A Fine Night

We're in London for a few more days, continues...

Yesterday afternoon Kirsty came into London because we were going out in the evening to meet a special friend. First we went to the bar at Covent Garden Hotel, yes again and it was fabulous. We really love that place.

Then we walked over to The Corner Store to meet friends. I don't know anything about the pubs and bars in the area that aren't posh and we needed an inexpensive and casual place to hang out with a group of people. I chose The Corner Store as the meeting place because it seemed less like a pub. It was pretty nice, the service was good and it was as noisy and packed as a pub but not a pub.

Right after Kirsty and I got there Kinky Roland arrived. He has done an amazing version of Kirsty's new remake of "Fine Day" which is doing really well in the charts. (She's so fabulous!) Kinky Roland was really nice and I'm so happy to have met him.

Then the next person in our evening party walked in: Mark Loverush! OMFG! The three of us (Kirsty, Mark and me) hang out in Second Life together, often joined by other friends as well. His label, Loverush UK!, has released several of Kirsty's songs so I was very excited to meet him at last. Mark is awesome; I adore him. We have such a hilarious time together in Second Life and it was amazing to hang out now in Real Life too. Hugs, Mark! Shortly after that Gina, visiting from the U.S., arrived making the group even more fun.

I left them at the bar because John had booked another restaurant in our ongoing cuisine quest. So I walked a few blocks over to Tamarai. It was fabulous. One of the first things I noticed was that the music was at a pleasant volume instead of way too loud like many restaurants. And it was good music. The restaurant is also a night club so it's quite spacious and spread out inside and very attractive. I found John waiting at the bar so he got me a glass of champagne and they seated us at our table. Gorgeous. The food was exquisite Pan Asian. We loved it. Yay, another restaurant to add to our list. And it's local which makes it even better.

After dinner we went back to The Corner Store to see if Mark and Kirsty were still there and they were! So John got to meet Mark too, yay. I feel so lucky to have such fun friends.

On the walk back home we passed the Royal Opera House and I took the photo below because I thought it was a really beautiful angle. What an amazing evening. An evening that could only have happened in London.

Comments

[Jeremy]

Holy British Dance Music you just made my day..!

[Jeremy]

I just saw the video Loverush UK! & Shelley Harland - Different World. Mark Loverush! and Kinky Roland are f'ing brilliant[and of course any vocalist that works for them =0)]. How can I explain.. Real dance music for the real world, I perceive it as beyond its time, something we've been waiting for, its like music that doesn't lie...
I love when you blog something and I see it in the media and it makes me feel slightly more in the present. Its like cities, small cities seems years behind bigger ones, and when you travel to these places, coming from a small city or town, you feel like you are in the future- or know what it is like to be in the here and now!

[Lala Pennell]

Well, as you mentioned the other day in SL, I finally got around to looking at your BIG NIGHT OUT with Kirsty, Mark and Kinky. Thank you and now I am so depressed I could cry except that I forgot pretty much how to do that. As one thing always leads to another I guess I've spent about an hour or so now looking at all of your and John's various links, music, bios, etc., which made me feel: blessed/stupid/connected/bummed/lucky/ignorant
all at the same time. I am a Gemini, watch me split! Anyway, I love all of this and thank you for the time it takes to do it all, as it is a great read all over the place and always, subtly, makes me reach out for more, more, more!