London Still Rocks!

Last Tuesday , I headed to see  Is This Thing On?  A comedy about a guy who, having marital problems, heads to a bar - only to find it's open mic night, and he can't get a drink unless he does a turn on stage: so, for the first time ever, he attempts a bit of stand-up comedy. Directed and co-written by  Bradley Cooper , it stars  Laura Dern  as the wife - and as told to me by someone at  The Cartoon Museum , it's inspired by the story of  John Bishop ! Nearest showing to me was in the  Curzon Aldgate . My go-to eatery around there is Cote St. Katharine Docks , so I booked - and then moved my booking time back by a quarter of an hour, because of course I wasn't ready! And when I headed out, it was absolutely pouring rain.. Seeing that a bus was due soon, I waited and took that - mind you, just for a couple of stops, to Tower Bridge . So I still had to walk most of the way - I was drenched and dripping by the time I got there. Well, my coat and bag ...

  I was stuck for something to do today, until I remembered something I saw advertised on  Facebook  - there was a  talk about British Folk Horror  tonight! Courtesy of Seed Talks . I was too late to book an in-person ticket, so I booked one for the livestream - tickets from  Eventbrite . Work finished in nice time to get something to eat first - so I schlepped off to my local Wetherspoon's, the Pommeler's Rest ! Damn cold out, too. Got a table without issue - except that it was a bit snug, and if I moved the table back enough so I could squeeze in without having to push the chair in the way of the stairs, then the gap between my table and the adjacent one would be challenging for anyone to squeeze through.. And I was in line with the door. Which wasn't actually a problem, I was far enough from it - just as well, considering the number of people who left it open.. Had my usual katsu, which was lovely, even the third day in a row - might have been my imagina...

Yesterday, fifth Meetup in a row, and second in a row with London Museums A-Z , wa s an  Unlimited event , where they don't cap numbers - we were off to the  British Museum  to see fragments of the  Mausoleum of Halikarnassos , one of the  Seven Wonders of the Ancient World , as I previewed on  the 1st  of course. It was only as I was getting ready to leave that I remembered to book a General Admission ticket for the museum - they're free, and not necessary, but handy to have. We were to meet at 3pm - which was all booked up when I looked. Funny that! Well, I got a ticket for 2:50pm - they don't check the time anyway, as long as you have a ticket. Got a nice, early bus - it arrived as I was racing for the stop , and the obliging, lone person at the stop kindly delayed getting on, giving me a little smile as I ran up. Just to make sure the bus didn't leave. Thank you, kind stranger.. So I arrived about 2:30pm, made for the security check - they glance...

After three Meetups in a row, t he weekend belongs to  London Museums A-Z .. today, we were off to  Bletchley Park , the ticket for which is valid for a year. I got a cheap train ticket on  Uber , with a promotion knocking £5 off, plus £10 Uber credit - which was most of the cost of the ticket.  Amazing how I can get myself out, sometimes - I ended up getting there early. Our organiser had a teeny sign.. of more use, TBH, was the picture he posted of where he'd be, adorned with a big red arrow. When someone suggested getting a hot chocolate in the Starbucks , just upstairs, while we waited, I thought that was an excellent idea.. in fact, they had a new, pistachio one. So I had the new, pistachio one! And a chocolate muffin. Because, you know, chocolate. No bins. No bins on the train either. On the train, we couldn't all sit together - I unsocia bly sat on my own - in my defence, I had a time-boxed event in my phone game .. which I got finished on the train. Tha...