It has been a guest list week so far. A while back I entered a competition for tickets to a performance by the band The Like. I won two tickets and was added to the guestlist for the Monday just gone. Unfortunately the gig was at the Kings College London which as the name suggests […]
One calendar month
It’s a month until our last day of work…there is so much to do! At least most of it is just packing, the holiday/sabbatical/trip is mostly taken care of now. In the meantime we get up to other things as well as preparation for the future. We’ve seen movies, attended farewells at work, worked, and […]
Coldplay
On Monday night we attended the biggest concert we’ve ever been to in the UK, or anywhere for that matter. We had a half day and travelled in the early afternoon to Crystal Palace to see Coldplay perform at the Crystal Palace athletics stadium. After a long lunch at a greasy cafe (only made long […]
A birthday in Hyde Park amongst other things
Fawzia turned 30 yesterday We are in the middle of a heat wave in England at the moment. Temperatures are over 30C and it is very humid. Yesterday we were in Hyde Park for an afternoon picnic celebrating Fawzia’s 30th birthday and I’m fairly sure that a good proportion of London turned out as well […]
Not grown up yet
It’s been a busy week. On Tuesday I took part in what would have been called a working bee in NZ. A month or so back there was an advertisement on the company Intranet for volunteers to help out with clearing an area at a school with a view to building a new garden area. […]
Missy Higgins @ the Shepherds Bush Empire
Another day another concert. We’d been and seen Missy Higgins in the past opening for Ray LaMontagne, this time she was headlining her own show at a bigger venue. Finishing work at 5pm we caught the Central Line from St Paul’s westward to Shepherds Bush. It was a drizzly evening so heads down we tramped […]
Seeing KT again
Just quickly… I saw KT Tunstall perform at a free in store appearance tonight. Afterwards she signed stuff for those who wanted and I got a photo taken with her (taken by Mark who I meet at the gig). Here we are. KT Tunstall and me
A night with the Goths
On Wednesday night we attended a concert at the Barbican Centre in London. This was the first time we’d ever been to the Barbican for anything other than work events (the Barbican being next to work). The concert was for a band called ‘Dead Can Dance‘. The music of Dead Can Dance treads the line […]
Wednesday night with Garbage
Wednesday night was another concert, this time a special fan-club only concert for the band Garbage. We went with Paul and Jen, Ben and a bunch of other people from work. Being a fan-club concert there was a large contingent of die-hard fans and upon entering the venue (La Scala in Kings Cross) there was […]
Finns and friend
We saw the Finn Brothers in concert last night. It was a concert tinged with sadness due to the death of their fellow bandmate from the Crowded House days, Paul Hester. The fourth Crowded House member, Nick Seymour, made an appearance last night having flown in from Ireland for Monday nights concert. He stayed for […]
Just quickly
We saw Missy Higgins perform the other night, this is her. Missy Higgins performing at The Scala in London
The sunset heralds the coming of spring
After a few weeks of snowy weather we’re now coming into an ever-so-slightly warmer patch which probably means rain I guess. March is also the month were we see a lot of live bands, currently lined up as Missy Higgins supporting Ray LaMontagne, Rilo Kiley, The Finn Brothers and Garbage all followed by Dead Can […]