Dinner @ The Rotunda

Poor Liying got locked out of her room today, and we had to make a trip to the key room to retrieve a back-up key. Of course, the rapid decline of temperatures over the past few days (it's bloody 5 degrees outside!) sure as hell made the trip a really fun one. Liying, if you're reading this, I hope you're okay and do remember that you owe us big-time for freezing our asses off with you.

The IRC (International Residents' College/Community/Collective), which is where we stay, hosted a dinner yesterday at the Rotunda. The Rotunda is Tommy J's (that's Mr Jefferson to the more respectful) contribution to the University of Virginia, and is now a World Heritage Site, one of the few man-made ones in the United States, actually. It's a gorgeous place and we couldn't help but be tourists, naturally.


Dinner - baked potato with asparagus and chicken with rice stuffing (with blue cheese). Don't you just love exotic looking food?


Dessert - some custard-based cherries on top of a chocolate crust. As you can guess, I don't write restaurant menus for a living.


That guy on the right has some serious issues with his lips, man. Picture of the Browns (Chief of the Collective), Brit gals and Singaporean Exchange Reprezant


The Rotunda, viewed from the inside. Apparently Jefferson used to dine here al fresco