After learning from the news that some West End tickets are being sold for a bargain, I went on to browse the internet and successfully secured two tickets for a tenner. We're going to the circus! P always had a fascination of Cirque du Soleil and luckily, there's a show by a troupe of ex-Cirque members currently playing in London. As opposed to Cirque's elaborate performances, Loft by the 7 Fingers is set in a flat with the artists doing stunts in their underwear. You can't get more 'anti-Cirque' than that.
We knew we're in for a good time when we entered the theatre from a refrigerator that was a part of the set! Highly unusual... Watching circus up-close, to watch muscles twitch and catch hand signals before somersaults, in such an intimate setting as the Roundhouse Theatre, is breathtaking. I would've been planning on training for the circus if I was a bit younger. :)
After the show, I managed to convince P to pay Foyles, the bookshop, a visit. It's a famous London bookshop located near Tottenham Court Road station and apparently, a booklover's dream. He originally did not want to buy anything because Amazon still proves to offer a better deal but the temptation was too much. The place had corners and turns you can lose yourself in, not to mention an impressive catalog. So he and I ended up buying some titles.
A feast for the eyes, then some food for the brain, we now seriously needed some 'propah nosh'. In comes Whole Foods, who recently opened a 3 level store in High St. Kensington. This time around, I was the one who felt a bit iffy because Whole Foods has a reputation of being expensive. But, my God, wow! The cheeses, the bread... yummy! We had a very good meal in the large food hall and capped it with a shared scoop of Italian gelato. I even bought into the all-natural thing and purchased some supplements that I hope will help with my skin problems. It wasn't cheap but the food tasted very good.
All in all, a very good day.
Jack is reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, a book I've read in the past. The theme of the book is our ability to make split-second assessments. Really interesting. We were talking about a part in the book where a psychologist claimed that just by eavesdropping in a couple's conversation over dinner, he can accurately assess if the relationship will last over 5-7 years and no more. Top of his list is contempt. If he spots contempt in the way the couple treats one another, it's doomsville for them, he says. There is a natural aversion to the word "contempt". It's sounds so nasty, doesn't it? I'm assuming people don't like to think they've done anything contemptuous, particularly to their partners. However, the psychologist claims it creeps easier and more frequent than people are willing to acknowledge. I tell you, it made us look at ourselves and ask the hard questions.
On one of our weekly dates, Jack and I decided to try out Eat-Thai, a restaurant we usually drive past and have heard good reviews of. The food was very good. Jack had impressive looking spring rolls for starters while I had soft shell crabs for the mains. I ate so
much that I had a tummy ache. Really, it's no joke, I was short of breath and felt woozy. Jack joked about how we went out supposedly to have fun as I was squirming in my seat. After dinner we learned that the resto had a Michelin star to its name. Hm, why did the fact make me think how pedestrian my tastes are? Hahahahha... Lovely food, good wine and nice, clean surroundings. We'll definitely go back next time, hopefully with good enough sense to eat in moderation.
