Champagne, canapés and cultivation

Last night I met london1952  at Fortnum and Mason’s, the department store on Piccadilly famous especially for its tea, hampers and food hall. The store underwent extensive renovations in the last couple of years to coincide with its 300^th anniversary.

 

Adrian had bought tickets for a talk on its history preceded by champagne and canapés.

It was fascinating, undoubtedly because there is so much to tell about how the store changed over three centuries, the services and merchandise it offered and its upper crust clientele, but also because the lady giving the talk was very engaging and with a great sense of humour.  (The champagne that flowed rather copiously certainly helped too!)

We thoroughly enjoyed the evening, and we were very pleased that it didn’t turn out to be a stuffy gathering.

 

Click here to read about F&M’s history.

Angela Lansbury

A couple of weeks ago I happened to mention Angela Lansbury in one of my posts, et voilà right on cue here she is!

On Sunday 4th May 2008 Jerry Herman will be joined on stage at the London Palladium by Broadway legends Angela Lansbury and Don Pippin.

On Sunday Ross and Jim said that they had one extra ticket for a gala performance in aid of Crusaid this Sunday night (because a friend had to pull out). After some "You go Darling!" and "No, you go!", Adrian bought the ticket from them.  

There were still tickets available from here when I checked on Sunday night but I decided to be mean and not to go, even though it is probably my only chance of ever seen her on stage, and that I'll probably regret not going.

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In other news, last night my brother e-mailed me to say that my old cat had died. She was old (18 years) and I only got to see her about 4 times a year but I'll miss her. A lovely evening ended with some tears.