Dr John Hawkins

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Chinatown and St. James's
Jim's Birthday
Friday
Thursday
Wednesday
Kim Kong Kimchi
Monday
Leon's Birthday
Eurovision
Friday
Thursday
Andrew's Birthday
Fruit Fly
Vinegrowing Course Day 6
Lunch in the Garden and Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell
Mario's Cafe and Erika's Sleepover
Coral Room and The Ritz
Thursday
Vineyards of the United Kingdom Map
Tuesday
Bank Holiday Monday
Lewes to Glynde
Chie's Birthday
Day Before Chie's Birthday
Oliveto and Chapel Down Bar
Wednesday
Gospel Green
Office
Sunday at Home

Chinatown and St. James's

[Sunday 26th May 2019]
Lunch at Joy King Lau and a bit of shopping on Jermyn Street.
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Jim's Birthday

[Saturday 25th May 2019]
I piloted a boat along the Thames from Kingston to Hampton Court Palace and back again for Jim's birthday.
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Friday

[Friday 24th May 2019]
Accidentally washed my cufflinks. They seemed to survive the experience largely unscathed.
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Thursday

[Thursday 23rd May 2019]
Odds and sods.
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Wednesday

[Wednesday 22nd May 2019]
A couple of pictures of the roses in bloom. Also Erika's friend came round for a play date, and to my delight they spent quite a lot of it outside in the garden, and chose to eat out there too.
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Kim Kong Kimchi

[Tuesday 21st May 2019]
My new favourite kimchi.
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Monday

[Monday 20th May]
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Leon's Birthday

[Sunday 19th May 2019]
Went down to Canterbury for Leon's Birthday at the Pig at Bridge Place.
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Eurovision

[Saturday 18th May 2019]
Let Erika stay up late to watch (most of) the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Friday

[Friday 17th May 2019]
Not much to report.
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Thursday

[Thursday 16th May 2019]
Yet more pictures of the garden, and we went for dinner at Wahaca with one of Erika's friends, followed by ice cream.
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Andrew's Birthday

[Wednesday 15th May 2019]
Went to the pub after work for Andrew's birthday.
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Fruit Fly

[Tuesday 14th May 2019]
Having become briefly fascinated by spotted wing drosophila after yesterday's vineyard course I attempted to take a photo of a fruit fly at the office today. Not very easy to do.
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Vinegrowing Course Day 6

[Monday 13th May 2019]
Penultimate day of my vinegrowing course.
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Lunch in the Garden and Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell

[Sunday 12th May 2019]
Lunch in the garden, then Erika went to a birthday party for the remainder of the afternoon. In the evening I went to see Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell at the Coach and Horses.
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Mario's Cafe and Erika's Sleepover

[Saturday 11th May 2019]
Went for breakfast at Mario's Cafe. In the evening Erika went for her first sleepover at a friend's house. So Chie and I had a bit of time to ourselves, I sat in the garden for a bit then we unsuccessfully tried to go for dinner at Babuji.
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Coral Room and The Ritz

[Friday 10th May 2019]
Visited the Coral Room at the Bloomsbury Hotel followed by the Rivoli Bar at the Ritz for "research" for my blog on English sparkling wine.
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Thursday

[Thursday 9th May]
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Vineyards of the United Kingdom Map

[Wednesday 8th May 2019]
Took another picture of this to upload to Twitter having seen someone else had a similar one.
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Tuesday

[Tuesday 7th May]
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Bank Holiday Monday

[Monday 6th May 2019]
Chie was out with friends for the afternoon / evening for an additonal birthday celebration so Erika and I had a late lunch in the Pineapple, then one of her friends came over to play.
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Lewes to Glynde

[Sunday 5th May 2019]
Popped down to Lewes for a short walk from there to Glynde.
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Chie's Birthday

[Saturday 4th May 2019]
Went to Hakkasan for Chie's birthday lunch.
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Day Before Chie's Birthday

[Friday 3rd May 2019]
Went for lunch at Alto by San Carlo on the roof of Selfridge's as a sort of pre birthday lunch for Chie. In the early evening I took Erika down to King's Cross to choose a present for Chie.
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Oliveto and Chapel Down Bar

[Thursday 2nd May 2019]
Went to the dentist today, which meant lunch at Oliveto afterwards, after which I popped to BBR to pick up some GevCham I'd ordered a few months ago. After work a quick drink at the Chapel Down bar in King's Cross.
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Wednesday

[Wednesday 1st May 2019]
Erika had a friend round after school, and they had Chie's home made takoyaki (without any tako!).
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Gospel Green

[Tuesday 30th April 2019]
Gospel Green out in the garden - the traditional method sparkling cider I bought a case of a while back.
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Office

[Monday 29th April 2019]
Picture of the view from the office during a coffee break.
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Sunday at Home

[Sunday 28th April 2019]
Stayed close to home. Erika made soup for lunch, which we had with some baguette and Gevrey Chambertin from our local French deli.
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