The Meal on the Floss

After a day of reading off campus, Alison and I returned to a wedding here at Lincoln College. Bridesmaids dressed in our hall, a band played Amy Winehouse covers, and this little boy waited patiently for the wedding photographer.

Happily, the wedding forced all Bread Loafers out of the dining hall and into the many terrific restaurants of Oxford. The Loaf gave us each 14 pounds for dinner because we had no access to regular dinner (thanks, wedding party!). We headed to Aziz, which serves both Thai and Indian food (throw in some Flaming Hot Cheetos, and my culinary needs are met)! Pictured above are Alison, Lena, and Heather Brubaker at Aziz.

Aziz is situated smack on the Thames, with a beautiful riverfront (and river-height) deck adjacent to what's known as Folly Bridge. Here are Heather Lindenman, me, and Rebecca at our table outside, with Folly Bridge behind us.

Rebecca ran to the top of Folly Bridge to take pictures of us down on the deck, so I snapped this picture of her in the sun.

Swans swim up next to your table, perhaps looking for one of the incredibly good items we ordered: green curry with vegetables, red curry with prawns, chicken tikka masala, another Indian curry (now known as "number 63") with lots of garlic and onions, vegetable stir fry with ginger, papadum, and naan.

This was an amazing meal in an amazing setting. Witness the pinky-pretty sunset behind Heather, above. On a return trip to Oxford, I'll visit this restaurant straightaway. Tomorrow, I finish digesting tonight's curries and finish digesting Eliot's "The Mill on the Floss." Have a great rest of the weekend, everyone!

P.S. We saw the cheesetastic "X-Files" movie, which confirms 1) that Mulder and Scully sleep in the same bed and 2) that anyone can learn how to do a stem-cell procedure by Googling "stem cell procedure."