WSS - funnily enough I'm meeting Mrs VG around that area tomorrow. I'll ask her (or try and persuade her to take me there!). I suspect it will be very expensive.
As for worrying about the hangover, your post pub burger will help with that.
I guarantee that in my drunken state I will end up in McDonalds before getting on the train. And regret it the next morning. And vow never to do it again. And then do exactly the same thing next time.
MDM - I've already asked Gilli and would like to buy her a belated birthday drink. Alas she won't be there despite my promise of Kate Bush DEFINITELY being there this time (although I still reserve the right to provide a substitute )
I'm in London , seeing some plays. I return to Dublin tomorrow , so will miss your get--together , sorry. It's cold but dry. If you have time go see - as I did this morning - the Rubens exhibition at The National Gallery , and the Living In Hell photo show in the same buliding. Some great images!
Yep, I did come here after, yep I'm a night owl. We had much fun with the pub and Chinatown and the other pub. It was a pleasure as ever to re-meet VG, SLL and BWAP and to meet WSS and Verena for the first time. Quite an international gathering!
There's more to life than books, you know, but not much more
Suprisingly not too damaged this morning. A fine time was had by most - great to see everyone again. Special shout out to VG's mate from Birmingham (who should be a regular on this board)! Also - cheers to Verena for braving a packed pub and a meet up with a bunch of strange men!
Everyone just needs to fuckin’ relax. Smoke more weed, the world is ending.
So who didn't have a fine time? You've got me paranoid now!
I'm sure everyone had a good time...not sure why I said that. I think the woman at the next table in the Chinese restaurant had the best time though.
A couple of people who most certainly did not have a good time were sitting across from us on the train who realized around Fleet (with the aid of the ticket taker) that they were on the Basingstoke train and not the Portsmouth train. I wonder how they made out.
Everyone just needs to fuckin’ relax. Smoke more weed, the world is ending.
Verse supplied by So Lacklustre
With all the strength that he can muster
He travels up from Basingstoke
And yet seems quite an interesting bloke
A shame, though, to observe his lack of class
When he talks of his passion for the Arse
There's more to life than books, you know, but not much more
Just back after a marathon travel day. It was great fun to meet you all - some again, others for ths first time. I have plenty of great new listening material to get me through the work day tomorrow. Good drinks, excellent conversation and company. Nice to finally meet Otis, verena and VG's bootleg-obsessed mate (I think he has just about every EC show I've ever attended on disc).
I must admit that I did feel like absolute shit when I woke up at my hotel on Saturday. I went down to the lobby to get some breakfast and staring at my greasy English breakfast knew immediately that I needed to stop by the shop, get some medicine and crash in my room for a few hours. By the time I met my buddy Peter at the White Horse on Parsons Green before the Chelsea match, I was feeling much much better - and a little bit of the hair of the dog took the edge off whatever hangover remained. What a gorgeous day Saturday was. The match itself was a bit of a snooze, but the magestic John Terry saved our bacon in the end.
That Quality Chop House place in Farringdon was very nice indeed (I avoided the jellied eels, though I must admit I was tempted), but it has the most uncomfortable church pew-like seats I've ever had the misfortune to sit in. Cool neighborhood around there and Clerkenwell. Also went to a great old pub right outside Blackfriars tube station for a few pints.
If I lived in England I would be drunk 24/7.
Please please please let me know if any of you happen to make it out to New York. Would love to do some bar-hopping in Manhattan.
Great pleasure to put a person to the words and the photos! Shame Wigan didn't get one back, though, especially as sodding Terry has scored twice in the last two weeks - after I sold him after getting a reduced return on him compared to the wonders of last season. Grrrr. Too bad you didn't try the eels. When in London! (Not that I've ever had them, and probably couldn't.)
As mentioned, hoping to get an invite to NY in May(ish), so will let you know for sure.
There's more to life than books, you know, but not much more
Yes I went to the meet up, thank you guys for being nice to me and sorry I had to leave before dinner. But I was first in with VG, so I spent over 3 hours in there, and that's the longest time I ever spent in a pub.
Did VG tell you that I dragged him next door to the Savoy for coffee ? I figured it would be comfy there (right) and the expresso good (wrong) and the ladies' room better than the pub's (damn right).
While in London I saw that a book apparently just came out about Sam Cook, bad news for those who admire him it seems he was a pretty rotten man in his private life. WSS I hope you knew that already and don't care.
Otis I forgot to tell you something about Martha: she said she would be "happy to sign just about anything" after the show. So yeah, she seems to be cool. Oh, and one of her favorite books is "Of human bondage" by Somerset Maugham (I agree on that).
Solack thank you for the verses but the "Gay Paris" you refer to doesn't exist, I'm afraid. France is a mess and the suburbs riots were only one tip of a big iceberg that was hit long before and we know it. So we're happy that our football team wasn't kicked out from the world cup, but apart from that if we didn't have the Eiffel Tower sparkling for 10 minutes every hour beautiful we'd be very gloomy.
verena wrote:Solack thank you for the verses but the "Gay Paris" you refer to doesn't exist, I'm afraid. France is a mess and the suburbs riots were only one tip of a big iceberg that was hit long before and we know it. So we're happy that our football team wasn't kicked out from the world cup, but apart from that if we didn't have the Eiffel Tower sparkling for 10 minutes every hour beautiful we'd be very gloomy.
Shame. Still right up there with Dublin as my favourite city tho.
despite my promise of Kate Bush DEFINITELY being there this time (although I still reserve the right to provide a substitute 
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