Fortnightly catch-up

I need to write a couple of entries, but I thought I'd just summarise what we've been up to recently. Last Monday we went and saw the stage production of Fiddler on the Roof at the Savoy Theatre with Selina and Rachel. Anna and I really enjoyed it, but the girls were a bit restless. Funnily enough, this is the first time either of us have sat through the whole play - despite having met during the production of one over a decade ago.

On Wednesday we caught up with Gidon and Connor, and had a few drinks at the Dog & Duck in Soho before seeing the Simpsons movie (which is great, by the way). Visiting the pub was attended by all the usual historical observations that one gets in London - it was a favourite hang-out for George Orwell, and nearby Frith Street was home to Mozart, John Constable and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

Friday night we met up with Selina, Rachel, Brooke and others for some drinks at an over-priced joint by Leicester Square. Quite a crowd.

Saturday was sunny again, so we finally had our long-discussed trip to Brighton. We really enjoyed having a nosey around Andy's home town. The sea looked beautiful and sparkly, but the beach was stoney and smelled liked wee. I went on two different rollercoasters on Brighton Pier, and bought a stick of rock.

Sunday we went to a pub quiz in Angel with Connor. We called ourselves "Quentin Tarantino's chin". We didn't fare too badly for a three-person team, but nor did we cover ourselves in glory. We have sworn to make a greater impact this weekend.

This week has been extra busy. We had dinner with Hugo on Monday, at a Belgium pub called Bierodrome (great name!) in Angel/Islington. The food was average, but I had a couple of really great beers. They were fruit beers (with a weiss, not lambic, base) - coconut and apple. Mmm.

Tuesday I had a Guinness with Andy at lunchtime to discuss plans for his short film, which we are shooting in November. After work I met James for a vegie dinner at Food for Thought, before hitting the Skinny Puppy concert at the Astoria in Soho. They are a prominent oldskool industrial band, and the crowd was a pretty eclectic group of freaks (ourselves excluded, of course). Needless to say, it was an awesome gig, and I will be posting photos soon.

Thursday we went to a great vegetarian restaurant in Primrose Hill called Manna, with James and Alisha. They have an amazing menu. I had a

dill, lemon, lapsang & seaweed caviar tofu timbale with grilled fennel and tomato & mustard sauce topped with caper & dijon mayonnaise on warm new potato and pickled aubergine salad

and Anna had

organic tortelloni pasta parcels filled with grilled aubergine, courgette, red pepper, ricotta & blue cheese in a creamy spinach sauce with a watercress, rocket, pine nut & sun dried tomato salad

Fancypants!

Tonight I'm off to see John Waters with Andy. I'm hoping to get a copy of Serial Mom signed by the man himself!