Cast your mind back almost two weeks... that's actually the last time I blogged properly. Here's a quick rundown of some of the things that have been going on, and list of stuff I'll catch up with very, very soon.
LOST WEEKEND #1 (but not in a hotel in Amsterdam...)
Fri 18th: Rob and Wayne for dinner. For those Delia types amongst you, you'll be pleased to see that the menu consisted of: homemade smoked mackerel pâté with melba toast; chicken roasted with mushrooms and onions, crushed new potatoes with black olives and truffle oil, cumin and lemon carrots, roasted beetroot with balsamic vinegar and mangetout; lemon meringue roulade with raspberry sauce. We drank copious amounts of wine and coffee and you can see that Wayne's been at it with his digital camera again. It was nice to see the boys in a normal environment instead of minkered at the Tavern!
Saturday 19th: Closer to Heaven - the Pet Shop Boys musical. Everyone's reviewed it already - that's what happens when you get behind with your blogging. See what David, Jonathan and Ian thought. I enjoyed it actually. Thought the music worked well, and yes, although the ending was a bit of a cop-out, when was the last time a musical tried to change the world?
On to Hope at George IV in Brixton (via Barcode where I hooked up with Danny and Brad, Dave and Ric and so on). We got there just after half past 12 and it was already 1 in 1 out!! It's proving more popular each time it's on. Still the door staff were great in letting everyone sit around having given queueing tickets like at Sainsbury's, and they were also up for letting one person from each group in to buy beer. We got in before that eventuality however and had a great night. Very hot, but everyone was there so fabulous time had. So much so that we ended up in Trade, where I knew Nick and crowd would be. I danced for about 5 hours non-stop. Mad.
Sunday 20th: Home at 11.30am ish and managed to sit and chat to Nick until Tavern time. Think that was maybe why I didn't enjoy it that much. I was knackered! We sat out a bit, which was good, but when it got going it was just too busy. Managed briefly to hook up with Alan who was in from New York, but by about 10.30pm I was over it and so went home. To bed.