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Sequins, gold and music
Feb. 12th, 2014 01:01 pmLast Thursday after work I met Adrian in town because we had booked tickets to see Joan Collins at the Leicester Square Theatre.
Before the show we had dinner at the Stockpot on Old Compton Street, a place Miss Collins wouldn't be seen dead in! (I'm talking about the restaurant and not the street).
But well the food is tasty and straight-forward and all very reasonable.
(After all, we had discounted tickets for the show too. I didn't book it full price when I saw it advertised, but a few days before the show a Time Out promotion offered £47.50 tickets for £25).
The show was fun. She talked about her life, marriages and career, showing a number of clips from films, TV and adverts.
Of course, the most entertaining bits were about meeting other famous Hollywood stars... sometimes the claws were firmly out! (and perhaps not without good reason)
There was only one costume change from sequinned trousers to a sequin dress.
At the end there was a Q&A session where, helped by her husband, she answered questions submitted in advance by members of the audience, which included quite a large number of gay men! (one of them wanted to know if she had the number for 'Shrimpy' the actor in the latest commercial for a chocolate bar).
On Saturday morning we left home at 8 am
and went for breakfast at Balans (I had the breakfast burrito)
before walking to the British Museum.
to visit the 'Beyong El Dorado' exhibition.
As we were a bit early for our 10:30 am slot, we had a look around a few rooms.
The exhibition was really fascinating and well organised. It touched briefly upon the origin of the El Dorado myth but it was all about gold artefacts, their making and their use in a number of Colombian civilisations.
Many of the items were on loan from the Museo del Oro in Bogota', a place that is very likely we'll never visit.
On the way home we stopped at the local nurseries for a nice cuppa and a slice of cake.
On Sunday afternoon, we went out for 2 and half hours.
Because of engineering works, our local trains were diverted to Blackfriars (instead of Victoria)
so we decided to go to St. Paul's cathedral for one of the free Sunday organ concerts.
A short stroll from the station along some of the city's streets and alleyways and you are there.
The concert lasted for about 40 minutes: we sat with many other people straight under the dome. It was quite enjoyable!
When we came out, it was getting dark and we went straight home on the train.
Before the show we had dinner at the Stockpot on Old Compton Street, a place Miss Collins wouldn't be seen dead in! (I'm talking about the restaurant and not the street).
But well the food is tasty and straight-forward and all very reasonable.
(After all, we had discounted tickets for the show too. I didn't book it full price when I saw it advertised, but a few days before the show a Time Out promotion offered £47.50 tickets for £25).
The show was fun. She talked about her life, marriages and career, showing a number of clips from films, TV and adverts.
Of course, the most entertaining bits were about meeting other famous Hollywood stars... sometimes the claws were firmly out! (and perhaps not without good reason)
There was only one costume change from sequinned trousers to a sequin dress.
At the end there was a Q&A session where, helped by her husband, she answered questions submitted in advance by members of the audience, which included quite a large number of gay men! (one of them wanted to know if she had the number for 'Shrimpy' the actor in the latest commercial for a chocolate bar).
On Saturday morning we left home at 8 am
and went for breakfast at Balans (I had the breakfast burrito)
before walking to the British Museum.
to visit the 'Beyong El Dorado' exhibition.
As we were a bit early for our 10:30 am slot, we had a look around a few rooms.
The exhibition was really fascinating and well organised. It touched briefly upon the origin of the El Dorado myth but it was all about gold artefacts, their making and their use in a number of Colombian civilisations.
Many of the items were on loan from the Museo del Oro in Bogota', a place that is very likely we'll never visit.
On the way home we stopped at the local nurseries for a nice cuppa and a slice of cake.
On Sunday afternoon, we went out for 2 and half hours.
Because of engineering works, our local trains were diverted to Blackfriars (instead of Victoria)
so we decided to go to St. Paul's cathedral for one of the free Sunday organ concerts.
A short stroll from the station along some of the city's streets and alleyways and you are there.
The concert lasted for about 40 minutes: we sat with many other people straight under the dome. It was quite enjoyable!
When we came out, it was getting dark and we went straight home on the train.
