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Wine Social, Walk: History of Horror, & Film: Flesh for Frankenstein

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Right! As a keen drinker of wine, when I saw the London Wine Meetup , I figured this would be a thing to join - I'd never been to anything with them though until I decided to bite the bullet last Wednesday, and accompany them to Vagabond Carnaby . Booked to eat beforehand in El Pellotte , just across the road . I arrived a bit early - had never been here before. It's another of those buildings where the entire front wall folds away - it wasn't busy yet, and I took a table just inside where the wall would've been. With a view of Vagabond: Glasses come branded: I had a croqueta to start.. very moreish, with a gorgeous sauce, but rather overpriced, at £9 for two smallish croquetas. For main, I had the boneless fried chicken, with a side of fries. The wine, funnily enough, I wasn't mad about - for my second glass, I switched from Sauvignon Blanc to Chardonnay, which was a bit better. The food was nice (although I wasn't mad about the sour cream on my main) - but I h...
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Whitby Day #3, Play: The Right to Disappear, & Musical: A Very Divine Election

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Phew! By Sunday, the end was in sight.. not, I hasten to add, that I wanted it to come to an end, it's just we did so much.. I did have to wear earplugs again the night before, more for the noise in what was now a busier guesthouse than before, than for exterior noise. I packed and was on my way out, but the owner, who was having breakfast, had left the kitchen door open - presumably for this exact purpose - and nabbed me on my way out for a chat. So that was the end of meeting the others on time.. We were to meet at the museum , which we hadn't managed to see yet. Heading in that direction, I was delighted to come across the statue of a woman knitting a "gansey", which JW (uber-organiser and chief factotum) had also photographed on Friday - it's particularly interesting to me, as "geansaí", pronounced the same way, is the Irish for "jumper": I was delighted to see the museum had a cloakroom, which I made a beeline for with my case. The entry...
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