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Talk: Vampires and the Undead

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Last  Wednesday, well, Clare from London Museums A-Z flagged a different storytelling group to me - so I hosted a trip to see the Bloomsbury Folklore Club talk about vampires and the undead , downstairs at Waterstone's Bloomsbury . Tickets from Eventbrite . And there's a bar down there too! So I arranged to meet people there. Not much by way of eateries up there, so I ate where the bus left me off, at All Bar One . Delicious food, friendly service, as always. Walked up to Waterstone's - found the stairs down and flagged to the group on WhatsApp that the talk was in the Art Room. And then tried to find a table in the bar - only to find that a group called the Lonely Girls Book Club had taken over the whole thing! I eventually planted myself at the end of a table they hadn't got a sign on, where most of the others duly joined me - by the time someone came to tell us it was booked, it was time to go for the talk anyway. I met another of the group in there, and a coupl...
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Prince Charles Cinema Film Quiz

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I was to fly back on Tuesday. Could have checked out myself, but saw the friendly receptionist and got him to do it himself. Had booked the Dublin Express - from Usher's Quay, where I'd arrived from - sure enough, it came.. and as I'd suspected, it goes as far as Heuston Station , then loops around to return to the airport . Where I had tons of time for my flight. Four hours or so. What a pity then, that Ryanair only lets you drop your bag two hours beforehand! Nothing for it - I was sat atop my bag for two hours until I could do so. Took me three attempts to find a kiosk that worked. Whereupon I got through security - in about half an hour - and was hungry. So I spied this place called The Marquette . Got a chicken escalope, mash, gravy. They had red wine but not white, so I got water. And it was fine - although the chicken was really not great. Wouldn't have it again. And so I came back to Blighty.  And rushed off, with The Hideout , to the Prince Charles Hallowe...
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Lunch: Cafe 1920, Talks: Stoker on Stoker & Stoker on the Runway, Dinner: Fallon & Byrne, The Little Museum of Dublin, & Parade: Fiáin (Wild)

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On Sunday, we were talking about starting with brunch/lunch in Doyle's - another internet form, another non-reply. But behold and lo, I hadn't noticed that they don't open that early there on Sundays! Shelley, who also came, found us an alternative, and we ultimately brunched/lunched in Cafe 1920 at the Fleet Hotel . Anyway, it was convenient to Trinity College , where we were headed to a couple of talks that afternoon, in the Graduate Memorial Building - to which, I must say, they provided excellent directions!  In the event, it was just me and Shelley. Now, there'd been a marathon that morning, hence road closures.. I was ok, walking distance - she ended up walking as well, what with undependable buses and a taxi she failed to hail.. so I got there first, passing two tour groups on the way. It has a gorgeous, opulent, Art Deco interior: Shelley was a little late, but we still had time to eat - I had the chicken with waffle! (odd combination) with hot honey sauce -...
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