London Still Rocks!

This evening , the best film looked like Tuner , about a piano tuner turned safe cracker. Closest evening showing to me was in the Everyman Broadgate  - nice and late, so I could get some overdue work done. Looking for eateries nearby - what should I discover but " Nando's Liverpool Street "! Well, never knew they had one there.. so that's where I headed, on a bus to Liverpool Street Station . Figured the fastest was to cut through the station - didn't realise it was actually in the station! That bit at the end of the station was just under construction when I lived near there. Crikey, it was well needed - there was nowhere decent to eat in the station at the time. Well, it was busy, but I got a table.. WiFi was pretty bad, so I ended up on the station WiFi, which wasn't great either. It took a while to order, therefore.. and it wasn't obvious where to get the cutlery - the lady who took me to my table had said, but she was both softly- and quick-spoken...

Last night, headed to a film -  Wasteman  is a prison drama, closest showing to me in the  Everyman Broadgate . The trailer looked really powerful, as an inmate close to parole, and looking forward to seeing his son, gets a violent new cellmate and finds himself in danger of losing his "good behaviour" status. Because most of the seats in that screen are sofas, tickets for which have to be booked in pairs, I thought I'd better book an armchair while they were going. Booked to eat in the  Red Lion Moorgate  beforehand - a  Greene King  pub. I was in the office again during the day, and it closes at 7 - I wanted a booking around 7.45, but had to settle a little later, at 8pm; they were booked up till then. Stayed in the office until about 6.30, then took the first bus that arrived and that Google Maps said I could use in a combination to get me there. Sure enough, arrived at the pub about 7.40 - and my heart sank to see the crowd outside. Still, I per...