First blog post of 2010. Hello.My day has been pretty great so far. I woke up in Deirdre's with a mighty hangover after a full on booze seisiún yesterday in the sunshine in Hanover Square. Deirdre lives quite close to Broadway market, so i thought, well I'll pop down there to see if i can get some super nutricious hangover cure so my stomach will stop being so angry at me.
Sun shining, i trotted off and found a lovely place called Climpson & Sons which apparently is famous and in Time Out and all that but I didnt realise as I've only just started going to Broadway Market. In fact, if I'm honest, I never really knew where it was, and there are so many other awesome markets that I just gave it a miss. Like when you go to your favourite restaurant and don't try the fish everyone raves about because you just know that the duck is so goddamn delicious that you will definitely enjoy it.
Anyway... at the till, there was a hairy boy from Ireland. Whenever Irish people in London meet, they act like long lost friends - this is one of my favourite things about this mad city. So Steve and I shook hands, I ordered but I appeared to have a lot of change. I walked out of the shop with a delicious looking grilled haloumi and hummus sandwich (see picture attached) but no coffee as I thought Steve musnt have heard me, as I appear to have only paid for the delicious sandwich. I didnt mind and didnt want to embarrass Steve.
I sit on the step and next thing i hear "medb! you forgot your coffee" - "oh i'm so hungover thank you" - "no worries Medb!" - "Thanks Steve!"
So free coffee, delicious sandwich and a new Irish friend. Good times :)
I then met lovely Ben who was DOP on the last commercial I did for TCP who told me he and his very cute daughter had just been swimming in the Lido of London Fields. He also told me that he might know of a DOP who will work on Elizabeth's short film for free! GREAT NEWS!
After that, I walked down towards Columbia Road flower market with a quick stop in the garden of Hackney City Farm where I learned that Thyme is good for chest infections.
At Columbia Road I bought mom these lovely salad servers made of coco wood that apparently are heat and moisture proof and ethically sourced. I should have bought flowers but I'm not very good at keeping them - and carrying flowers in the heat and on the tube is never that fun.
Maybe when I move to London Fields, I will have fresh flowers every Sunday as the walk is not too long. After a day like today, it is clear that London Fields is the place I should live. New friends, great food, lovely flowers, a farm and a swimming pool all on your doorstep. Awesome.
