Hello from London!

[hotoldrguy]

Whatever size you are, you look gorgeous,

Now that is the perfect scale.

 

[Ironfan]

incidentally I’m ok.... I buy my clothes from Cos and Arket who are as chic as you get and have no issue making clothes in my size.

What else can do get pissy about... I’m on a roll.

I have the same issues. Can't shop for trousers/jeans etc on the High Street, the look on an assistants face when you ask for a 42'' waist and 37'' inside leg is priceless.

Also the amount of time I find a top that I like just to be told 'we only do larger sizes online'

Then specialist big and tall shops/websites know they have a captive market and charge accordingly.

Even had to shop big and tall in America.

 

[UgliestSon]

Enjoy your Saturday London people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SALdUTFR3o

 

[AlliaPotestas]

My Saturday morning kitchen tune as I try to decide what to have for breakfast...

https://youtu.be/thaiW9bfBM4

Kirsty’s fans meet every year on her birthday to raise a glass to her in Soho Square

Just kiss me quick
'Cause it's my birthday
And I feel so small
I don't know why
But no I'm not too old to cry

 

[Spiritedlady]

Ok history loving tourist.

Right o. We did this conversation about 10 pages ago so feel free to scroll back. I’m not recommending dozens of things but this is what I’d be interested in.

https://www.dennissevershouse.co.uk/

Dennis Severs House - I haven’t actually done this but it’s on my list of things to do. A time capsule house.

Tower of London would be a must for me. We don’t think you’d be able to get tickets for Ceremony of the Keys which is an event they run in the evening but check it out.

Grab food from Borough Market.

http://boroughmarket.org.uk/

If you’re going to Hampton Court you can get a river boat down. It probably takes a long time from the centre but you could go to Kingston upon Thames which has a nice food market in the square and restaurants along the River. You can catch a paddle steamer type boat from a number of locations ( including near a department store called John Lewis)

Finally when I went to Berlin recently I did a private walking tour with a company called “ With Locals.” It was really reasonably priced. They have lots of options for London. ( I don’t know how to make my links tidy. Lol )


https://www.withlocals.com/s/englan...rYnqNL9exSJawYWl9D-VoBbNTSjJyOoxoC3QEQAvD_BwE

The others may chip in...... or not. If you do any of these things can you let us know. I’m getting bored of providing recommendations and never hearing from people again

 

[Spiritedlady]

Morning all.

I’m leaving Cornwall today..... a whopping 2 days dodging rain clouds. I’ve eaten 2 Cornish pasties, 1 cream tea, dinner out twice ( fresh crab, yummy). Sadly only 1 cocktail. Got my toes sandy a couple of times and did a whizz around the Tate. Oh, also bought a painting for my husbands birthday.

Off to the East Mids to drop my kid off with rellies.

 

[UgliestSon]

My Saturday morning kitchen tune as I try to decide what to have for breakfast...

https://youtu.be/thaiW9bfBM4

Kirsty’s fans meet every year on her birthday to raise a glass to her in Soho Square

Just kiss me quick
'Cause it's my birthday
And I feel so small
I don't know why
But no I'm not too old to cry

 

[AlliaPotestas]

Haha! I might want me one of these

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mcdonalds-left-red-faced-after-18860318

 

[newrandomperson]

I can cover pretty much the same radius, so no one go anywhere else in Scotland and we're covered!

My understanding of the fringe is that everyone loves it, but the locals... It really takes over everything. I've been multiple times and even helped take a show there once too so can confirm that a lot (probably the majority) of theatre companies operate the fringe at loss, but the exposure and the thrill is too much to pass up.

I really should try and go again this year... Le sigh.

As for all you fashionable ladies, I love tkmaxx except I picked up 4 things in my size to try on last week and only one of them fit. Like not even just a little tight, like plain could not get into them. I'm not nearly cool enough for half the other places mentioned.

And wowsa. That dress SL. Hawt.

From what I understand the exposure is what brings them to Scotland. you could call it a Northern Exposure (boom boom). I will say though as a local while it gets busier I will take that for the wealth of art and talent we get here and if it means dodging a few more people in the street it is a price worth paying. I am just a bit gutted I wont be seeing any opera but there is Vienna in December to maybe grab some there.

I would love to know how complicated it is to put one on though from the getting the venue to the rigging to everything inbetween!

Morning all.

I’m leaving Cornwall today..... a whopping 2 days dodging rain clouds. I’ve eaten 2 Cornish pasties, 1 cream tea, dinner out twice ( fresh crab, yummy). Sadly only 1 cocktail. Got my toes sandy a couple of times and did a whizz around the Tate. Oh, also bought a painting for my husbands birthday.

Off to the East Mids to drop my kid off with rellies.

Safe trip and happy times!

 

[AlliaPotestas]

Yo Random person - free chance to see Tony Slattery today...

 

[newrandomperson]

Yo Random person - free chance to see Tony Slattery today...

You are a star, I may see if I can get into that. So many improv memories from the 90's...

 

[Spiritedlady]

You are a star, I may see if I can get into that. So many improv memories from the 90's...

I used to really fancy Tony Slattery in the 90s. I know he’s had lots of mental health problems more recently and is pretty broke so I’m glad he’s working.

 

[AlliaPotestas]

Yep - if you go, be nice... he really did hit rock bottom. I was really excited to see he was doing a play in Birmingham a few years ago and I booked tickets but it got canned shortly before opening night with some bullshit excuse. That was when I googled him, what I found was a public appeal on his Facebook page from Richard Vranch begging him to get in touch... telling him how worried people were... he must have been pretty desperate to post publicly, x

 

[Polranny]

Yep - if you go, be nice... he really did hit rock bottom. I was really excited to see he was doing a play in Birmingham a few years ago and I booked tickets but it got canned shortly before opening night with some bullshit excuse. That was when I googled him, what I found was a public appeal on his Facebook page from Richard Vranch begging him to get in touch... telling him how worried people were... he must have been pretty desperate to post publicly, x

Years back I partied with him. Great guy. I didnt know he'd gone awol on the circuit, glad he's returning to form ( hopefully).

