FrozenDreamer

Yip… it seems to go hand in hand. The second the football season starts, we get weird people hanging about the building. It’s because we live around the corner from Arsenal’s stadium (it’s about 3 minutes from here).

The weird thing was… they saw Bryan and I coming back from Waitrose… and as we passed them at the gate, they asked us for a light, and then said the weirdest thing.

“Cheddar, Gay, England”

I have no idea if this was homophobia… of they wanted a dirty foursome! I guess I’ll never know.

Weirdo’s!!! 

Our flat is on the ground floor in the School House we live in, and looks out into a communal garden which has a child infestation. The local ‘residents’ all dump their offspring into the yard and they run riot around the place. Throwing stones, playing with balls and just making FAR too much noise.

I have decided we need to install some equipment to solve the problem and will be looking for a suitable supplier in the week. Here’s what I’ll be getting….

There isn’t much to say about this prom really. I didn’t enjoy it at all. Loads of French, and the occasional bit of music. I didn’t have a clue what was happening. It just sounded like a French bloke having a moan in a supermarket!

Wouldn’t recommend seeing this piece if it comes up again… so here are the details:

Pierre BoulezMémoriale (’… explosante-fixe …’ Originel)
StravinskyL’Histoire du Soldat
Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboimconductor

Again, we went to The Royal Albert Hall to see Prom 38, it was a brilliant performance by a Palestine and Israeli Orchastra. Security was very tight, and those celebrities who were in the audience weren’t too pleased with the extra searches being made… this included international star Prunella Scales .

They were incredibly good, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, especially from our front row box seats on the Grand Tier (I’m such a tart!)

Haydn Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello* 
SchoenbergVariations for Orchestra, Op.31

BrahmsSymphony No.4

*Members of West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

West-Eastern Divan OrchestraDaniel Barenboimconductor

Bryan’s employer own a box at the Royal Albert Hall, and tickets which are made available to staff are obtainable using a ‘raffle’ system. We were lucky enough to get a set of six tickets to see three seperate Proms at The Royal Albert Hall.

The view from the box is spectacular, and the Proms were equally as entertaining (except for Prom 39)

I’m not Classical Music Guru… so you’re best checking out Bryan’s Website for any review of the music that was played… so to cheat… I’ll paste some info directly from the RAH website.

Ravel La Valse
Anders HillborgClarinet Concerto (Peacock Tales) (UK premiere)

BerliozSymphonie fantastique

Martin Fröstclarinet 

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra 
Gustavo Dudamelconductor

Bryan’s employer own a box at The Royal Albert Hall… and Bryan is lucky enough to be able to bid for tickets to see the shows from the box. We’re right in the middle of the Proms season, so what a fantastic little perk to be able to take advantage of.

This is the view you get from the box (click for bigness)

Sometimes when you’re on the train / tube or a bus, you see someone that is quite honestly gorgeous. Well… such a moment happened the other day on the train coming back from work, so using my VERY best spy methods, I snapped this picture of the cutie for you all to bask in his splendor.

So at long last, we’re on our way to Edinburgh, and with any luck we should be there in about 3 hours. We’re in First Class again, purely because of two things:

1) We’re snobs
2) There aren’t any screaming kids in First Class.

It’s mostly the second  point.

So… because I’m bored… here’s me on the train

and here’s Bryan…

A fab new book has been released by a fellow blogger. It’s basically an excerpt from the guys blog, which tells the story of his life as a NYC waiter. There are some fabulous stories in it… so I’d recommend a peak at the blog as well as the book. Check it out by clicking the logo!

Enjoy!

We all know Revels, the delectable chocolate treat… with a hint of evil! Everyone has their ‘hated’ revel… and now you have a chance to get rid of it (temporarily) while they have a Limited Edition run with a new mystery flavour!

Check it out… go to www.revelseviction.com