London Still Rocks!

On Friday , second Meetup in a row, I was back with  The Hideout  for  Primate , about your typical tropical paradise, where a group of youngsters have come to party, and there's a pet chimp. Unfortunately, he goes from sweet to savage when bitten by a rabid animal, and carnage ensues. Venue finally announced as the  Vue West End , to  Victory House  before that for drinks, and  Bella Italia  before that for me, for food. I made it slightly late to the restaurant, as usual - sadly, it seems my regular table is no longer in use. To be fair, I was probably the only one that liked it - I could sit inside and look out: but it is a cramped space, and better suited to storage. Anyway, I was seated immediately - and as I perused the menu, something caught my eye that I hadn't noticed before, but that sounded good: so I ordered the beef and red wine tortellini. As usual, I had chicken fries to start. However, not as usual, they were burnt and unpleasant!...

This couple of days , a couple of   Meetups : last night, back with  London Museums A-Z  (LoMAZ, yay!), who were, unusually for them, doing something midweek - specifically, a late at the  Cartoon Museum  - which is walking distance from the office, where I was yesterday. Ah, the hardship of timing work so it finishes neither too early nor too late.. when the time was finally closer to 5.30 than 5.15, off I popped, and walked to the museum. Jesu, my shoulders were aching from the laptop by the time I got there, slightly early - shortly afterwards, someone posted in the WhatsApp group that she had arrived, but was standing in the porch, 'cause it was too cold. As it certainly was - the overnight rain has warmed things up a bit, but it was bitter last night. And we all duly assembled in the porch, apart from a few who were running late. Well, it turned out that there was a tour group, which we obviously didn't want to get mixed up in. So we headed to the comic ex...