London Still Rocks!

Yesterday, second Meetup in a run of six, I was back with Museum, Art & Culture Socials at the Museum of Soho for an exhibition, The Magnificent Mr. Mole , about a local artist. We were to meet at Cafe Boheme beforehand . I made it roughly on time.. went to the cafe, but couldn't see anyone. I walked right through, then out again, and spotted Jules! sat in a corner. So I grabbed a drink, and we chatted for a while..  ..then wondered where everyone else was! Turned out the organiser, Camilla, had gotten sidetracked chatting to the museum curator. She was with us shortly after that, and grabbed a waiter to get us a bigger table - they ended up pushing two together, and we all ultimately congregated there. Well, except David, who wasn't feeling the best, and said he'd join us at the pub. A nice, cosy corner. And Camilla joined me in a glass of wine - the house wine is very decent! A wander through the streets of Soho brought us to.. a building you'd never peg a...

Just started   six consecutive days of Meetup ! Tonight, I was back with The Hideout , for Roar , a comedy documentary about Tippi Hedren , her daughter, Melanie Griffith , and her husband , who directed and co-wrote it.. and some lions. Apparently Tippi Hedren is a real lover of animals. And as the blurb says, no animals were harmed in the making of this film - 70 cast and crew, including all of the above, were! It looked ridiculously OTT - and as someone says, this makes a mockery of Tippi Hedren claiming she was traumatised by Hitchcock attacking her with birds on the set of The Birds ! Anyway, showing in The Nickel . My company gives an extra hour off on Fridays in summer, so I got off early and headed for food in The Sun Wharf , which is on the way - was lucky to get a table when some people got up - then got a bus , and as usual, ended up waiting outside the cinema for the bar to open: I was literally the first person in the bar - met the organiser when he arrived, ...

Have to give kudos to the driver that got me to work this morning.. not only did he stop, having pulled away already, to accommodate someone who was running, but I happened to be last off, with my rucksack on my back, and as I alighted, he closed the doors a little quickly and kind of caught it. Would you believe, as I walked past the door, he called to me to apologise! Honestly, there are some really nice bus drivers out there.. Tonight , back with TAC for Falla 150, a tribute to the Spanish composer, Manuel de Falla , at St. Clement Danes church - part of the Echoes Festival of Latin Classical Music . Regular tickets from Ticketsource . Booked to eat at Cote Covent Garden beforehand. Well, I could - and did - walk from the office, arriving slightly late - 2 minutes - and was seated pretty quickly. And then forgotten about - until the maitre d' glanced in my direction and sent someone to take my order. And then I was kept waiting for the wine, until the guy who'd take...