly residents of the friends in Need Society and St Georges Cathedral Home. It went really well. The food was great and we were all up singing Christmas carols accompanied by Suzannas' lovely piano playing. We had a few of the older folk up by the piano singing away to their hearts content and we even had an Elvis Presley rendition in centre stage dancing and all. I think the old folk all enjoyed themselves. We centainly did.
Next month's lunch will be a quieter affair. We are going Thai.
It will be in Benjarongs at 12.30 on Wed the 10th January.
We know that this is the same day as the general meeting, but we can all just go together as a group afterwards since Benjarong is so close to the Park Sheraton.
Benjarongs is a nice Thai restaurant which has been around a long time and the food there is usually of great quality.
Address: 146 TTK road Alwarpet. ph: 044 24322640/ 044 42110061
Any questions ring Suzanne 98846 89222

January Book Club

The next book club will be held on January 18th at my house:

Natalie von Hoffmeister

No. 9, 3rd Seaward Rd.

K.G. Valmiki Apts.

Apt. 4

Thiruvanmiyur

Social Chat 12 PM

Book discussion 12:30 followed by what I hope will be a palatable lunch...

I am just opp. the Cheshire Home, one of the OWC charities. Please call me if you get lost and SMS me to RSVP 9884187761.

The book is 'The Night Watch' by Sarah Waters. Here's what the Sarah Waters website has to say about it:

"Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked out streets, illicit liaisons, sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch is the work of a truly brilliant and compelling storyteller.
This is the story of four Londoners - three women and a young man with a past, drawn with absolute truth and intimacy. Kay, who drove an ambulance during the war and lived life at full throttle, now dresses in mannish clothes and wanders the streets with a restless hunger, searching ... Helen, clever, sweet, much-loved, harbours a painful secret ...Viv, glamour girl, is stubbornly, even foolishly loyal, to her soldier lover ... Duncan, an apparent innocent, has had his own demons to fight during the war. Their lives, and their secrets connect in sometimes startling ways. War leads to strange alliances ..."

New members are always welcome!

January Garden Tea

For those of you who are new to the OWC, we have a garden tea every year in February. It's our last big event of the year and quite nice. This year's garden tea will be held in January since February can be a bit hot for an afternoon event.

The dates have now been confirmed:

Wednesday 31 January 2007
Cottingley

Time: 11am
Theme: Elegant Dress

The Park will be providing a sandwich/quiche lunch at this year’s Garden Tea. There will be many stalls available and music will also be provided. This is a lovely occasion and well attended every year.

Ticket price Rs 350. Tickets are limited to 100, so please buy early to avoid disappointment! They are on sale with Sanjita Shah and Radhika McGregor.

January Tiffin Club

The December Cookie Exchange was incredible - so many cookies to choose from made by the Tiffin Club members and a simply sumptuous feast laid on by our hostess Judy Mason. A big thank you to everyone who participated and made such an enormous effort towards making the morning so very special. My family is still enjoying the varieties of cookies I brought home including spice cookies, gingerbread boys and girls, snickerdoodles, ginger snaps, shortbread, double chocolate biscotti and many more!! I can't wait for next year!


Next month's Tiffin Club is at the COurtyard by Marriott Hotel and the theme is Pizza and Pasta. It is on Thursday January 11th at 10.30am and the cost is Rs500 including a buffet lunch. The numbers are limited to 15 places, so if you are interested, please contact me at the earliest! Otherwise, may I take this opportunity to wish you and your families a happy holiday season, and a peaceful 2007.

Sejal Wasani
98840 52575
sej173@yahoo.co.uk

Kids Carnival

Dear OWC Friends,
Madras Esplanade Ladies Circle 100 is organising a Kids Carnival on Sunday, December 10 from 3-8pm at Hotel Savera as part of our fundaising efforts. We have a number of fun games stalls with small prizes for the winners, a Raffle, mehndi, face painting, Bingo, a visit by Santa and even some shopping for the Moms! This is on the same day as the Santa Brunch, but a different time and should be fun for the kids.
Ladies Circle India is a voluntary charitable organisation, connected to Round Table India. Proceeds from the Carnival will go towards projects undertaken by Madras Esplanade Ladies Circle 100. So, please do come and enjoy the games and put a smile on not only your little one's lips but countless underprivileged kids as well!
Entry tickets are Rs 100, raffle tickets are Rs 25.
Please contact Dina Sawlani on 98414-26191 or dsawlani@gmail.com for tickets, sponsorship opportunities/donations of gifts and/or more info.