organic!

Found this article about the opening of the new Wholefoods store in Kensington interesting. Sounds like it's going to be a huge store. It will be fascinating to see how this changes British supermarkets overall - like the article says they're pretty functional and bare at present. But I wonder how it will affect the smaller organic food shops and farmers markets that are growing in popularity here.

smokefree!

I for one can't wait until the smoking in pubs and restaurants ban comes in England on July 1st. Am definitely part of a group that will go to the pub more when it gets introduced! When I was working today I came across a section on the Enterprise Inns website that gave details of what structures they could erect to get around the ban - amusing to see the 'Jumbrella' and the 'Terrasol' - who on earth thinks up these names?

linked!

potent!

Arcade Fire
Originally uploaded by WordsWithoutThoughts.

Megan and I went to see Arcade Fire in concert at Brixton last night - it was a fantastic show, mesmerising with a band who are totally committed to what they're doing. There were lots of musicians on stage and they moved from instrument to instrument. Our favourite was the guy who played a drum strapped to his back, and also had the most vigorous tambourine shaking style I've ever seen! The audience were totally enraptured and were really connecting with the music. They didn't play an encore on the steps as they'd done at a few of the smaller shows earlier this year - those songs are available on YouTube.

bowled away!

I went bowling on Wednesday with a group from work - it was my third bowling trip in two months and I think I'm getting worse every time! But it was great fun. This time we went to Bloomsbury Bowling which is in the basement of a hotel near Tavistock Square - there's an American diner, karaoke booths and bowling lanes there. We did spend an hour in the karaoke booth which was fully exploited by some members of our team and was highly amusing. Vaughan kept on trying to get a Radiohead song to sing but each time the machine threw up a different AC/DC song.

At least I didn't manage to bowl backwards like I did last time I went bowling, but I did get the lowest score out of everyone!

new pet

thinking of getting one of these...

poetic!

I was looking for reviews on beerintheevening.com to illustrate the post below, and came across reviews from 'Haiku Dave' - pithy, witty little reviews written as a haiku. Brilliant

local!

Simon and I visited Broadway Market, near London Fields, yesterday. It's a lovely wee market, along the lines of a Borough Market farmer's market, but on a smaller scale. Some lovely food vendors there, including organic meat and cheese, as well as some jewellery and clothes stalls. Only about thirty minutes walk from my house, so it's a good Saturday activity! We stopped in at the Spurstowe Arms for lunch on the way back - very good! Not too crowded, with a good lunch menu.

eclipse

eclipse
Originally uploaded by MhairiT.

Possibly one of my worst ever photos (it was taken on my phone using Night Mode), but this is the eclipse of the moon last night (Saturday). It looked very impressive. Sadly we missed the bit when it was fully covered, as it was meant to be all red. Some much better photos here.