Food, theatre and nudity
Last night I met Adrian at the Crypt
for a quick dinner
Outside the Crypt, I made Adrian pose next to one of the many 'themed' Olympic mascots that seem to have appeared all over London
I don't think he was pleased!
(I believe its name is Wenlock - although I keep calling it Wedlock)
A very short walk
and we were at the BB Bakery Covent Garden where we indulged in tea and cake (Black Forest for me, Mille-feuille for Adrian)
This was a madeleine moment; a bite and I was back to the Italian summers of my childhood when we sometimes had ice-cream cakes with amarene...
Adrian enjoyed his mille-feuille too
It was soon time for the evening's entertainment
(Is it a bird? Is it a plane?)
"What the Butler Saw" is a Joe Orton's farce performed for the first time in 1969.
The review for this production haven't been very good at all, but we still enjoyed it.
A woman in the row behind me was laughing all the time and so loudly a noise and nuisance officer should have been called in.
We were much more restrained.
It was all rather racy and I expect it must have been rather controversial in 1969 with its many references to lesbians, gays, and sex.
Perhaps in 1969 the policeman would have covered his family jewels with its helmet but last night he just didn't bother and was quite happy to run naked across the stage (he was rather blessed in his nether-regions department!).
Talking about what the butler saw, the 'Metamorphosis - Titian 2012' exhibition at the National Gallery is putting together works by the old master with some contemporary art installations. One of these allows the user a peeping Tom experience.
According to The Independent:
"Mark Wallinger's Diana is customarily wonderful. In a darkened room, he has built a sub-room into which we cannot quite look through a louvred door and frosted window. It seems to be a bathroom: blurred shampoo bottles stand on the window's sill. As you ponder these, something moves. It is a woman, seemingly naked - one of seven chosen by Wallinger, all genuinely called Diana, who will occupy the room in turn throughout the show."
for a quick dinner
Outside the Crypt, I made Adrian pose next to one of the many 'themed' Olympic mascots that seem to have appeared all over London
I don't think he was pleased!
(I believe its name is Wenlock - although I keep calling it Wedlock)
A very short walk
and we were at the BB Bakery Covent Garden where we indulged in tea and cake (Black Forest for me, Mille-feuille for Adrian)
This was a madeleine moment; a bite and I was back to the Italian summers of my childhood when we sometimes had ice-cream cakes with amarene...
Adrian enjoyed his mille-feuille too
It was soon time for the evening's entertainment
(Is it a bird? Is it a plane?)
"What the Butler Saw" is a Joe Orton's farce performed for the first time in 1969.
The review for this production haven't been very good at all, but we still enjoyed it.
A woman in the row behind me was laughing all the time and so loudly a noise and nuisance officer should have been called in.
We were much more restrained.
It was all rather racy and I expect it must have been rather controversial in 1969 with its many references to lesbians, gays, and sex.
Perhaps in 1969 the policeman would have covered his family jewels with its helmet but last night he just didn't bother and was quite happy to run naked across the stage (he was rather blessed in his nether-regions department!).
Talking about what the butler saw, the 'Metamorphosis - Titian 2012' exhibition at the National Gallery is putting together works by the old master with some contemporary art installations. One of these allows the user a peeping Tom experience.
According to The Independent:
"Mark Wallinger's Diana is customarily wonderful. In a darkened room, he has built a sub-room into which we cannot quite look through a louvred door and frosted window. It seems to be a bathroom: blurred shampoo bottles stand on the window's sill. As you ponder these, something moves. It is a woman, seemingly naked - one of seven chosen by Wallinger, all genuinely called Diana, who will occupy the room in turn throughout the show."