This was the last weekend of visitors. Alec arrived Thursday and we enjoyed the perfect concert at the Koko. It was a conglomorate of his and my music taste with the largest disc ball I’ve ever seen. We arrived as James Holden was doing his first of two sets. I liked this first better, it was more chill. Then Green Gartside (Scritti Politti) & Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip) was the meat of Holden’s sandwich set followed by an insane jam session with Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) and Steve Reid! We met up with Annamarie that night to continue the perfect weekend.
Early that morning I took them to my favourite classic place for visitors, The Troubador. Then we slopped through some rain and I took them to Buckingham Palace and Westminster. We sought salvation in the National Gallery and saw the Manet to Picasso exhbit. Annamarie went to see Marry Poppins with her Roma roomies and Alec and I toured Soho. Some how we made it out to Zoobar, a classic London day.
On Saturday, graced by the sun we split our ways and Alec got to see the South Kensington Museums. I took Amar around to all the shops she’s been missing at High Street Kensington. Poor little girl in Roma has not seen in H&M in forever. I got a super cute cheap bag from Top Shop with a huge discoball on it, it reminds me of the Koko! They got a taste of my favourite takeout, by favourite I mean cheapest, and it became a Snappy Pizza evening. That night, tired from Londoning we spent the night in and made it to Kings Kebob at a good solid 2am.
We woke up, dropped Alec off at the Tube and proceeded onto Notting Hill Gate where it was not crowded, touristy, or annoying. In fact, I got the perfect pair of shoes I was looking for, for 3 pounds. Pink athletic pumps! We did our thing, and got McDonald’s and then I took her to meet her roomies and we said by.
I came with the intention of napping only to pleasantly find an email from Matt telling me him and Jonathan are back in London till tomorrow. We met up for some drinks and I got a peek at some upcoming goodies for the paper at The Savoy.
I also met some really fun Londoners on my Tube ride home! What a great weekend I have no idea how I made it to class this morning.