another work year has started and i am grateful that, amongst the tasks which will be thrown my way, organising a year-end christmas party will not be one of them. for many workplaces, preparations for the following year's christmas party start almost before the last reveller from the current year's event has even left the venue. mistress has been lumped with this task for her workplace and i am most definitely not envious. as my shiny red heels click-clack along the boards of woolloomooloo's finger wharf, there are large groups of men in business suits and ladies in cocktail dresses enjoying pre-dinner drinks in the evening sun outside several of the restaurants located along there. they appear to be the beginnings of year-end work celebrations and the lovely sarah ashmore, functions & marketing coordinator of the pacific restaurant group, confirms that kingsleys is a popular choice for these shindigs and reservations are taken well in advance. all of which is understandable given the