After the book club meeting last Saturday, some of the girls headed off to the TimeOut Wine Walk. An outing that they have been planning for. I figured that it’d be a good induction outing into what these ladies usually do on a book club meeting day because apparently, their book club brunch always extends till dinner where people come come and go at various times according to their schedule.

On this particular day, I and a few others stayed till just before dinner and some other person showed up for dinner. Kathy and I arrived at Star Street after a trip to a bookstore and a short tram ride in search of the girls who went ahead of us. All we see are loads of people carrying a glass of wine walking about looking like they are already drunk in the middle of the day and no sign of the girls!

Fortunately, we found them after 10 minutes.

We started our journey from the bottom of the hill, Kathy and I bought a full glass of red at $40 while the girls got their taste with the little WineWalk Passport. The two of us agree that the full glass is definitely worth more than the $300 they paid for the passport to taste wines at all the establishments for the taste is like pitifully little, but then, it is for charity so… (in aid of The Women’s Foundation).

With our glasses in tow (sorry Slims!) we went off to the next bar and discovered that – they RAN OUT of wine, and guess what? So did the next bar… What the?!? They are understandably hopping mad, I am chilling out sipping my glass of red.

Our next three stops turned out better and I am definitely going back to 1/5 Nuevo and Cinecitta for dinner or drinks some other day. Especially Cinecitta, which according to one of the girls shows old Italian movies on some days, I just don’t know which days and how often they do so.

After coursing our way through that area, we headed down towards St Francis St, where people queued on staircases and on that slope of a road. The places were small, tiny really, so there was no reason to stay on just because there wasn’t any space for us to loiter in!

We push onwards to Ship Street, a quaint little street with a really old card printing company that looks like it belongs in another decade, also the scene where I tested out my brand new iPhone app by taking this picture. Here’s a comparison between normal camera and app results…

The last two stops, Ovologue and The Pawn really impressed me. Together with 1/5 Nuevo and Cinecitta, I am by now fully convinced that this was not a wasted venture, for I discovered many amazing places that I would like to visit again!

Anyways, back to the main topic. Ovologue served up sangria, of which I got a free glass from the bartender who wouldn’t accept payment from me, yay! A light sangria later, we headed up to The Pawn, found a couch and stuck our butts in there for a bit. Where I continued on my shooting spree…

The day ended at Tastings, but I shall keep that for another post, for another time… but book club ladies, you guys sure rock!

Posted from Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong.