"Santa baby..."

 

Christmas cheer back in the shires.  Good to see the usual suspects -- and at least one unexpected night out.

Life in the Bank.  "Outside this bar, there's no one alive... Outside this bar how does anyone survive..."

Shame to see what's left of Waitrose, just a mass of scorched timber and blackened brickwork.

Right.  This year, New Year's Eve is something that happens to other people.  Turn off the lights, hide under the duvet and bid adieu to a grim and lonely 2008.

Here's to you, 2009, you promising young slip of a year.

Note to self:  enjoy yourself.

I am nearly 40.

"It broke my heart to leave the city, I mean it broke what wasn't broken in there already..."

Taken from Sunday December 21 to Monday December 22.

Flitting hither and yon between Hackney and Our New Favourite Pub -- The Sun on Bethnal Green Road-- plus the NME/UNCUT Christmas quiz, up at the Easton.

Bambi and Thumper Mk 2 in full effect.

Thumper Mk 2 deserves a medal for her exceptional man management skills on Saturday.

Now back in the fatherland, out for Festive boozing later.  Usual low-level sense of anxiety permeates everything.  Gah.  Can I please switch off..?

"I heard a siren from the docks, saw a train set the night on fire.."

Some random out and about pics.  View from the roof terrace Tate Modern members bar, then assorted bits along Redchurch Street.

Happy birthday, blog!

"In my mind, a celebration, the sweetest of sensation..."

Some catching up from random jaunts.  Mostly, Alick and Sarah's wedding near Birmingham.  Nice photos in the Chapel graveyard the night before.  Later, Neal and I only cleared the dancefloor twice.  Josephine, Kamilla, Laura and Katrina all looked amazing.