In and Out

Posted on 2008/03/12 21:08:50 (March 2008).

[Saturday 8th March]
Chie and Ai-san went off to Bicester village in the daytime today, leaving me alone to have one of my usual Saturdays slobbing around the flat. I did actually manage to make slightly more productive use of my time than usual - did some work on my "20% project" which, as before, I'd love to talk about here but can't.

In the evening I met up with Chie and Ai-san around Covent Garden. The plan was to meet up with some of Chie's other friends who were out for the evening around there, but in the first instance we wanted to have some dinner. Chie fancied having a pie - and as Ai-san was only in the UK for a few days (as always - she's an air hostess) it seemed appropriate to try and find something English for her too. We tried a couple of places and then eventually settled on the downstairs bit of the Coal Hole on the Strand. It wasn't exactly haute cuisine but it was fairly reasonably priced, filling and arrived promptly.

After that we went to meet Chie's friends just round the corner at The Portherhouse. I had been once before and wasn't all that impressed - my only real recollection of it was being horribly overcrowded. Tonight though I rather took to it - whilst it was still very busy, we explored some of the upper floors where there was actually space to sit, and I also discovered the rather excellent range of bottled beers they had.

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