Tuesday evening and only just now getting to our weekend update – a very good one I must say, with a mix of going out, friends, spontaneity, and some general slobbing around…
Friday night was dinner with our friend Cat – an unexpected treat, as it was initially supposed to be just a drink, but we extended to a lovely evening out (Thai Pot – yum).
Saturday we’d planned to relax in the morning & head out
later that day, but with the sun shining, and our usual early rising (Ash being earlier than usual at about 5 a.m.!), we headed out around 10, first stop, the British Library. It was the last weekend of an exhibit called ‘London: A Life in Maps' or some such thing, and it was fascinating to see the different maps of the town-then-small-city-then-metropolis over time… looking at some maps that still had individual homes marked across the entire city, when that was still practical. We thought the exhibit was a bit crowded – but it was nothing like when we left around 12:15 and saw a queue stretching of probably 50 – 75 people! The early bird *does* get the worm. Or the map, in this case.
After the library we headed a bit further East to Spitalfields and Brick Lane, for “Taste of the East”, which was supposed to be local restaurants and music, etc… Must admit, we were a little disappointed, as – while there was a nice variety – it wasn’t really ‘Taste of’, just various market stalls similar to Borough Market, but on a smaller scale. And, while we did see the Bollywood Brass Band, which was fun, the main draw – for me – never showed. What was that? A group called Klezmania, which I was really looking forward to seeing. We waited around for about 10 minutes past when they were supposed to be on, but there was no announcement, no nada, and finally we just gave up… And then after a little more shopping, the rain appeared, and with it our signal to head home.
Friday night was dinner with our friend Cat – an unexpected treat, as it was initially supposed to be just a drink, but we extended to a lovely evening out (Thai Pot – yum).
Saturday we’d planned to relax in the morning & head out
later that day, but with the sun shining, and our usual early rising (Ash being earlier than usual at about 5 a.m.!), we headed out around 10, first stop, the British Library. It was the last weekend of an exhibit called ‘London: A Life in Maps' or some such thing, and it was fascinating to see the different maps of the town-then-small-city-then-metropolis over time… looking at some maps that still had individual homes marked across the entire city, when that was still practical. We thought the exhibit was a bit crowded – but it was nothing like when we left around 12:15 and saw a queue stretching of probably 50 – 75 people! The early bird *does* get the worm. Or the map, in this case.
After the library we headed a bit further East to Spitalfields and Brick Lane, for “Taste of the East”, which was supposed to be local restaurants and music, etc… Must admit, we were a little disappointed, as – while there was a nice variety – it wasn’t really ‘Taste of’, just various market stalls similar to Borough Market, but on a smaller scale. And, while we did see the Bollywood Brass Band, which was fun, the main draw – for me – never showed. What was that? A group called Klezmania, which I was really looking forward to seeing. We waited around for about 10 minutes past when they were supposed to be on, but there was no announcement, no nada, and finally we just gave up… And then after a little more shopping, the rain appeared, and with it our signal to head home. Where… we got sucked into another one of those countdown shows – 50 top tv dramas of all time. As it was a UK show, most of the entries were, not surprisingly, British – however I still recognised a few, and there were also some American ones in there… including the number 1… which I insisted on staying up until midnight to see, through drooping eyelids… Can you guess what it was? (Answer put at the end of this - to give you time to guess)
Sunday was quiet and relaxing and a little bit of work and a lot of rain… and then before y’know it, it’s the work week all over again…
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The number 1 rated TV Drama ever, as voted by I have no idea: The Sopranos! I guess I better get the DVDs...
2 comments:
Stef forgot that the highlight of the weeekend was spurs 4-3 last gasp win over west ham
Ah, yes - how could I forget...
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