 

[ReaperW]

On a completely unrelated note...

Anyone hate recipes that use cups rather than weights? I have a perfectly good set of scales that saves me having to clean extra dishes for your cups, half cups, 2/3 and a bit cups.
This one also had the added niggle of asking me to measure out tbsp of melted butter. I mean, melted butter does measure nicely into tbsp, it's true, but I'm not going to melt a random amount of butter to leave myself with a random unused puddle of butter. How do I scoop block butter easily into a spoon? And added difficulty for the fact the butter was right out the fridge because it was a spur of the moment type baking scenario.

Perhaps I'm doing Saturdays wrong. But hey, there's cake!

 

[hotoldrguy]

On a completely unrelated note...

Anyone hate recipes that use cups rather than weights? I have a perfectly good set of scales that saves me having to clean extra dishes for your cups, half cups, 2/3 and a bit cups.
This one also had the added niggle of asking me to measure out tbsp of melted butter. I mean, melted butter does measure nicely into tbsp, it's true, but I'm not going to melt a random amount of butter to leave myself with a random unused puddle of butter. How do I scoop block butter easily into a spoon? And added difficulty for the fact the butter was right out the fridge because it was a spur of the moment type baking scenario.

Perhaps I'm doing Saturdays wrong. But hey, there's cake!

I do need to mention that we have sticks of butter where the wrappers indicate the points of various numbers of teaspoons

 

[ReaperW]

See, I knew I was in the right place to moan about this. Ours have some markers of 50g I think. Damn Americans

 

[hotoldrguy]

See, I knew I was in the right place to moan about this. Ours have some markers of 50g I think. Damn Americans

LOL... sometime we should switch cookbooks and see who complains the most

 

[Polranny]

LOL... sometime we should switch cookbooks and see who complains the most

Best cookbook ever was given to my Dad when he was posted to Fort Bliss (el paso) in '52. ' A wolf in chef's clothing'.
He used it right up to his death in 1994. American measures but who cared, it was just a matter of getting the ratios right.

 

[Spiritedlady]

Best cookbook ever was given to my Dad when he was posted to Fort Bliss (el paso) in '52. ' A wolf in chef's clothing'.
He used it right up to his death in 1994. American measures but who cared, it was just a matter of getting the ratios right.

I hope you still have that cookery book? Sounds intriguing. I’d enjoy looking through the recipes. My mum had an old Be Ro ( errr is that one word? ) book from the 70s which was her go to for things like scones. I’m not sure the book survived a kitchen fire she had. I tried a scone “ hack “ that I came across on the internet. Can you “ hack” a scone recipe do you think? It was a very simple recipe with no sugar involving the addition of a can of 7UP. They worked really well but weren’t super sweet.... ( oh no! bring on the jam)

I don’t actually mind cooking with cups but I don’t bake much ( because then I’d be eating it)

 

[Polranny]

Sadly no, but it's available online at reasonable cost.

Written by Robert Loeb, Jr., former food and drink editor of Esquire Magazine, Wolf in Chef's Clothing is a self-proclaimed "Picture Cook and Drink Book for Men"

https://vintage.recipes › Cookbook
Wolf In Chef's Clothing | Vintage Recipes

 

[thespiceoflife]

Morning all.

I’m leaving Cornwall today..... a whopping 2 days dodging rain clouds. I’ve eaten 2 Cornish pasties, 1 cream tea, dinner out twice ( fresh crab, yummy). Sadly only 1 cocktail. Got my toes sandy a couple of times and did a whizz around the Tate. Oh, also bought a painting for my husbands birthday.

Off to the East Mids to drop my kid off with rellies.

Cornwall...time I paid another visit. Crab sandwiches...mmm

 

[hotoldrguy]

https://vintagecookbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Wolf-in-Chefs-Clothing.jpg]

cool book.

I still have the Betty Crocker Cookbook my mom used when I was a kid.

 

[newrandomperson]

Yo Random person - free chance to see Tony Slattery today...

Unfortunately I was not able to make it but I hope he put on a good show. He was a really good comic when he was younger so anything that helps get him back on track I am fully behind.

I did however see a group called Johny and the Baptists, satirical musical comedy that was really really good to be honest. Also randomly got chatting to the lady next to me who was from North London.

Perhaps you’d care to go to the Cut & Paste collage exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern art and feed back?

However this I did get to and it was really really good. Some excellent pieces of art and some incredibly intricate layers with a focus on cubism. That was an excellent suggestion and thank you for making it. I took some slightly random images that I thought I would attach here:

 

[Spiritedlady]

Unfortunately I was not able to make it but I hope he put on a good show. He was a really good comic when he was younger so anything that helps get him back on track I am fully behind.

I did however see a group called Johny and the Baptists, satirical musical comedy that was really really good to be honest. Also randomly got chatting to the lady next to me who was from North London.



However this I did get to and it was really really good. Some excellent pieces of art and some incredibly intricate layers with a focus on cubism. That was an excellent suggestion and thank you for making it. I took some slightly random images that I thought I would attach here:

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Yikes ! I can’t believe you actually went. Thanks for the photos.... I’m so glad you enjoyed it. A friend bought me membership for the Tate for my birthday ( way too generous ) and I used it for the first time in St Ives. I’m hoping to maximise its use over the year.