Grey Gardens

Kew Gardens and the Henry Moore Exhibition
aka Everything Looks Better In a Park. Sculpture is no exception. Even when it is raining and the tour guide is clearly one step away from permanent residence at an old folks home. I suppose it takes a specific type of person to want to spend their Saturdays showing people around a garden but thank heavens for those people. Kew was amazing, the Moore statues were mind blowing - and they way the pieces had been positioned was phenomenal. Earlier this year I went to the Chelsea Physic Garden which was interesting in its own way, but quite small (it was built in the middle of Chelsea) I can see how they felt somewhat slighted when Kew opened, just a boat ride away, with all that amazing space. And budget.

Kew Gardens also had the building where the 'mad' King George convalesced. Ooohhhhh....history.

St Patrick's Day
SPD last year I was on a train between China and Mongolia with two mad Irish boys who were intent on drinking the Trans-Mongolian dry. This year I was in Trafalgar Square with an umbrella. And not even that many Irish people. Sure, there were a lot of people who claimed to be sort of Irish, but if you don't have the accent and the twinkle in your eye then it seems somewhat lacking. Or perhaps that was just the whole Trafalgar Square aspect - it was kind've what I imagine it would be like if the City of London and Ken Livingstone were allowed to organise an Australia Day celebration.

So instead of intermingling with actual Irish people, I absorbed the 'traditional' Irish performances. Like the releasing of thousands of orange, white and green balloons just after Ken had been touting his green credentials. I also met 3 Argentinean brothers who pretty much Marlon Brando-d me. Definitely looking forward to South America now.

Work
Things I learnt today: if you get fired, don't post about it on your blog and say all manner of things that are not true. People will look at it and laugh while preparing court documents.