"The social whorl never ceases", I said in response to a comment from Ms Scarlet the other day. Indeed it doesn't...
I was early arriving in the West End [deliberately so, as I neglected last Sunday to check whether there was a programme available for the Mandy Patinkin show, so went to the Lyric Theatre box office to enquire; the chap didn't know, but said he'd ask the promoter and give me a call] to meet up with John-John yesterday, and took a detour around the old stamping-grounds of Soho to the camp-as-tits dressing-up shop So High Soho before trolling down to our meeting place, the Wetherspoons in Leicester Square. The occasion? The latest Marvel blockbuster, The Marvels - which was a darn-sight better than some of the reviews would lead one to believe! Afterwards, since we were in Leicester Square, and he'd never been, I took John-John to the faboo rooftop bar at the swanky Hippodrome Casino for a drink and to take in the atmosphere of one of the best "hidden London" venues, looking down on the hubbub of the West End, before we ended up at Halfway II Heaven, in the company of chums Joe and Russ.
Today, I woke too early after what ended up a rather late night, felt a bit restless, and decided to take myself off to the sheer madness and crowds of Camden Market - again, like Soho, somewhere I haven't really meandered around since before the pandemic... It's not for the faint-hearted, and is in a constant state of flux so it's very easy to turn the wrong corner and find you're somewhere you've already been, but I thoroughly enjoyed soaking in the atmosphere and tutting at the bewildered tourists!
I came home empty-handed, but that's only because I was "umm-ing and aa-ing" about a particularly pricy "object of desire". It's payday next week, and I can almost guarantee I'll head back there and buy it...
Meanderings aside, I heard a choon today I hadn't heard for ages (we loved it so much back in 2016 that The Madam even had its "hook" as his ringtone for a while!), and now it's an earworm. So I thought I'd share:
Still a great song, seven years down the line...
As soon as I hear this I think my phone is going off, even now after all this time.
ReplyDeleteglad you had such a fab time you certainly packed a lot into it.
The other one you had as a ringtone was Celia Cruz La Vida es un Carnival - and I can never hear that without thinking it's your phone! Jx
DeleteOh yes....Kungs, This Girl, was and still is a song that gets me going. It's a timeless song really. I swear...it was used in so many commercials here in the US....the lad could live off the royalties alone the rest of his life.
ReplyDeleteAnd just what was this" object of desires" name???
It's an irresistibly catchy tune - I am not surprised it's been used in advertisements... Jx
DeletePS I don't think I'd pay for that kind of "object of desire", dear.