I went to see Coppelia on Friday night, it was stunning and I had wonderful seats thanks to the generosity of James, who also happened to be sitting next to me. The ballet was bright and infectious, I wore my excited five year old grin for most of it and even texted my mum in [...]
Archive for February, 2008
hanging up my ballet shoes
Posted in ballet, coppelia, hangover on February 26, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Do not go gentle into that good night
Posted in doris lessing, ernie watt, old age, sippers club on February 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have been reading Doris Lessing’s – the diaries of Jane Summers. I am a huge Doris Lessing fan and this is the book that she wrote under a pseudonym , she describes the process of writing this way and why she did it in the preface, she also mentions that some did not recognise [...]
Merry Christmas
Posted in brussels, gin fizz, robert crumb on February 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
This weekend The talented Mr. Rigby finally got his Christmas present. I had organised a trip to Brussels for his present as he had mentioned once that when he was there on business it looked really nice and that he would like to go back. I clung on to this piece of information and thought [...]
