I love cocktails. (Oh...you knew that?? How, pray tell??!!)
So when I was told that, to celebrate the last days of freedom of my 'BFF' Caroline, before she walks down the aisle to her proud fiancee, Andy, a group of fun and funky hens would be scoffing down a great multitude of cocktails, I was overjoyed. But, imagine my excitment when it was added that, not only would we be scoffing...but we would be behind that mahogany bar, shakin' em up ourselves.
Revolution bar in Clapham Junction does feel like a second home to me sometimes, but never have I been so involved in the making of my own ice-cold drink. a shot here and half a shot there (and perhaps a little extra for good luck) and I was sipping on my own creation - the mintiest of mojitos with just the right amount of lime.
The bride to be's cosmo was worthy of Carrie Bradshaw and, with a peach bellini to wash down the chocolate fondue, we spent several hours of hilarity mixing it up with our fearless cocktail extrodinaires, batman and his trusty sidekick, robin.
Staggering our way onto the train out of CJ I herded our hens all the way to Leicester Square and the delishousness that is Browns...complete with stomach lining grilled chicken with hollandaise sauce.
Revived, we waltzed to the next place - Ruby Blues - for some classic R&B and a boogy on the dance floor...and finally onto Onanon...a huge club in Piccadilly circus where the music was cheesy and the punters quite interesting for people-watching purposes!
Quite a night! and one that required some recovery after an epic journey home...a memorable evening for an incredibly beautiful bride to be...next...THE wedding of 2009! We're practiced, our dancing shoes are broken in...bring it on!
stay tuned.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Normalcy (whatever that is)
So i have formal complaints made about the lack of blog updating over the past few weeks since we have been home.
Understandable - though I have wondered just how interesting my long hours spent slaving over job websites would be to people - no matter how hard i try to glam it up.
True, there has been more happening than that. Lets see...countless hours in pubs and restaurants and bars across Sussex and London catching up with this person and that person, dinner parties in small villages complete with grappa and wine, the odd trip to london to visit 26 pubs in 12 hours as we raced around the city Monopoly style, days spent in the Brighton sunshine (well, ok...the rain) with 'da boys' one day and 'da girls' the next....
We have fallen back into a rollercoster of social activity which, of course, suits me completely down to the ground. If only all the glamorous outings could really take my mind off the issue at hand...the fact that I am currently a homeless, jobless bum...!
I have been working on getting the issue resolved...as i say, countless hours sending off my cv and chatting on the phone to an endless array of recruitment agents. Considering the current climate I seem to have done quite well with 4 serious interviews in three weeks. I have even turned down one particular job...a scary decision to make but one must weigh up a few more weeks of job hunting versus a year (or two or three) in a job that my instincts are telling me I would hate...
Matt, on the other hand, has thrown himself back into work at PBE...ok, it's not ideal perhaps but, for the moment, it's keeping me in cocktails and him in beer...and, perhaps more importantly (or not) it's keeping us fed.
His parents have surprised him for his 30th by arriving at a cozy morrocan restaurant in Covent Garden unannounced...a reunion that bought tears to eyes and a bellydancer to our table. Having them here is so exciting as we introduce them to the friends who are our main reason for being back here and show them around our 'hood'...the little flat above the car yard where we used to live and all the local sights (a tour that took a grand total of five minutes!).
We are staying with the Weggs...I only hope that one day we will be able to pay them back for their incredible hospitatality! It mustn't be easy to have 2 aussies completely take over your house!! (believe me - i once had 5 of them...i know what it's like hey Ash!)
And so life goes on. week by week. This weekend Matt will be far far away exploring with his parents and I will be hitting london town yet again in true glam style...Caroline's hens night brings an array of cocktails and funky bars and sunday brings yet more chilled out catch ups...
stay tuned... (i promise to update regularly!!) xx
Understandable - though I have wondered just how interesting my long hours spent slaving over job websites would be to people - no matter how hard i try to glam it up.
True, there has been more happening than that. Lets see...countless hours in pubs and restaurants and bars across Sussex and London catching up with this person and that person, dinner parties in small villages complete with grappa and wine, the odd trip to london to visit 26 pubs in 12 hours as we raced around the city Monopoly style, days spent in the Brighton sunshine (well, ok...the rain) with 'da boys' one day and 'da girls' the next....
We have fallen back into a rollercoster of social activity which, of course, suits me completely down to the ground. If only all the glamorous outings could really take my mind off the issue at hand...the fact that I am currently a homeless, jobless bum...!
I have been working on getting the issue resolved...as i say, countless hours sending off my cv and chatting on the phone to an endless array of recruitment agents. Considering the current climate I seem to have done quite well with 4 serious interviews in three weeks. I have even turned down one particular job...a scary decision to make but one must weigh up a few more weeks of job hunting versus a year (or two or three) in a job that my instincts are telling me I would hate...
Matt, on the other hand, has thrown himself back into work at PBE...ok, it's not ideal perhaps but, for the moment, it's keeping me in cocktails and him in beer...and, perhaps more importantly (or not) it's keeping us fed.
His parents have surprised him for his 30th by arriving at a cozy morrocan restaurant in Covent Garden unannounced...a reunion that bought tears to eyes and a bellydancer to our table. Having them here is so exciting as we introduce them to the friends who are our main reason for being back here and show them around our 'hood'...the little flat above the car yard where we used to live and all the local sights (a tour that took a grand total of five minutes!).
We are staying with the Weggs...I only hope that one day we will be able to pay them back for their incredible hospitatality! It mustn't be easy to have 2 aussies completely take over your house!! (believe me - i once had 5 of them...i know what it's like hey Ash!)
And so life goes on. week by week. This weekend Matt will be far far away exploring with his parents and I will be hitting london town yet again in true glam style...Caroline's hens night brings an array of cocktails and funky bars and sunday brings yet more chilled out catch ups...
stay tuned... (i promise to update regularly!!) xx
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