Friday 27 July 2012

Olympic Flame

Tonight is the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics.  To say the Olympics have been everywhere, even if you don't have TV or interest in sport, is an understatement.  It's been exhausting.  Boris Johnson has been spouting from tube station tannoys, the newspapers bang on about it and everyone on Facebook is chatting about it, positively and negatively.  And now it's here.

Not sure what to expect for the opening ceremony, so a bit excited.

On the food front, he has run with "olympic flame" and gone with the theme of fiery foodstuffs.  Eeek!



Friday 20 July 2012

The Chap

Are you a chap?  Or are you a lady with a parasol who swoons?  This week we will take a journey back to a better time.  An English time of chaps.

We attended the Chap Olympiad recently.  After a weekend of staying at the East India Club (ra!) and spending many hours pottering around Fortnums (double ra!), we went to the Sunday of this marvellous event.  In a private square (natch), we sampled Pimms and G&Ts (with a bite) whilst watching ridiculous games.

Tonight we will be harking back to that fun day, bringing some tunes together and nibbling on appropriate bits and pieces.  Pip pip.

We are shortly hoping to join the New Sheridan Club so that we can hang out with these awesome people born in the wrong decade.  It's also become very, very clear I need a wardrobe of beautiful 40s dresses.



Friday 13 July 2012

Friday the 13th

Since it's Friday the Thirteenth, we thought we would look at superstitions.

Not sure it's been a day fraught with disasters particularly.  I could say the painfully slow servers on a rollout were causing headaches, but that's what they could do on any ol' day of the week - it's their raison d'etre.  Ah technology, how we shake our heads gently and roll our eyes.

Not sure what he will be cooking up on the food side, I can only think of a rabbit foot pie, which isn't totally appealing.  But then. how well will I do on the music side?  What genre will dominate the world of superstition?