one of the nicest things about being based in london is the steady stream of visitors. we spend most weekends entertaining friends in town and despite it being the height of exam season (eek!) was no exception. one of the other nicest things about london is a lovely, almost instantaneous, support network of family friends who check in on us recent transplants every now and again. on friday, aunty L happens to live just a few streets away (aha! a benefit of living in taitai territory) and invited us to our local italian. but a dinner invite on its own just would not suffice for this classy lady, and we started with an aperitif (or three!) at hers before moseying over to lucio's for a fashionably late dinner. now i'm hooked on the idea of aperitifs at home and fingers crossed i can convince our next dinner date to come all the way to ours for pre-dinner drinks :) saturday was a whirlwind of activity. we'd met a lovely sydneysider in ecuador last month and madame jetset happened to be visiting the chelsea flower show this week. as we'd bonded over our shared love of fine dining, it seemed apt to invite her to JR's l'atelier when she was in london. the food was amazing and because of some a miscommunication (oopsy, our bad) we somehow scored complimentary amuse bouche round two and extra starters all round. whoop whoop! my inner el cheapo was pleased. the mister and i went wandering around covent garden after and quite accidentally stumbled upon an early first/sixth anniversary present.
Y, my oldest friend, also landed in london saturday evening and made her way to ours for drinks. so glad to have caught her in person before she disappeared to camby to walk down memory lane. having not seen her since our wedding, it'd been too long even if we are in nonstop whatsapp contact. oh the wonders of technology.
linked up with my darling didi on sunday and finally made it to patty*bun. ugh. it's so faddy and i detest having to queue but we went by relatively early and didn't have to wait too long. phew. after an abortive attempt with C a few weeks ago when the queue was just ridiculous, those burgers were sweet satisfaction, as were the chicken wings so tender the meat fell off the bone. the stuff of dreams...
monday has been amazing so far with osce prep and i think loving mondays is a sign that i'm in the right place, doing the right thing. yay :)
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