Shoot Me Now...

In New York. Been in New York for 3 days now. And they LEFT MY LUGGAGE IN LONDON!!! Just shoot me now. Just shoot me.

We are going clubbing tmrw, Fri, Sat and of course Sun is NY's eve. And I am pretty much like the bag lady who has all her belongings in plastic bags. I have nothing. Why me? What is this lesson teaching me? That I shouldn't put my vintage jewellery through check-in? Thinking about this honestly makes me so upset. This is the worst holiday ever. I don't care about money, I just want my vintage items back safe and sound. How it was painstakingly accumulated over the years, now gone, just like that. WHY???

Spamalot w Tim Curry

Tonight is awesome because:

1 - Was standing outside Palace Theatre in line to get a ticket for Spamalot from the ticket re-sale booth and a lady came up to me and offered me a free ticket and wouldn't take anything for it.

2 - Tim Curry was performing in one of his last few performances of the London show.

3 - Got Tim Curry's signature on my Spamalot programme.

4 - Got a picture with Tim Curry.

5 - Walked away from Palace Theatre having seen the West End production of Monty Python's Spamalot.

I wanna be a Laker Girl.

Underground artists @ Santa's Ghetto

Am currently parked in the Apple Store on Regent Street with my iBook on my lap looking down on the ground floor of the Apple Store. The barriers are glass so I can perve at the Mac-ians below. Yummy.

On the way here I stopped by at the 2006 Santa's Ghetto, founded by Banksy (apparently not his real name), the artist who definitely has the shock factor thing going. Christina Aguilera bought three of his paintings, Angelina Jolie bought a few herself.

Santa's Ghetto houses works by underground artists from all over. London, New York, DC, to name a few. Some of the works include Mona Lisa with Marge Simpson's blue hair, an Evening Standard sign with the words "Hate" painted in the shape of the famous "Love" sculpture in NYC. Also present were works featuring the president of a country we shall not name, and the prime minister of another country we shall not name. Banksy's work of Michael Jackson with Hansel and Gretel pulled the crowds alright. Banksy's had his painting of Mona Lisa with the smiley face exhibited at the Louvre. Hence, respect him we must.

Paris for the Weekend, Part III

This time, went with 2 girls and had the best time ever.

We stayed at Hotel St Honore, otherwise known as Hotel St “Gross”. Location was fantastic, and the rooms looked not too shabby on their website. But of course, if you would pay EUR 75 a night for a hotel room smack in the middle of Paris, one should approach with caution. I’ll spare you the details, just don’t ever go there for accomm.

Moving on to happier thoughts...

Food was again tops, and we had dins at this restaurant called L’Ardoise. On the outside the place looked quite average, but the food was brilliant, from starter to dessert, and I would highly recommend anyone to go there.

Checked out Duc Des Lombards, one of the jazz clubs in town. They got into experimental jazz, which I’m still trying to come to grips with.

On our last night we stumbled across Tratieur Christelle by St Michel, a Vietnamese restaurant. We had pho noodles, one of the best I’ve ever had. Why is Paris so gorgeous?