le repas exquis

Here's Zuhal, the wife of our fortunate mayor and an artist in her own right - though the painting above her head was painted by her husband, who knew Georges could paint?
Zuhal gave a group of us arty types dinner in their home last night. The menu was a mix of Turkish and French food, finished on an Italian note... it'll take weeks to work off the calories. And I valued every one of them :)
Enormous fun with lots of remarkable (!) ideas floating about. Left after midnight, which is in itself a marker - whoever said, if 60 is the new 40 then 9.00 o'clock is the new midnight got it bang on.  But how exciting to stay up late :)