GPOYW - The dressed like an idiot on a stag weekend edition.
Middle-row, second-right is me.
GPOYW - The freshly groomed edition.
I really do prefer myself with a beard of some sort. This time round it’s a goatee with a kind of chinstrap thing going on as well.
When I make pie, I make pie properly. This was so, so yummy.
Chicken, bacon and mushrooms under a puff pastry lid, from a Nigella recipe.
Sometimes you just can’t help taking photos of it all…
Me, on Saturday night at a ball for Vimba, a charity for Zimbabwean children that is run by a number of my friends. It was a really great evening, and raised a lot of money for the charity, which I can highly recommend.
I’ve no idea what I was doing in this photo, but I love it. Forgive me this moment of vanity.
I spent yesterday afternoon discovering my new favourite booze.
Alcoholic ginger beer is just ridiculously tasty and easy to drink. I’m thoroughly, thoroughly impressed with it, and it’s a great summer tipple.
Worryingly, the label on the back recommends adding vodka to it for a Moscow Mule. Now, I love a good Moscow Mule, but the thought of using something that’s already alcoholic as a mixer for a cocktail strikes me as a little too much.
Tempting though…
“Boris Bikes” lined up and ready to go on their first day. There were quite a few people cycling past as I was out and about at lunchtime, which is a good sign.
I’ve not yet used one, as I forgot to register a couple of weeks ago. They’re only for pre-registered people during the first month, but after that you’ll quite literally be able to just rock up and take one.
They’re free for half an hour, but you’re able to drop your bike off at a docking station after 29 minutes and immediately take out another without incurring any fees. And seeing as they’re designed for brief journeys across central London, it’s unlikely that you’ll be doing any epic journeys anyway.
What needs to happen, though, is integration with existing Oyster travel cards. When you register, you get sent some kind of key to unlock the docking stations. That’s something else to carry with you every day, whereas my Oyster card is in my wallet 24/7, and I’m never without it.
One day, we’ll be able to just swipe the Oyster card and have a fee deducted from your balance, which gets restored when you re-dock the bike somewhere else. That’s what I’d be aiming for, if I were in the planning department of TfL, anyway.
I want one of these glasses!
This photo is hanging in the gents’ loos at Cafe Rouge in Wimbledon Village, and it amuses me how many random pieces of art you can find decorating various toilets in restaurants and bars. Well, you’ve got to keep your eyes busy whilst you’re in there…
