We shared a can of beer after work and went for a walk in the cool evening air, Wednesday last. Herself lives near the old London Docks, so we threw some shapes down through Wapping by way of Shadwell. This here is Shadwell Basin. It’s a beautiful little spot. I’m sure you will agree. The water was…
Tag: London
A Long Walk Through The City
Soon we found ourselves in Bloomsbury where around every corner you half expect to find T.S Eliot or Virginia Woolf stood in discussion with one of their literary acquaintances from that little bourgeois social circle of theirs. When Americans see London in their movies, says my old man, this is the London they are seeing.
Just about everybody in the UK is thinking this right now…
Edit: This is my 100th post on As I Please. Hurray!
Stevie Wonder: The Video Game Soundtrack
When I first graduated from University, Ireland was in the middle of a complete economic meltdown and the prospects were not good. To distract myself from the misery of high unemployment and recession, I turned to music to keep me sane. I have always been a fan of Stevie Wonder’s music, so I figured I…
Some Big Tunes For a Big Monday
I have been posting quite a bit of music lately, and so, I ask myself, why stop now? We went to see the Moderately Optimistic Jazz Orchestra (MOJO) at the Vortex Club in Dalston Kingsland yesterday. We had a few drinks and met with some good friends, it was an excellent way to spend a…
Happy Sunday
I spotted this on the awning of an underground (literally) cocktail bar in East London. I can’t tell if it’s trying to persuade passersby to part with their money over expensive drinks or attempting to offer some kind of pop-philosophical critique of free will in e modern age. You’d think Kierkegaard has a bar tab…
Some Time Off On Achill Island
The good people of Achill will always ask how you are fixed for a drink, be it a water, a jar of stout, or a whiskey to warm you after a walk in the rain. There’s always a relation or a friend visiting from abroad and the people who live here want to show a…
Beautiful Kew Gardens
We had fine weather in London last week. The sun was shining and a soft breeze kissed its way up the Thames and through the city. We weren’t going to let it go to waste. On Saturday herself and I took the train from our digs in the East-End and headed South-West to check out Kew…
Jelly Beans
I know I already posted something today, but I saw this and it gave me a quick laugh so I thought I’d share it:
A Greek Easter in London
The Greek Orthodox Church celebrate their Easter a week after the rest of us Roman Catholic types. They call it Pascha and see it as the most important holiday of the year – more important even than Christmas. Herself is as Greek as they come, so last Saturday night, she took us to St. Sophia’s…
Market Day in the East End (Street Art Gallery)
We woke up late and after a breakfast of eggs and coffee we made our way to Brick Lane to see what we could find. It was a Sunday morning and the East End was alive with the rattle and chaos of the weekend markets. If you’re not partial to being pushed and shoved by…
As If I Wasn’t Busy Enough, Now I Have Multiple Sclerosis
“Only fools and rakes fall ill, my boy. You know me: I am busy from morning till night and abstemious, so of course I am well.” Nicholas Bolkonski in Tolstoy’s War and Peace With the appointment confirmation letter neatly folded into the breast pocket of my winter coat, I arrive ten minutes early at the…
Breakfast in Bed
I saw this outside a diner at the weekend and thought it was kinda funny, I hope you do too.
A SWIFT AND ALL TOO SUDDEN CHANGE IN MY IMMEDIATE PRIORITIES
On Monday 21st July, I entered Homerton Hospital’s Accident and Emergency unit in East London troubled with a case of double-vision that had been bothering me for a number of days – it was my stupid and foolhardy male pride that stopped me from seeking assistance as soon as I first noticed the onset of…
Under Pressure
The bookshelf above my bed is now beyond overloaded and I’m quite certain that it’s going to collapse any day now. We’re at breaking point. One of the screws on the bottom left corner is looking particularly dodgy, and despite my best efforts I can’t get the damn thing tightened back into the wall. I…