So I haven't written since last Thursday. I DID end up getting the afternoon off (the warmest, clearest, most beautiful afternoon I have seen in a long time). I took Lori and Christy to the Surprise for a pint, then to Camden Market. We met up with Beth and Vinny and had a FANTASTIC dinner at this little italian place off of Oxford Street. It was cheap and soooo goood. Went back to the flat, then to Deux Beers. At the end of the night, this guy we see there all the time was explaining exactly what "shagging" means. It was amusing. It was home for all us sleepy girls, and I worked Friday morning, and L&C took off to Oxford. Did nothing with my Friday afternoon except laundry and talking to Bart. Friday night was Shane McGowan. Here is my review from an email I wrote to friends:

Then we stopped by Deux Beers to say hi to John and Molly, and came home. Then I went on a walk with Abby and we went to Al's Bar, which apparently was charging a cover, but we got in for free, had a SoCo and lime, walked around more and came home. Al's was weird. There was a DJ, no where to dance (although some guys were trying), and really really really weird people. For example, an 80 year old man with big like blue blockers on dressed in a suave suit chatting up an early 30's guy who seemed very 80's new wave / stereotypically gay. Oh, and this man at the bar was putting beer in his mouth, spitting it back in his cup, then putting his glass to his eye and like, washing it with his beer. It was disgusting and very strange. An amusing end to the evening.
Saturday afternoon I went with Bart, Adrienne, Matt, and Kate to Portobello road market. Definitely some cool stuff there. Came home, and L&C got there about 5. We went to Strada for dinner, and it was great, a bottle of the house white, I had the linguine again, it was soooo good. We went to Budgen's to get a few Archer's and a Viennetta for dessert. It was great. We headed off to Holborn and walked around checking things out. Spent some time at this George's place that was open till 1, wandered around more, but by that time everything was closing. We went to this weird casino place, that was amusing, then it was back to George's then to Dionysus for chips mmmmm. The twenty minute walk home wasn't bad, and it was a really good night. Stayed up talking to Lori, and went to bed.
A very sleepy Sunday morning. Scrambled eggs and juice and toast and then Lor had to leave. It was saaad. Sat around for quite awhile Sunday afternoon. Went to Paperchase, then to Easy to use up the time Adam left me with, but I ended up getting more and staying for 2 hours. Last night Kate and I went to see In the Bedroom which you should really see if you haven't already. It was fantastic. I saw Brad Renfro get killed twice in one week, in two different movies. Tom Wilkinson was reeeally great, as was Sissy Spacek. See it. You'll understand why it's nominated for best picture.
Take care...