Cargo / Natty

This was a return visit for a friend’s birthday on Wednesday night. I Already knew I liked the place, so it was as to whether it would stand up to its rep.

We first sat outside in the patio, where lots of tables are cleverly separated from one another to gice a secluded feeling whilst still alowing to see what’s going on around. And it was busy, with pretty much all the tables taken by a crowd mostly in their 20s. In our group the girls siped bellinis (£5.95) and the guys gulped Amstel (the only draught beer available, at £3.40).

At 11pm, I’m guessing due to local anti-noise laws, the staff asked us to move inside. The main bar’s layout is close in spirit to that of the outdoors. So we settled and continued our chit-chat.

A little later an artist called Natty and his band (?) came on in the concert room. Their music was good lyrics like The Streets with a more upbeat dub/ D&B pace. Not all their songs appealed to me, but on the whole a great concert, with everybody dancing around. We even had a few words with Natty later on outside, but it wasn’t easy to make conversation. The guy was so high on adrenaline and buzzing it was like talking to someone with attention deficit disorder.

It’s simple, i’ll be going back, especially as I wanna try their sunday brunch.

Check out this link for details:

http://www.cargo-london.com/

Die Hard 4.0

****spoilers****

timeline of the film:

• 5min: no, no this is not pure entertainment let’s show John MacLane’s disfunctional relationship with his daughter…yaddi ya
• 10min: JML with one gun and a fire extinguisher beats a group of five guys with submachine guns. Classic.
• 30min: They shoot at JML from a helicopter. JML throws his car at them. Now that’s cool
• 60min: story unfolding..hhmm ok
• 80min: he drives a car through a building and into an elevator shaft and spends the next 10min trying to get out of it. Well that’s JML not thinking of the consequences for you
• 110min: He’s in semi-articulated truc fighting off a guy in a fighter jet. That’s when I thought it was maybe a little over the top…lol

Borough Market / The Anchor

I’m going to assume everybody has heard of Borough Market, and thus will save you the description. Instead I’ll just boast about the fact that I generally get there between 9:30 and 10:30 whatever the previous nights’ events. Pretty amazing, huh…

…and tiring. Luckily, if the weather permits, there’s a great place to read the weekend papers and soak up the sunshine. More importantly to “at last” sit down after a lot of aimless wandering, trying to figure out which sandwich/snack will do this time. This wonderful place is a pub – of course – and it’s called The Anchor. And it boasts a huge thames side terrase with great views and nice chunky wooden picnic-type tables. It’s a little expensive (I like my pint to be £2.50) but irresistible on a glorious saturday.

The Anchor : 34 Bankside, Southwark, S.E.1

UPDATE: This saturday, went round to Borough Market with the only goal of finding a good croissant, we even went to the Marmouth Coffee Shop, and sadly the results were very disappointing. Might I add that I set a new own record. I arrived at 9.15!!! It was empty (compared to later)! It was great! Do you get it that this explains that…?

I turned up so early because I didn’t go out the previous night, and so didn’t feel like something sausagy or bacony…

Glam rock revival..hhmm? more like Prince vs. MJ !

However rediculous it was, it just put a smile on my face!

It’s Friday night, a friend’s in town for the weekend, and i’m hosting. Gotta show the best London has! So we head off to the Hoxton/Shoreditch area, randomly looking for a bar or venue that’ll appeal to us. Stop right there. I know what your thinking, I’m supposed to “show the best London has” and I don’t even have a plan. Well you see that’s the beauty of that area, you know you’ll have fun whatever place you end up at.

And this time it turned out to be “Bar Music Hall” (http://www.hellshoreditch.com/ very cool site – of course) . The door is a bit slow at letting people in, especially considering the place wasn’t crammed, but everyone seems to get in at some point.

Inside it’s one big funkily-decorated space with a square bar in the middle, the dancing area to the right, and the seating area to the left. The crowd is trendy (which of course only means it’s normal people wearing unusual clothes): a few friendly goths, a touch of 80’s shoulderpads, a Bee Gees fan, Belle Epoque ladies. Apparently it’s because it’s Computer Blue tonight for Eighties-loving and gay-friendly people. And my friend and I are, so we’re loving it. Personaly I’d descride the music as dirty house remixes of the 80’s.

Then PaulStPaul and the Apostles came on. We had no expectations, had never heard of them. The lights we’re dimmed, the spotlights turned on, and we saw this 80’s glam rock clad group walk on stage. Their backs are facing the crowd. They jump around to face us and it’s Prince vs. MJ!! I was SO not expecting that, none the less I guess I loved it, since I couldn’t stop smiling.

Their set was short but intense. Afterwards it was back to classic Computer Blue. Overall a great night.

Hello London!

My blog is going to be about you! Hopefully a lot of praise but we have to accept there will be difficult times ahead. No relationship is ever perfect. It’s all about making the best.