Super Happy Double Mega Fun Post....

Hey all, following my slackness last week, I must make up by covering two weeks in the one post. As such, I shall attempt to be brief and to the point...but we all know there's little chance of that happening.

So, just days after our afternoon tea at Yauatcha (you remember that, right?), Sally and I ventured to what was once the King's Cross Cinema, but is now known as Scala. The incredible Scala (think Thebbie Theatre, but on a smaller scale) was venue to The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, self proclaimed gothabillies who play a great show. As their first show in London for almost two years, there was a great vibe to both the crowd and the band.

The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster in Full Flight.

The rest of the week was unfortunately taken up with the work and other such mundane tasks, which made our lazy Saturday all the more pleasurable. Following farewell drinks for one of Sally's colleagues on Friday night, we felt is was wise to take it easy. Our Sunday however, began with a quick touch of shopping on Oxford St before heading to The Charles Lamb for a tasty Sunday lunch. Following lunch we wandered along the Regent's Canal from Islington to Camden Lock. Visiting Camden is certainly an experience, the markets there are massive and full of every variety of stall imagineable.

Lunch At The Charles Lamb.

One of the Locks in Regent's Canal

Camden High St on Sunday.

This week (yes, we've only just now reached this week) has seen slightly fewer activities, due in part to the hustle and bustle of busy work, but also due to some less pleasant weather. This weekend was our promming weekend. Now being about halfway through the proms season, we thought it a good idea to take advantage of the passes which give you access to all of the proms playing at the Royal Albert Hall over the weekend. This weekend that covered four concerts, one on Friday night, two on Saturday night and one on Sunday night. With a hard week, we decided that getting across town to the Friday night show was just too much, so we focussed our efforts on Saturday night. The first of the two concerts on Saturday was the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra playing Elgar, and it was amazing. The Royal Albert Hall is one of the most beautiful concert halls in the world, and to be seeing a prom there was an awesome experience. With the second concert starting late, we chose to head home rather than wait it out.

The Birmingham Symphony Orchestra on Stage at the Royal Albert Hall.

The Royal Albert Hall.

The Royal Albert Hall.

Sunday night's concert was one that interested us, and that we were looking forward to seeing. That plan was however dashed, when I decided to to wash my jeans...with both our tickets in the back pocket. Genius. Luckily to brighten our spirits, today our tickets for the Proms In The Park arrived. The last night of the Proms is an event for which to even apply to get a ticket to, you have to have bought tickets to 6 other proms throughout the season, and even then it sells out months and months beforehand. Proms in the Park is an open air concert in Hyde Park, showing the concert in Royal Albert Hall with additional bands and presented by Terry Wogan.


As per usual, I've updated my map, you'll see a link to it at the top of the page, but for those too lazy to scroll, here it is;

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=108781270355512035411.000001130555522820954&ll=51.512482,-0.146942&spn=0.080124,0.22831&z=13&om=1


So that's it for this entry, I'll try and be more diligent and post regularly, but with a long weekend coming up, there's a good chance I'll be late again!