Did everybody enjoy their extra day off yesterday? What did you get up to? Did you watch the wedding? I must admit I did have it on in the background whilst I was pottering about the house yesterday after I got back from shopping. The weather stayed dry and the wedding seemed to emanate a feelgood factor throughout the UK.
This past week the bunting was up all over Victoria. Some of the shops had some wonderful displays. Whittards the 
coffee sellers had some great accessories if you were that way obsessed inclined.
Me? Well, I had a couple of bookings this week, including seeing one of my old favourites on Thursday, ‘Newcastle Brown’, whom I’m sure I hadn’t seen for about 6 months. It was wonderful seeing him again after such a long absence. He’s one of my oldest clients, dating back to my Caterham days. The chap who made a booking two months prior didn’t confirm in the end, despite my email that morning asking that he do so. I stll haven’t heard from him two days later, so I’m assuming it was all a big fantasy on his part. I had given him the benefit of the doubt because as the booking was made so long ago, I had neglected to ask him the week before to confirm. But I shall now save the gent’s email to my ‘Timewasters’ folder.
But it was cool, because it meant I could meet the warrior that is Adorable Amy earlier for lunch on the Thursday. She was passing through after a booking over at Heathrow. We went for a bite at YoSushi, fast becoming one of our favourite eateries. They were doing a special offer for the month of April. If you’ve never been to YoSushi’s before here’s a brief explanation:
They have small plates of food which go around on a conveyer belt and you take your pick. Each plate is a different colour which depicts a different price. The price starts from £1.70 to £5.00. Well, this month every Monday was Blue Plate Monday, which they then extended to Thursdays, and this Thursday being the 28th was the last Thursday for the promotion. Are you with me?
Well, of course Amy and I (not to mention a lot of other customers, the restaurant was packed) had to take advantage of this offer and between us we ate enough to maybe feed a small village for a day. Our excuse is these are small plates and it does take a while to fill up. It doesn’t help that their food is truly scrumptious and they do carry a wide variety of Japanese dishes, so you feel compelled to try different ones. Amy had me rolling about at one point when she tried one of their desserts, not knowing what it was and couldn’t quite determine the taste, but she tucked in anyway. Although she did say it was very sweet. With Blue Plate Thursday every dish was blue, therefore £2.30, so Amy and I went a little bit crazy. We ate, we chatted, we laughed and ate some more. A good afternoon we had and I went home satiated.
In other news my landlady has informed me that she isn’t renewing her lease on the apartment in Victoria so I will soon be without incall facilities if I don’t find somewhere fast. I’m actually quite gutted, as I’ve been there for five maybe six years and it was very convenient for me to get to to see my clients. I’ve been ‘Kinky La Rue in SW1′ for a good long time now and I’m going to have to adjust to the fact that an upheavel is imminent if I don’t find other premises to work from in the area.
The irony is, as far as bookings go, May is shaping up quite nicely for the next couple of weeks with advanced bookings and later into the month for outcalls. If there’s anybody that would like to make a booking within the next month at Victoria, I suggest you do so now. As I understand it, she did tell me mid-May, but as she hasn’t found new premises to move to yet that may be extended, so when she does give her notice, I’ll give you mine.
