Who mourns the wicked?
Feb. 26th, 2025 04:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaHappy Birthday flickums ! Although by the time I write this, that was yesterday.
Came down on Monday. Checked into hotel and hunted for food. Finally found a steak house that does steak! In fact that's about all they do. The Flat Iron is a quirky little restaurant with a very concise menu, consisting entirely of steak and side dishes. There is no provision for vegetarians. I think the idea is that if you go there you're after steak or a burger. If you are after a steak or a burger I can wholly recommend the place. When you arrive, they provide a mug of salted popcorn (which gets refilled if emptied). Steak was absolutely fantastic. so were the sides. Chips are cooked in beef fat, as is tradtion! A nice bonus is they have an ice cream machine and offer ice cream to customers when they leave.
Since Flickums was about to have a birthday, and we wanted an early start, we started the birthday celebrations slightly early. So Flickums opened prezzies the night before. Seems the cross-stitch book I gave her really went down well. And I think the Frankenstein condiments set did as well.
So, after a hearty breakfast, we did the meandering journey to Highgate Cemetery. Turns out there's not any particularly convenient tube stop nearby and even buses are a few minutes walk away. We had a guided tour of Highgate. Lots of interesting history about the place, and how it went into decline, before being taken over by a trust to have a sense of managed decline. So nature is sort of making inroads but very slowly and carefully.
After the tour, we went on a very brief scavenger hunt. Found Douglas Adams - as one should on a 42nd birthday - , Karl Marx and William Foyle. There's also a very nice little gift shop in the ticket office. Flick, being the ghoul she is, bought a couple of grim grisly books about death and murder.
Went on the hunt for lunch. Found a nice pub. Unfortunately the kitchen was closed. Found another nice pub, and this one specialised in pies. I ordered a pie. Flickums ordered a pie. This trip is making me very fat.
Back to the hotel to chill for a bit before heading out again to our theatre date.
Flick has become a bit of a Wicked addict since the movie came out and wanted to go see the stage production again. Flick dressed in her Wizard of Oz themed dress and red sparkly shoes, which got a lot of compliments. Show was good. I think I prefer the movie though. It has a train!
Back to the hotel. Change at Earl's Court onto a train packed with some very loud, very annoying football fans. Fortunately it was only one stop. One of the more sane fans apologised on their behalf. I guess at least they were loud and annoying in a cheerful way.
Aaand flump! Fortunately following day is planned to be a lighter affair.
flickums ! Although by the time I write this, that was yesterday.Came down on Monday. Checked into hotel and hunted for food. Finally found a steak house that does steak! In fact that's about all they do. The Flat Iron is a quirky little restaurant with a very concise menu, consisting entirely of steak and side dishes. There is no provision for vegetarians. I think the idea is that if you go there you're after steak or a burger. If you are after a steak or a burger I can wholly recommend the place. When you arrive, they provide a mug of salted popcorn (which gets refilled if emptied). Steak was absolutely fantastic. so were the sides. Chips are cooked in beef fat, as is tradtion! A nice bonus is they have an ice cream machine and offer ice cream to customers when they leave.
Since Flickums was about to have a birthday, and we wanted an early start, we started the birthday celebrations slightly early. So Flickums opened prezzies the night before. Seems the cross-stitch book I gave her really went down well. And I think the Frankenstein condiments set did as well.
So, after a hearty breakfast, we did the meandering journey to Highgate Cemetery. Turns out there's not any particularly convenient tube stop nearby and even buses are a few minutes walk away. We had a guided tour of Highgate. Lots of interesting history about the place, and how it went into decline, before being taken over by a trust to have a sense of managed decline. So nature is sort of making inroads but very slowly and carefully.
After the tour, we went on a very brief scavenger hunt. Found Douglas Adams - as one should on a 42nd birthday - , Karl Marx and William Foyle. There's also a very nice little gift shop in the ticket office. Flick, being the ghoul she is, bought a couple of grim grisly books about death and murder.
Went on the hunt for lunch. Found a nice pub. Unfortunately the kitchen was closed. Found another nice pub, and this one specialised in pies. I ordered a pie. Flickums ordered a pie. This trip is making me very fat.
Back to the hotel to chill for a bit before heading out again to our theatre date.
Flick has become a bit of a Wicked addict since the movie came out and wanted to go see the stage production again. Flick dressed in her Wizard of Oz themed dress and red sparkly shoes, which got a lot of compliments. Show was good. I think I prefer the movie though. It has a train!
Back to the hotel. Change at Earl's Court onto a train packed with some very loud, very annoying football fans. Fortunately it was only one stop. One of the more sane fans apologised on their behalf. I guess at least they were loud and annoying in a cheerful way.
Aaand flump! Fortunately following day is planned to be a lighter affair.
