Blue, red and pink

Yesterday it was the launch of the Transport for London/Barclays Bicycle Hire scheme; the bikes appeared overnight all around the city.


I only saw a couple of people using the bikes although apparently over 12,000 have signed up and paid the £45 annual registration fee.
From September occasional users will also be able to ride the bikes for a 24hr registration fee of £1 (the bikes are free to use for the first 30 minutes).


In the evening I met Adrian at the Barbican to see 'Pink Martini'.


But the first colour of the evening was red, courtesy of my husband.
Lately my lovely, sweet-natured and mild-mannered husband has become more Mediterranean than I have ever been (after all, I only had my first glimpse of the sea when I was 15! lol) and he's prone to 'red mist' moments!

Last night the red mist was caused by two of the restaurants being closed for refurbishment, one being fully booked and the only one open - the 'pop-up' - being run very badly. Adrian waited for ages at the counter to get a glass of white wine while his food was getting cold and he was being ignored by staff on the phone. 

But the food wasn't bad at all.

And here they are: 'Pink Martini', all the way from Portland, OR, USA!





The first song of the night was "Let's never stop falling in love" which was also one that we picked for our ceremony at the registry office!
So it was quite a romantic evening for us after all!



It was a marvellous concert and we both really enjoyed it.

 
No, it's not an airport body search... one of the songs on their last CD is a cover of Raffaella Carra' s 'Tuca tuca' and a little dance routine was compulsory!

Of course, once we got home I couldn't get 'Tuca tuca' out of my head and had to look up the original.

Here are two videos, one from 1971 ("Canzonissima", with actor/comedian Alberto Sordi)

and a hilarious one filmed in London's Covent Garden in 1981, where all the men touched by Raffaella look gay! (and look at what she's wearing!)