A Moot

Eitan is selected, along with 79 other law students, to compete in a mooting (a 'simulated appellate court hearing where law students or legal members research an unsettled legal issue, write skeleton submissions, and present oral arguments before a mock judge').
The moot plays out over multiple rounds and three months ending at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Eitan and his partner Gaby make the final round so Sonnet and I are in the audience as Eitan argues for a council's right not to ensure all roads in the area are made clear following a snow storm. 
The three judges pick one winner which is Eitan.  Eitan is invited into the courts for a pupillage.

Legal eagles

Self Portrait LV

 

Strait from Moe's desk. He wore the clip-ons while driving to swimming meets, or wherever, having memorised the maps the night before. Yes, we made fun. Also kind of bad ass.

Schiaparelli

The Schiaparelli exhibition opens at the V&A in April following several years of hard work by Sonnet (Sr Curator) and her team, rewarded by glowing reviews and strong visitor figures which will surpass all projections when the show wraps up in November. 

Elsa Schiaparelli opened her design house, Maison Schiaparelli, in Paris in 1927. She often collaborated with the surrealist like Salvador Dali and Lenor Fini ensuring that her sporting design stood out. Dormant from the 1950s, the brand was acquired in 2013 and revitalised by celebrity designer Daniel Roseberry and is now on the major cat-walks in London, New York, Paris and Milan.

With Shai, Justin, Natalie, Ada, Jade and Dana.

Gibraltar - No. 4

I have admittedly lost momentum on my blog since my mom passed away. That said, it has been a Big Year on the swims and for Number 45 York Avenue in general with Madeleine's promotion to Researcher (dropping the "Junior"), Eitan finishing his law-studies, getting a contract with Cripps and winning a mooting competition at the Royal Courts, and Sonnet's Schiaparelli exhibition. 

Picking up on swimming first, and following New Zealand's Cook Strait in February, I joined Tim (Red Top coach, pictured in front), Johnny, Jade and Sean in April for the Gibraltar Strait connecting Tarifa Spain, famous for its gnarly winds and kite surfing, to Punta Cires, Morocco. Gibraltar is the only Oceans Seven swim allowing up to four swimmers at once; otherwise each is solo. Gibraltar is also the shortest by distance at 14.4 km (9 miles) and so the quickest - we finished in 3 hours and 49 minutes. The challenge, and they all have a challenge, is the unpredictable wind and the Coast Guard, which has no qualms about cancelling an attempt at the last-minute. Which happened to us, on the dock, in our swim trunks, this year. In fact, our group required three trips to Spain to (finally) get it done.