| Dr. Hugh Tildesley |
Deborah’s flight was early,
our driver on time, and we checked into our apartment on Gillingham Street,
after dropping Gorgeous at the Taj. His hotel requirements seem to have been
met and he is a 5-minute walk from us.
Just a block away is a fine Italian restaurant, Tozi that serves tapas like portions. The tuna tartar was to die for!
Theatre Report:
We made our way to TKT at
Leicester Square and took care of purchases for the first 3 days.
The Curious Incident of the
Dog in the Night. Geilgud
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Wicked, Victoria Apollo
Beautiful, Aldwych
An energetic performance with
familiar songs from such an extremely talented woman. The play gives you the
legitimate source of some of the lyrics and melancholy. I had forgotten how
many songs she had written, early in her career almost exclusively sung by
black entertainers. She also wrote many of the tunes for the Monkees. Her solo
career was launched after her friends goaded her into performing; the rest is
as they say “All she wrote”. |
| The Afro in Front of me |
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| What Ali Would have done! |
Georgeous gave it 5/5, my score was 4/5, still a strong recommendation.
Father, Wyndham’s Theatre
Incredibly clever play about
dementia, the audience is left not knowing what is real or what is imagined. An
education in what many loved ones are going through. Educational, thought
provoking and emotional.
My score 5/5
The Museum Report
We walked to the Museum of
Science; the weather was 20 degrees, the trip a little long for me. We
encountered tons of school children, as this is a school holiday. The terms
here are 7 weeks long followed by 1 week of holiday. Fortunately the queue into
the science museum was trivial, the admission as in all National Museums, free.
We donated 5 pounds. The exhibits very well done and we were sure to see the
story of Ida Lovelace, Lord Byron’s daughter who programmed the first analytic
machine. Her story is also well documented in one of my reading suggestions,
The Innovators.
We journeyed to the Sherlock
Holmes museum, the school children won, the wait of 1 hour excessive to my
liking. We settled on the walk back to Trafalgar Square, with a lunch stop
along the way.
The Museum of portraits was
as stimulating as ever so long as one stayed contemporary. The recent photos of
royalty and PM’s was on the mark.
This photo of John and Yoko
by Leibowitz was taken 5 hours before his death.
The restaurant Report:
Tozi, 8 Gillingham Street:
We have eaten at Tozi’s
twice, great quality food, and excellent service. A little dear hence the 4/5
score.
Delauney, 55
Aldwych
Beautiful
bistro décor, prompt service, convenient as it is open after the theatre.
Excellent quality food however a little pricey. 3.5/5, mainly because of the
price.
Bianco43, 7
Northumberland Ave
Great pizza,
prompt and friendly service. 5/5
Augustas,
Catherine Street.
Excellent
atmosphere and service. Another tapas like experience. Food excellent quality
.5/5
Our last meal
was at Quilon, next door to Georges’s hotel on Buckingham Gate Road. Excellent
food and service. It scores 3.5/5 because of its price.
Some London
Observations;
People here
are upbeat. There seems to be an optimism that is prevalent. The streets and
tube are more crowded than I have ever seen them, this might relate to the
school holiday.
The skyline
is filled with cranes. There is no slowdown here!
Expensive.
Pounds buy what dollars do at home. Costs average twice what we are used too.
We visited
the Canadian High Commission thanks to Gorgeous’ arrangements, this blog will
be written over the next 72 hours.
Until next
time……
