It was top hats and war paint for cabaret entertainment at the Coronet, Elephant Castle. Earlier in the day got the work done. Bumped into a friend on the train to New Cross Gate; another Christmas do.
I hear Lisbon is nice this time of year. Sorting, organising things over the weekend.
It was a fair walk Whitechapel to Old Spitalfields Market; could've done with more sound system there.
Thurs went to Sutton from work; saw Vitaly, was good. Fast train to Balham then tube..picked up London Drinker mags, had a Crimbo ale with Andy. Wasn't scared to go to Tesco Metro 00.01am for prospective bargains..this isn't the vanguard of the aggressive but it looks most ugly. Keep it online ie Cyber Monday; we don't even do Thanksgiving or have Walmart..let's not do this again. We can make our own versions of good things and not ape the bad.
This is the calm before Dec. Hiding indoors; looking for meaning.

Mezcal, FoodCycle, spiritual contemplation. China Tang at the Dorchester lovely. Winter Wonderland you can sense already is going to be crowded; 'We don't have anything like this in South Afirca' someone said. There was Santa's Pub, the German songs that i like. Was ok at the Tyneburn Spoons in Marble Arch; a few undesirables in the area. Bumped into a friend on the bus back.

Was after crocodile burgers, stollen..maybe tomorrow. Did 10.25 hrs at work. Will make this week good.

Will do anything for overtime espech on a Sunday the tart that i am. This Christmas want a bird that fits over my head as in Mr Bean.
It's a long schlep Woking- Greenwich. Nice to see the Surrey/Hants borders people annually. Great to serve; if i don't have variety in what i do i'll get bored. That's why it was good to drive, do kitchen chores..restoring balance. Lovely chops for Sunday night dinner.
Beautifully observed silences for Rememberance..poignant. In footy matches you get minutes of clapping; na..people clap all the time.
You keep wanting to finetune things; 'should've done it that way'.
Finding brewing fascinating. Keep streamlining interests. Loving the music.

Sparklers; because some of us sparkle and glitter, in the face of corruption; the Bonfire of the Profanities. Exemplars are canonised when the other side of the story is not revealed.
I turn jokey suggestions/ whims into serious; i don't have time to muck about.

Not sleeping the best. Off to see Palace tonight.
Maplins yesterday didn't have cameras; vlogs are coming. Battered gherkins and chips in pint glasses..chips as in food and not dents. The Overground was running on Sun and about 4 mins apart. It was rainy in Peckham. Saw fireworks while waiting for a train; coming from the Canary Wharf region not long after nightfall. The ones in Weavers Fields, Bethnal Green were a cavalcade of colour set to great songs. One of the kids didn't like it 'I wanna go home'..we liked the Sun night entertainment.
Sat; no Sheffield, Norwich, Bond St but a lazy local one. Don't like this incessant rain.