Highlight of the Day - the same as everyone's in London I imagine: SUN!
Lowlight of the Day - Learning that Cleo Higgins from Cleopatra Comin' Atcha (now on The Voice) is 30, reminding me that I am not that young anymore.
I've had a great day today. Sun is amazing. We really get a great atmosphere in London when it's sunny...because we appreciate it while it lasts! I mooched down to a lovely little restaurant on Cambridge Heath Road (about a 10 minute walk from my flat), called This Bright Field. Slightly odd name, I grant you, but the food was really delicious (I had roast beef with a Mama of a Yorkshire Pud like I've never seen before). We ate outside (it wasn't really warm enough too, but why not?) and I think my yorkshire was almost big enough to catch the wind like a sail and go skirting of the down the road! The staff were all really lovely too. I'll go again.
I was with two friends, and we made the most of the sun, but walking down Colombia Road, then over Arnold Circus / the Boundary Estate and into Club Row. There's some amazing street art on Club Row and I love the Boundary Estate because it used to be on my tours when I was a tour guide (the first council estate in Britian, because, believe it or not, the now super-expensive, sought-after Shoreditch, used to be the poorest area in the UK, with slums, such as the Old Nichol Slum, where the Boundary Estate now is (built 1901, as the slum was demolished so it's not that long ago), where people lived in houses without foundations, in basements without windows and with 15 to a room. We went to an exhibition inside Mother London on Redchurch Street, called the Secret 7". All in the name of charity, they've taken 7 songs and asked artists to design covers for them (hence 7" records). They are selling them next weekend at £40 apiece, but you won't know which artist's you have until you've bought them. It's all the name of an anti-knife charity. Some are by famous artists, like Gilbert and George, others are by complete unknowns. I'm officially stating, in advance, that my favourite is the one above. If it turns out to be a Gilbert and George worth 1000s, I am an art genius. What was wonderful about it was, that, if for instance I had been to an art gallery with two exhibitions: one of Gilbert and George and one of someone I'd never heard of, I would've probably spend very little time looking at the other exhibit, but, here, you looked and appreciated all the talent, regardless of how famous they were. It's a wonderful idea and it was great to see 700 mini pieces of art. The staff were friendly too, not like the arsey types you can often get around Redchurch Street.
And what better way to top it off than with an ICE CREAM (not that I haven't had ice cream at home almost every day since forever, but this one was OUTSIDE). Stopped in Motown Desserts on the way home, not it's not a Diana Ross Pavlova cafe, it's a cool cake and ice cream shop on Bethnal Green Road. The ice cream is homemade and after several tasters (just to be sure, they even had brown bread ice cream!), I went with cookies and cream. Yummy sunny Mothery day. Happy times!
Lowlight of the Day - Learning that Cleo Higgins from Cleopatra Comin' Atcha (now on The Voice) is 30, reminding me that I am not that young anymore.
I've had a great day today. Sun is amazing. We really get a great atmosphere in London when it's sunny...because we appreciate it while it lasts! I mooched down to a lovely little restaurant on Cambridge Heath Road (about a 10 minute walk from my flat), called This Bright Field. Slightly odd name, I grant you, but the food was really delicious (I had roast beef with a Mama of a Yorkshire Pud like I've never seen before). We ate outside (it wasn't really warm enough too, but why not?) and I think my yorkshire was almost big enough to catch the wind like a sail and go skirting of the down the road! The staff were all really lovely too. I'll go again.
I was with two friends, and we made the most of the sun, but walking down Colombia Road, then over Arnold Circus / the Boundary Estate and into Club Row. There's some amazing street art on Club Row and I love the Boundary Estate because it used to be on my tours when I was a tour guide (the first council estate in Britian, because, believe it or not, the now super-expensive, sought-after Shoreditch, used to be the poorest area in the UK, with slums, such as the Old Nichol Slum, where the Boundary Estate now is (built 1901, as the slum was demolished so it's not that long ago), where people lived in houses without foundations, in basements without windows and with 15 to a room. We went to an exhibition inside Mother London on Redchurch Street, called the Secret 7". All in the name of charity, they've taken 7 songs and asked artists to design covers for them (hence 7" records). They are selling them next weekend at £40 apiece, but you won't know which artist's you have until you've bought them. It's all the name of an anti-knife charity. Some are by famous artists, like Gilbert and George, others are by complete unknowns. I'm officially stating, in advance, that my favourite is the one above. If it turns out to be a Gilbert and George worth 1000s, I am an art genius. What was wonderful about it was, that, if for instance I had been to an art gallery with two exhibitions: one of Gilbert and George and one of someone I'd never heard of, I would've probably spend very little time looking at the other exhibit, but, here, you looked and appreciated all the talent, regardless of how famous they were. It's a wonderful idea and it was great to see 700 mini pieces of art. The staff were friendly too, not like the arsey types you can often get around Redchurch Street.
And what better way to top it off than with an ICE CREAM (not that I haven't had ice cream at home almost every day since forever, but this one was OUTSIDE). Stopped in Motown Desserts on the way home, not it's not a Diana Ross Pavlova cafe, it's a cool cake and ice cream shop on Bethnal Green Road. The ice cream is homemade and after several tasters (just to be sure, they even had brown bread ice cream!), I went with cookies and cream. Yummy sunny Mothery day. Happy times!
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