The traditional run round Central Park this morning:
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Beautiful but hot and humid!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Imelda May and Madeleine Peyroux
Visited the iTunes Live festival on Sunday and saw Imelda May and Madeleine Peyroux. Both worth checking out, overall I preferred Peyroux's sound, especially with her more blues/swing-like efforts, though her slower numbers were a bit dull, or perhaps I was just not in the mood. The Irish Imelda May, on the other hand, cannot be accused of being dull, lighting up the crowd with her surprisingly rocky and "big band" loud numbers.
Imelda May
Madeleine has a strange history, with hippy parents, her mother playing a ukele, then later after a disagreement with her record company she supposedly disappeared for some time, with private detectives eventually tracking her down.
Madeleine Peyroux
Unfortunately in my opinion she somewhat spoiled her set by talking nonsense between songs, telling us about Paris, which may work for a US audience but doesn't impress Londoners!
Imelda May
Madeleine has a strange history, with hippy parents, her mother playing a ukele, then later after a disagreement with her record company she supposedly disappeared for some time, with private detectives eventually tracking her down.
Madeleine Peyroux
Unfortunately in my opinion she somewhat spoiled her set by talking nonsense between songs, telling us about Paris, which may work for a US audience but doesn't impress Londoners!
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Happy Birthday, Big Ben!
Today Big Ben, the famous bell inside the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, turns 150, having been first struck on July 11 1859. Apparently a clock tower was first built at Westminster in 1288.
There is a new Argentinian ice-cream parlour adjacent to Gaucho Grill in Swallow Street, just between Piccadilly and Regent's Street. Freggo is a smart purple-fronted shop that is open till 2am every day. I can imagine Dina spending a fair bit of time here!!
Inside, there are lots of yummy things behind a glass display counter, but we're not here for those..
I order a cup of two flavours - banana; and dulce de leche with chocolate chips. Dulce de Leche is a South American obsession - a kind of toffee spread, presumably made from condensed milk and loads of sugar!
The whole place is quite minimalist, I guess by design as it will be open late - they are styling themselves as an "after-clubbing venue".
Yum! Freggo's website is here.
There is a new Argentinian ice-cream parlour adjacent to Gaucho Grill in Swallow Street, just between Piccadilly and Regent's Street. Freggo is a smart purple-fronted shop that is open till 2am every day. I can imagine Dina spending a fair bit of time here!!
Inside, there are lots of yummy things behind a glass display counter, but we're not here for those..
I order a cup of two flavours - banana; and dulce de leche with chocolate chips. Dulce de Leche is a South American obsession - a kind of toffee spread, presumably made from condensed milk and loads of sugar!
The whole place is quite minimalist, I guess by design as it will be open late - they are styling themselves as an "after-clubbing venue".
Yum! Freggo's website is here.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Famous in Korea?
I received in the post a couple of days ago a beautiful book written by my travel friend Jina Kim, which includes chapters on the time we travelled together, including taking the Navimag ferry through the Patagonian icefields, visiting the base camps of Aconcagua, and enjoying the harvest festival in Mendoza. Jina is a proper explorer, having been on expeditions to the South Pole and to K2. It is my honour to feature with her, and I hope her colourful and photo-packed book sells well (though the current print may be of limited interest to those who aren't fluent in Korean!)
The book
The chapter - note Navimag on the left
Other travel friends like Tony and Marcia feature too
It was a good beard!
Proud to be featured
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