All through my week in Rio I was invited to special evenings put together by each of the Diageo Reserve brands. The one that still stands out in my memory is the Ron Zacapa event, not only is this the yummiest rum I have ever tasted (and happily drunk on the rocks) the venue was simply mind blowing. Casa Das Canoas is a magnificent (and utterly tastefully done) mansion in the Tijuca forest. Plus they invited one of the most renown Bossa Nova Singers – Bebel Gilberto to perform live! #FTW
Oh and I’m, happy to report that chivalry is not quite dead (yet!) Can you believe I left my camera battery pack charging in my hotel room and landed up at the venue which was a good 45 minutes away without it?! *Ugh* But it’s thanks to a super sweet gentleman, Shivam Misra from Diageo who escorted me back and forth to pick it up via taxi that I have any pictures of my own to share at all. Good thing he’s a photo junkie himself and decided to pick up his mega fancy camera while we were at it! Thank you fellow Allahabadi 🙂
Psst! I found a cool video from HK featuring a Ron Zacapa bartending challenge put together by Kenneth Li Chun K and Simonie Ip, check it out!
And girls will be girls so I spent some time admiring Kaveri Khullar’s red hot shoes which she had bought that same day from the mall in Rio! Cool eh?
Psst! Here’s a bit more Bebel to get you grooving… So Nice. xoxo