The laws of physics!
Feb. 27th, 2025 05:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaa"Catboy's choice" day.
I had a gift vouycher from my birthday for a Science themed afternpoon tea in at the Ampersan hotel, so this was the opportunity to use it.
So we arrived at the hotel had a choice of menus, mostly similar although the vegetarian option seemed nicver then the non-veggie so I went for that.flickums liked the look of the kids menu. For experiment 1, we made lemonade. The lemon juice, water and citric acid/bicirbinate of soda mixture were placedin a beaker... Well, most of it. I seem to be a bit clumsy. It was tasty but didn't seem all that fizzy. Also it was blue! Ithnk that made it more sciency. For the most part, the food was afternoon tea far. Rolls, quiches, scones etc. the more sciency stuff included a macron with a pipette of sauce that could be squeezed in and freeze dried pineapple and raspberry topping, a planet shaped ice cream cake dessert-y thig and a cake with a rocket ship. We also had a tin with chocolate dinosaurs that could be unearthed with a brush.
This was just around the corner from the Kensifngton museums, so I thought I'd visit. I had a quick look in the natural history museum, but the science museum has always been the one I love. Naturally I look at the space stiuff, before gravitating to the aircraft section on the top floor. It always makes me feel comfortable.
There was a video game exhibition on so I thought I'd give it a shot. To be honest I'm nto always impressed with the special exhibitions they have. The science fiction thing we went to a few years back was a disappontment. This one was not so bad. There was a decent slection and the inherent interactivity of games makes it a lot of fun. Felt the urge to try out some VR games and complete a level of Lemmings.
Returned to the hotel and prepared for the evening entertainment. Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution.
The venue is fantastic. It's the old council chambers of the LCC and GLC so even when walking in has a vibe very similar to a courthouse. Lots of marble and pillars with a big staircase. We didn't want to splash out on jury tickets although it seems that the people who did get a very special experience, being able to vote on gulty or not guilty (although I've later learned that the vote is actually rigged). The play itself is very good, with an excellent cast of very experienced actors. Very gripping and it ends with the villain going into classic Christie "Evil Voice". Not 100% sold on the resolution though. Seems a bit too complicated a ploy. Still, had a lot of fun!
I had a gift vouycher from my birthday for a Science themed afternpoon tea in at the Ampersan hotel, so this was the opportunity to use it.
So we arrived at the hotel had a choice of menus, mostly similar although the vegetarian option seemed nicver then the non-veggie so I went for that.
flickums liked the look of the kids menu. For experiment 1, we made lemonade. The lemon juice, water and citric acid/bicirbinate of soda mixture were placedin a beaker... Well, most of it. I seem to be a bit clumsy. It was tasty but didn't seem all that fizzy. Also it was blue! Ithnk that made it more sciency. For the most part, the food was afternoon tea far. Rolls, quiches, scones etc. the more sciency stuff included a macron with a pipette of sauce that could be squeezed in and freeze dried pineapple and raspberry topping, a planet shaped ice cream cake dessert-y thig and a cake with a rocket ship. We also had a tin with chocolate dinosaurs that could be unearthed with a brush. This was just around the corner from the Kensifngton museums, so I thought I'd visit. I had a quick look in the natural history museum, but the science museum has always been the one I love. Naturally I look at the space stiuff, before gravitating to the aircraft section on the top floor. It always makes me feel comfortable.
There was a video game exhibition on so I thought I'd give it a shot. To be honest I'm nto always impressed with the special exhibitions they have. The science fiction thing we went to a few years back was a disappontment. This one was not so bad. There was a decent slection and the inherent interactivity of games makes it a lot of fun. Felt the urge to try out some VR games and complete a level of Lemmings.
Returned to the hotel and prepared for the evening entertainment. Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution.
The venue is fantastic. It's the old council chambers of the LCC and GLC so even when walking in has a vibe very similar to a courthouse. Lots of marble and pillars with a big staircase. We didn't want to splash out on jury tickets although it seems that the people who did get a very special experience, being able to vote on gulty or not guilty (although I've later learned that the vote is actually rigged). The play itself is very good, with an excellent cast of very experienced actors. Very gripping and it ends with the villain going into classic Christie "Evil Voice". Not 100% sold on the resolution though. Seems a bit too complicated a ploy. Still, had a lot of fun!
