Angel
I'm currently watching Tottenham Hotspur vs Sheffield United, fearful of experiencing some sort of traumatic flashback to the events of the weekend. Yesterday I continued my work on the Processing Bookkeeping Transactions module of my AAT Level 2, which is somewhat laborious work but I'm starting to wrap my head around double entry bookkeeping. Which I'm led to believe is an important part of accountancy.
After the session, I took a leisurely stroll into Angel, where I was due to meet local character and legendary fishmonger Darren Maskell. Having balked at the cost of £12.65 to watch a film at Vue in the interim, I then proceeded to spend £25 on food, a book and and a Jagermeister ski hat. On the plus side, you have been spared my attempts to remember then articulate my feelings about a movie for another week. On the downside, I have very little to offer in the rest of this blog in terms of content.
I fell off the wagon here. I headed to Five Guys for a meal consisting of a small cheeseburger, small cajun fries and unlimited drink for about £11. You can have as many free toppings as you like but on my first visit there I overindulged and it affected my burger's structural integrity. I elected for BBQ sauce, onions and pickles and it proved a fine choice. Cajun fries were also rather good, spicy but not too spicy. I'd expect the food to be good at those prices though and it's not quite worthy of the critical acclaim that is posted up around the walls.
But the Coke machine is a revelation, featuring an absurd number of potential combinations. Fruit Punch Fanta. Cherry Vanilla Diet Coke. Orange Coke Zero. For a carbonated beverage addict, this is pretty much heaven. Peach Diet Fanta in particular was a highlight. For dessert, I had two Krispy Kreme doughnuts, Peanut Butter Creme and Chocolate Custard. Neither of them tasted good enough to justify the hit to my diet plan. I think their ring doughnuts remain superior to the filled varieties.
Then I met up with Maskell to attend a free comedy show at The Camden Head. First up came Nick Elleray who I've gigged with a couple of times and is becoming an excellent stand up, entertaining the crowd with his musings about being an Australian in London and his limitations in the bedroom as a 45 year old man. After the break came a preview from David Mills, doing work in progress for his upcoming run at the Soho Theatre. He's a strong presence, commanding the stage with his bitchy, camp persona and bantering playfully with the audience. But the writing is of an excellent standard too. The highlights of his set were some witty topical observations about the Oscar nominees and a joyously risque gag about the Prophet Muhammad. He's at Soho from 3rd-7th February and is well worth a look.
The fact the show was standing room only is testament to Angel Comedy who are clearly reaping the benefit of their efforts in promoting and putting on comedy shows at the pub seven days a week. Kudos to them.
After the session, I took a leisurely stroll into Angel, where I was due to meet local character and legendary fishmonger Darren Maskell. Having balked at the cost of £12.65 to watch a film at Vue in the interim, I then proceeded to spend £25 on food, a book and and a Jagermeister ski hat. On the plus side, you have been spared my attempts to remember then articulate my feelings about a movie for another week. On the downside, I have very little to offer in the rest of this blog in terms of content.
I fell off the wagon here. I headed to Five Guys for a meal consisting of a small cheeseburger, small cajun fries and unlimited drink for about £11. You can have as many free toppings as you like but on my first visit there I overindulged and it affected my burger's structural integrity. I elected for BBQ sauce, onions and pickles and it proved a fine choice. Cajun fries were also rather good, spicy but not too spicy. I'd expect the food to be good at those prices though and it's not quite worthy of the critical acclaim that is posted up around the walls.
But the Coke machine is a revelation, featuring an absurd number of potential combinations. Fruit Punch Fanta. Cherry Vanilla Diet Coke. Orange Coke Zero. For a carbonated beverage addict, this is pretty much heaven. Peach Diet Fanta in particular was a highlight. For dessert, I had two Krispy Kreme doughnuts, Peanut Butter Creme and Chocolate Custard. Neither of them tasted good enough to justify the hit to my diet plan. I think their ring doughnuts remain superior to the filled varieties.
Then I met up with Maskell to attend a free comedy show at The Camden Head. First up came Nick Elleray who I've gigged with a couple of times and is becoming an excellent stand up, entertaining the crowd with his musings about being an Australian in London and his limitations in the bedroom as a 45 year old man. After the break came a preview from David Mills, doing work in progress for his upcoming run at the Soho Theatre. He's a strong presence, commanding the stage with his bitchy, camp persona and bantering playfully with the audience. But the writing is of an excellent standard too. The highlights of his set were some witty topical observations about the Oscar nominees and a joyously risque gag about the Prophet Muhammad. He's at Soho from 3rd-7th February and is well worth a look.
The fact the show was standing room only is testament to Angel Comedy who are clearly reaping the benefit of their efforts in promoting and putting on comedy shows at the pub seven days a week. Kudos to them.
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