London Still Rocks!

Last n ight, I headed to the first of two films in a row, back with  The Hideout . Was supposed to be for  Deep Water , a thriller about a plane that crashes in shark-infested waters -  Ben Kingsley  is one of the pilots. But then there was some distribution issue - so instead, they renamed the event " Spontaneous ", and we were to vote on what to go see. They included some suggestions, but I was sure, if there were enough votes for something else, we could do that. Personally, I hoped for   Exit 8 , a new   Japanese   psychological horror film based on a   video game   - a man is trapped in an underground station, and to find his way out, he needs to find anomalies - if he finds one, he must turn back. He must not turn back without finding one, he must not continue if he finds one.. I loved the trailer. Anyway, whatever we were to see, we were meeting in   Victory House   as usual, and I booked for   Bella Italia   b...

Well, I was in the office yesterday - and we had a talk from the board of management of the company that's just acquired ours. So we were all asked to come in - handily, it was my office day anyway. So I needed to get in early. I was certainly out earlier than usual - caught the bus at about 8.45am. And so, imagine my frustration when, first, we paused for 15 minutes to "even out the gaps in the service" - before having another delay to change drivers! I got into the office about 9.30.. and sure enough, there were no desks left. I spent the day - when not in meetings - at a coffee table right inside the door. Comfy seat, but nowhere to plug in my laptop - which died in the middle of the day. Really doesn't do well on battery. So, with half an hour to go before my next meeting, and not wanting to be obviously not working in the office, I went for a walk - and found myself in Outernet : And, of course, I left pretty soon after my meetings ended.  Last night, second nig...

Now, no fewer than five spooky meetings in a row! Well, sort of. Tonight, I was back with  Up in the Cheap Seats  for  The Authenticator , which is described as a Gothic psychological thriller. Love anything that describes itself as "psychological". Showing in the  Dorfman  - and all seats left at the cheapest price were described as "severely restricted"! so I went for the next price bracket up, which was just "restricted". Booked to eat in  The Archduke  beforehand - wow, it's months since I was  last  there! Well, I made the bus in perfect time, and it was practically empty! We fairly flew along - and even though I'd had to take a slightly earlier time than I wanted, I was still early. Mind you, they were pretty empty - I daresay I could've come a bit later. Some of the servers still recognised me, and I got a seat by the window. I see their menu has changed as well.. the chicken just comes with sauce and fries now, no salad, and they no ...

Last Saturday .. well, someone from  LoMAZ  suggested creating an event to eat  sachertorte . The  Lanesborough Hotel  is hosting a temporary  pop-up , giving you the chance to eat sachertorte and apfelstrudel prepared to the original recipe of the  Hotel Sacher  in  Vienna . However, wouldn't you know it, that was the only day this month that suited James to meet! T he group was headed to a  ceilidh  that evening, but I said I'd skip it and hang out with James and Mark and Martin, if it suited.. ah, the difficulties of scheduling! But then, when I asked about timings, the organiser said he'd completely forgotten about it - and was it Saturday or Sunday? Well, I didn't have anything for Sunday, so asked for that, and he was fine with it.. but a couple of others weren't. Unfortunately, I was outvoted.. and then someone else couldn't do Saturday, so it ended up as Sunday after all, phew! Sorted. Martin, unfortunately, had a family thi...