London Still Rocks!

Now, tonight was supposed to be the third in a  run of three Meetup s, back with London Social & Cultural Meetups (also advertised, again, with the London European Club ) for a talk at the London School of Economics - this one was Ten Years On: Brexit and Britain's Political Future . But wouldn't you know, I was checking this afternoon - and I never registered for the talk! Lordy.. well, there was no doing it now - so I cancelled my attendance at the Meetup and headed for dinner at the Pommeler's Rest before the talk, which I could still access online. The rain held off, and it was a gloriously sunny evening - I got a table just inside the door, where I could watch both the golden sunshine and the manic traffic. Had a nice meal, nice wine.. a second nice wine.. and reflected that one of the good things about not attending in person was that I had time to eat beforehand, rather than spending the better part of an hour just getting there. And I was hungry.. Got hom...

Last night, back with London Social & Cultural Meetups (LSC) for a talk at the LSE about Trump's Foreign Policy in Historical Perspective . Couldn't miss that.. also advertised with the London European Club (LEC). I was in the office, so could walk to our meeting point at Holborn Station - beside the hat stand, she said, and sure enough, that's where I found her. We stood and chatted for a while, waiting for the other attendees - one showed up after a bit,  the other was a no-show. In due course, we headed to the college - where we were directed to the entrance to the theatre, and our tickets were scanned. Ushers were on hand to seat us: Those without a ticket were seated once all ticketholders had arrived, and there were online participants from what sounded like all over the world, when the person monitoring those mentioned the list during the Q+A. And indeed, the whole thing was filmed, and the video is now available online . (No, they didn't catch us in shot...