Here are the official pictures from my little brother's wedding a few weekends ago - nothing of me in my dress though, but I hear there are more to come so keep your fingers crossed ( Read more... )

I'm only about six weeks behind, but finally got the pictures up from dearest hublet's time on the plinth. It was a really fabulous day and I'm still utterly in awe of how well he did ( Read more... )

a quick post at work, because this looks like loads of fun and we're off to the theatre tonight so I'm not sure when I would get to it otherwise:

Via the ever interesting Going Underground Blog there is going to be a London transport themed photographic scavenger hunt on 06 July. Sign-up is via flickr. I'm not sure if the teams will be randomly ( Read more... )

Lots going on this week, so posting will be light. A sample of upcoming amusements:

• Comedy double bill (L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE / GIANNI SCHICCHI) at the Royal Opera with some friends tomorrow
  
• a modern/fusion dance performance of Mahabharata on Wednesday
  
• our first Intermediate tango class on Thursday
  
• weekend in Bruges with my photography group, organised ( Read more... )

So, yesterday early evening, I got a call from a member of our Safer Neighborhoods team who had my complaint forwarded to him. He was very concerned (and rightly so) a)about the fact that we had a legitimate emergency and no one came and b)that there has been an increase in "anti-social behavior" in our neighborhood in general ( Read more... )

( Regarding Hooligans and the Police )

So, raayat and I have both had pretty tough weeks (and they aren't over yet *argh*), so we both decided to cut our respective work days "short" (meaning we left before dark) to take in the concert at St. Pauls to raise money for the refurbishment of their world renown organ. It was exactly what we needed too. There was a really nice range of music ( Read more... )

Theatre Geek? Coming to London? (Or already here) Not sure where to begin? Slate has you sorted with their guide to Theatre Going in London complete with Things to know before you take a theatre vacation in London. It's a fantastic mix of history, current runnings, musings on the place of theatre in society and London's place in the theatrical ( Read more... )

How different the world I live in is from the one my parents do. I spoke to them on Sunday, as usual (though with extra Mother's Day wishes to follow up the flowers delivered on Friday) and mentioned that raayat was cooking - Mom was genuinely surprised that he would want to cook and Dad lightly chastised me for making him work on the weekend. Huh? ( Read more... )

(never fear - the economic philosphy post will probably be put up later when I can actually sit and think and mull some things over with R ( Read more... )