Flowers…

We had arranged to meet Jamie at the Columbia Road Flower Market on Sunday and so we took public transport there, picking up Deb on the way. We met for drinks at the lovely and hip Birdcage pub before braving the crowds through the lush market. We bought a couple of smaller plants (there were some very large examples for sale, but taking them all the way back on tubes, trains and busses was out of the question). Jamie took us for lunch at the distinctly carnivorous Flat Iron restaurant before we made our way to Covent Garden for cocktails at Maxwell’s. 

Seaside…

We took a trip down to Brighton for a Saturday afternoon/evening and had a stroll through the lanes down to the shore, which was bright but blustery. We took shelter and had a lovely fish lunch at Riddle & Finns on the Beach before taking time out to watch the new Dolittle film which was a bit of good humoured, light, nonsense (we were just filling time until the gig later).

The Bombay Bicycle Club (check out ‘Everything Else has Gone Wrong’), ably supported by Liz Lawrence (‘None of my Friends’) and by The Big Moon (‘Your Light’) played at the Brighton Centre. They were all great, but I think the venue was to big for their sound and that they would sound even better in a more intimate surrounding.