As part of a get together for his birthday we visited the
National Portrait Gallery with Terry and Katherine (we understand it is due to close
for 3 years soon). We didn’t get to see everything and we needed to take a
break for lunch in between, where we went to a pub called the Sherlock Holmes that
has a room upstairs made up to look like the famous detective’s, complete with
a creepy model of the man himself. After we did finish with our visit to the
gallery, we had a drink in one half of the Ship & Shovell, a pub split in
two by the Craven Passage.
As Terry and Katherine left for home, Sue and I ventured over
the river to the Royal Festival Hall to listen to some free live jazz. While we
were there we picked up a couple of tickets for the Calexico + Iron & Wine
show that evening (they have worked together before and we have seen Iron &
Wine perform, but never Calexico, who I was eager to see). After a quick bite
to eat in the nearby Ping Pong we went back to the venue and watched a very
good gig (the main act was supported by Irish musician Lisa O’Neill). After the
show, we had a reviving cocktail in the Black & Blue opposite the station while
we waited for our train home.
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