London Still Rocks!

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...

Tonight, second in a row with CT,  Down to Chance  is a comedy play about the  Great Alaskan Earthquake of 1964 , and a local radio operator's role in helping. Showing at the  Pleasance Theatre . I t was just yesterday that I realised I hadn't thought about food - been too busy, I guess! Well, The Depot   pub is right next door, and does food. I emailed them to book. To be fair, they got back to me quickly enough - to say they were booked for a private event. Ho-hum - with a great lack of places to eat around there, I decided to eat around home instead, and made my way to the Pommeler's Rest . Got there nice n early, managed a table not in direct sunlight - it was a very sunny day. Had my usual chicken katsu curry, but was a bit nervous about ordering the wine - Wetherspoon's now makes you choose a spritzer option, but I don't want spritzer. One option is "standard", which I chose - happily, that turns out to be the non-spritzer option. Could be phrased b...

Just started  two nights of cheap shows courtesy of CT. Tonight, I saw  Ancient Grease , a parody of the famous musical,  Grease , but - well - set in  Ancient Greece ! specifically, on  Olympus , and focusing on the love affair between  Hera  and  Zeus . Showing in the  Vaults Theatre  - which I could walk to, in a pinch, considering we had another Tube strike today. Happily, we were absolved of the duty of going into the office this week, because of the strikes. I left in ok time.. headed for Dockhead , since there were two buses that could get me where I was going, both of which stop there. One of them had just left the stop.. mind you, there was such a traffic jam that I figured I could beat it to the next stop . Not only did I manage that, but to play my game for a bit while I waited.. Well, traffic improved after that bottleneck - but by the time I alighted, it was still a bit late for a proper meal. Now, Google Maps showed a P...

Tonight, back with the  Crick Crack Club  at  Folklore , where  Nell Phoenix  delivered a show called  Uncanny , a set of apparently true scary stories. Tickets from  Dice , as ever, and I was eating beforehand in  The Blues Kitchen Shoreditch , as usual. This strike  promised to be over by evening. Well now, I guess nobody told the bus passengers that, because the buses were rammed. Crazy busy, I was lucky to get on, glad to get off. Plus they were all delayed. Happily, today's was a short journey - at that, I couldn't get a bus quite close enough, and had to walk the last bit. I was five minutes late, but hey, they were practically empty! I got a table without issue, was served at lightning speed - and oh, it was good. Had one glass of wine, and when I was finished all that, it was late enough that by the time I got to the venue, the doors would be open, so off I went. Pity really - Wednesday is cocktail night, they're all on sale.. Got mys...