Really?

So London is the second most expensive city on the planet after Moscow?

No way! Not with a one-way tube-ride costing a mere £4?

Next they'll be telling us the Earth revolves around the Sun.

After something free?

Try the free films at the Pool of London - take picnic (and some booze!) and watch a film - it's a great night out. (It could even be made a 'Summer of Food ^{(tm reg)}' official event. We've been the last couple of years (last year to see 'Caberet'). Red Ken is putting on some excellent films, like 'Volver', 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' . What's not to like about those?

See, I've saved you money already.......

A Little Light Music

Last night we met up on Southbank with Louise and Jo for dinner. We hadn't seen the girls for quite a while and they were bothing looking really well. They've been exercising a lot and even given up booze for 6 weeks!! (hmmmm - maybe that's why we hadn't seen them?) We went to Tamesa at the OXO tower, which was a pretty good choice if I do say so myself. Good food, attentive service without being in your face, not too busy and a good wine list. What more could you want? It was even considered for a significant birthday next year, but we balked at the £300 charge for a private room. We had a good catchup and talked about important things like house prices/job satisfaction/summer and winter holidays/haircuts/trips to Oz.


It all went too quickly, and as the girls sped off into the London night in order to catch a train to Brighton, Paul and I walked along the south bank of the Thames and dodged muggers and boarders in hoodies. I wasn't cold, but then alcohol's good to me like that.

The Royal Festival Hall is getting a facelift, and part of that is a new installation that enables you to be a part of an orchestra - we sat on a light cube and played excerpts from Tchaikovsky's 4th. It was good fun. You can just see the top of the BA London Eye in the photo I took.