Sunday was another Party Day and I needed to make another shopping run. Ann had been colluding with Mary and they decided that soft cheeses were appropriate for our party. So, we found a taxi and headed back to the ASDA in Govan for another round of shopping. Based on our Thursday experience we increased our supply allotment a bit, loading up on the Cider. We got additional small cakes and stuff that went with soft cheeses and ran up a bit more than we had the previous shopping round. We didn’t get any Red grapes this time. Our carts continued to go straight down the aisles when we wanted to turn. And then it was time to leave.

We couldn’t find a big black cab. They should normally be queued at the stand, but there wasn’t anything to be found. So, I went inside and used the courtesy phone to call a taxi. Surprise, surprise, the private hire taxis are not big black cabs, they are small civilian cars. We finally got all our goods into the taxi and headed to the Hilton. There some porters helped us schlep it to the party room and we started setting up.

We were able to use the Hotel walk-in fridge to keep our supplies cool until needed. Dennis and Pat Virzi were busy preparing the Friendly Texans party foods. Keith Kato was working on his chili somewhere in the kitchen. Several other party groups were making full use of the kitchen.

The Hugos were being held Sunday night, so we weren’t too worried about opening early. There weren’t many fans around at 9 PM. They started getting to the Hilton shortly thereafter. You figure that after three nights of solid partying, the crowds would start to slow down.

The hordes swarmed once again. It was almost comical how we started a careful minuet for replacing the food platters, the ones with the soft cheese and bread as well as the fruit trays and the cookie trays and then the ginger bread cakes with whip cream. But we paced the distribution better, moving new trays out every half hour or so. The food and drink actually lasted to 12:30.

The Cider and wine were under constant attack. As well as the soft Drinks. We had stocked up on extra Ginger Beers (sort of like concentrated Ginger Ale) and they were going quickly. I wasn’t worried that we would be leaving much behind. The Australia 2010 bid had given us some of their leftover cups from the their party the night before and that certainly helped serving the drinks. I don’t really like having glass glasses loose in a fannish party.

So, it was another good party that slowly came to an end as the food and alcohol went away. We passed on some leftover sodas to the con for a dead dog but that was about all we had left. I finely got a chance to visit the Friendly Texans/Moscow party but all that Fine food was long gone. The Finns were still going strong. They were evidently sponsored by a vodka company and there kept going strong until the hotel shut everything down about 3:30. I think I took a cab back that night. Cost ₤ 5 with tip.