goddesstogo and mr. goddess's big London adventure (an ongoing tale)
Oct 10th, 2010, 01:56 AM
#303
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 3,087
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Oct 10th, 2010, 03:31 AM
#305
GTG,
if you want a nice relaxing night in, on TV tonight is the superb Downton Abbey [ITV 1, 9pm] featuring the incomparable Maggie Smith. Sadly we're up to episode 3, but you can catch up with episode 2 at 4.55 this afternoon. I'm only mentioning it now as I only watched the first two episodes last night and I really loved it.
if you want a nice relaxing night in, on TV tonight is the superb Downton Abbey [ITV 1, 9pm] featuring the incomparable Maggie Smith. Sadly we're up to episode 3, but you can catch up with episode 2 at 4.55 this afternoon. I'm only mentioning it now as I only watched the first two episodes last night and I really loved it.
Oct 10th, 2010, 03:31 AM
#306
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 23,778
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
julia, I love that youtube! And it does make me miss Toronto -- all the guys shopping at Harry Rosen on a Saturday afternoon look just like that!
MissPrism, not suspenders? What do they call the things that hold men's pants up here?
MissPrism, not suspenders? What do they call the things that hold men's pants up here?
Oct 10th, 2010, 05:19 AM
#310
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 752
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Glad you're feeling better and have found a place to dance.
Here's an item from the Globe and Mail:
"London chefs Mark Jankel and Jun Tanaka show off their street kitchen trailer. - London chefs Mark Jankel and Jun Tanaka show off their street kitchen trailer.
Taking gourmet to London's streets
WILL IT PARK OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE?
London Inspired by Manhattan's fancy food-truck phenomenon, chefs Jun Tanaka and Mark Jankel are elevating London street food from greasy to gourmet. From Oct. 4 to 18, as part of London Restaurant Week, the culinary duo's Airstream kitchen will serve up locally sourced organic fare in Covent Garden and Old Spitalfields Market. Seasonal dishes such as braised beef with honey-roasted carrots and celeriac mash, and hot smoked salmon with beetroot, crushed potato and horseradish (a significant step up from fish and chips) are reasonably priced at £6.50. To find out the exact location and daily menu of the Street Kitchen truck, follow the Twitter updates @streetkitchen. www.streetkitchen.co.uk"
Here's an item from the Globe and Mail:
"London chefs Mark Jankel and Jun Tanaka show off their street kitchen trailer. - London chefs Mark Jankel and Jun Tanaka show off their street kitchen trailer.
Taking gourmet to London's streets
WILL IT PARK OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE?
London Inspired by Manhattan's fancy food-truck phenomenon, chefs Jun Tanaka and Mark Jankel are elevating London street food from greasy to gourmet. From Oct. 4 to 18, as part of London Restaurant Week, the culinary duo's Airstream kitchen will serve up locally sourced organic fare in Covent Garden and Old Spitalfields Market. Seasonal dishes such as braised beef with honey-roasted carrots and celeriac mash, and hot smoked salmon with beetroot, crushed potato and horseradish (a significant step up from fish and chips) are reasonably priced at £6.50. To find out the exact location and daily menu of the Street Kitchen truck, follow the Twitter updates @streetkitchen. www.streetkitchen.co.uk"
Oct 10th, 2010, 06:58 AM
#313
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 23,778
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
annhig,
I missed your post because we were posting at exactly the same time. I've been seeing Downtown Abbey advertised everywhere and it looks wonderful -- exactly the kind of thing I'd like, but we don't have a TV in the flat. I know we can see TV on the computer but we haven't tried it yet. I'm going to see if I can figure it out today and watch both episode 2 and tonight's new one, so thanks for letting me know!
morningglory, I've read about the street kitchen and it sound interesting but I'm not sure we're going to get to it. I hope we can get to Spitalfields market soom after we come back from Hamburg but I think it will be gone by the time we get there. Thought of you last night at dancing!
"To live in a city or town is such a luxury." TDudette, I can't imagine living anywhere else. I'd last about half an hour in the country. I'm a city girl, through and through, and must have terra concrete under my feet.
I missed your post because we were posting at exactly the same time. I've been seeing Downtown Abbey advertised everywhere and it looks wonderful -- exactly the kind of thing I'd like, but we don't have a TV in the flat. I know we can see TV on the computer but we haven't tried it yet. I'm going to see if I can figure it out today and watch both episode 2 and tonight's new one, so thanks for letting me know!
morningglory, I've read about the street kitchen and it sound interesting but I'm not sure we're going to get to it. I hope we can get to Spitalfields market soom after we come back from Hamburg but I think it will be gone by the time we get there. Thought of you last night at dancing!
"To live in a city or town is such a luxury." TDudette, I can't imagine living anywhere else. I'd last about half an hour in the country. I'm a city girl, through and through, and must have terra concrete under my feet.
Oct 10th, 2010, 09:06 AM
#315
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 23,778
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I've just watched the episode where the Crawleys first come to DA. Is that the first episode? I can't seem to find any previous ones. I loved it (gosh, that Maggie Smith -- she brings new heights to the word haughtly, doesn't she?).
I'll definitely watch tonight's episode.
I'll definitely watch tonight's episode.
Oct 10th, 2010, 10:36 AM
#316
GTG - sounds like the 2nd one. the first one opens with the dread tidings that the heir and his son [to whom the delectable Lady Mary was going to be married off, thus keeping the Abbey and the title intact] have been drowned in the sinking of the titanic.
the rest of the plot....well, I'm sure you've worked it out!
the rest of the plot....well, I'm sure you've worked it out!
Oct 10th, 2010, 11:39 AM
#318
PS - FYI - if you are watching LIVE TV on a computer, you should have a TV licence! [the place you ae renting may have one i which case you are fine, but if there's no TV, it's unlikely - I wouldn't want you to get a huge fine as a souvenir of your stay!]
if you watch on "listen again" it's OK without one.
if you watch on "listen again" it's OK without one.
Oct 10th, 2010, 11:55 AM
#319
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 23,778
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I'm not sure but I think the flat owner must have one. It's her friend who first let us into the apartment (and who is a property manager, though not for this place) who told us about it.
So you mean if I wait till after it's over or tomorrow, I can watch the rerun with no problem?
So you mean if I wait till after it's over or tomorrow, I can watch the rerun with no problem?
