Dave Haynes

Well I’m pretty much back and settled in the UK after two weeks in sunny France. I was lucky enough to enjoy a week in Cannes for my 8th Midem followed by a week in the French alps for my first ski-holiday in quite some time. Plenty of blog posts in the pipeline to catch up but here are some highlights from both weeks that I want to share with you all. You’ll notice several are food and drink related

 Midem Highlights

• meeting up with the rather large contingency from imeem, and in particular sharing a drink (or three) with Jeff and Shane at the Martinez. Two of the nicest guys I met during the conference.
• sharing several bottles of champagne with Miriam and Ryan from iTunes whilst discussing the merits of social networking possiblities on the train to/from Luxembourg.
• eating the most delicious Chocolate Fondant at Tantra (that’s two years in a row now).
• hooking up face to face for the first time with Dalmar from our New York office. He packs some mean ‘lids’.
• getting an opporunity to catch up with Ethan and Rob from Songbird.

 Ski Highlights

• a week of beautiful weather and perfect snow
• supping a hot chocolate (or three) half way down the slopes.
• not falling over all week (despite 12 years since my last ski).
• learning a new drinking game with new friends.
• eating lots of fromage (et jambon) and discovering the ultimate cheese dish ‘Raclette‘.