London Still Rocks!

Now, it's two more days of film, on my own. Last night - well, I finally got to see  Frankenstein , as per  Guillermo del Toro ! Promised to be a supremely  gothic  epic, with  Jacob Elordi  as the  monster ,  Christoph Waltz   as   the investor , and  Charles Dance  as the father of the scientist,  Oscar Isaac , who brings the creature to life. Well, I've seen the  exhibition , it was about time I saw the finished product! Showing in  Hackney Picturehouse  - and since everywhere was full the  last time  I was there, I booked for  Pizza Express  beforehand. Got one of my projects done in nice time to head off a little early! Well, it'd take nearly an hour to get there by bus, so it made sense to leave early. One of the buses I could get was the #38 - two of which I saw drive past as I was waiting to cross the road. Never mind, Google Maps assured me that one was still due. Rubbish - whe...

Tonight, finally got to  Urchin  - only reasonable showing time today was in the  Picturehouse Hackney . And somehow, I got the impression that I had to leave an hour earlier than I did, in order to eat. Ah well - I was on my way when I realised. It's just that I do actually have some work to do, and it would have been a good opportunity. Even going from work, which is closer to it, traffic was such that I needed to take the Central Line - which was stuffy, but amazingly, I got a seat - and when I got off, I could have walked, but considering three buses went the same way, and I had my laptop, and it was already taking so long.. I treated myself to a bus . Arrived in good time to eat - unfortunately, I was to discover that everywhere was full! After an altercation with a beggar - she started with a sob story, face contorted in the way that they do, I cut her off with a firm "no", and as I marched off, she called me a b***h (I didn't stay to hear the rest) - I said s...