3 posts tagged “indian”
Mosh bought us tickets to see Jethro Tull play acoustic with an orchestra last night. They are more Mosh's band than mine but I've seen them a few times and they make for a fairly pleasant evening of musical entertainment.
Last night they had a guest violinist Anna Phoebe who played with them and also some of her own compositions. I was quite struck by her music and bought her CD during the interval. It's a weird mix of violin, rock, Indian and middle eastern sounds but I quite like it.
This is one of the tracks she played
Trendy restaurants and bars always worry me slightly. Partly because I don't classify myself as remotely trendy and that my lack of style will be even more glaringly obvious in the surroundings but mainly because of the loos. Often the designers go for what I call style over practicality in these places resulting in visits to ladies becoming like a test on the Krypton factor. If indeed you can find the ladies. Call me old fashioned by I don't think the signs should vary much beyond the words for either gender or a character with trousers and one with a skirt.
Despite its stark, minimalist white decor Cafe Guru's loos were fairly straight forward to work, despite being unconventionally designed.
The loo itself was square. (Not as comfortable as the conventional shape)
The taps were, well this is what they looked like:
But at least there was a sink rather than the often favoured trough and it was fairly obvious that the lever on the top turned the water on and off rather than some censor you can never find or even a foot operated contraption.
Enjoyable evening all round really made all the more memorable for Lisa's toilet tales.
Tomorrow is D-Day, I'm heading off to the south of France for the annual trade fair for the industry I write about. Some 20,000 people attend and more champagne is drunk during this week than during the Cannes film festival.
I'm not sure what the primary purpose of the event is except to be seen and to drink and eat as much free stuff as possible. Except the food is never that good because there are 20,000 people needing to be fed and it's not exactly like they have somewhere else to go.
People launch stuff, the private sector blow their marketing budgets and local governments from all over Europe spend tax-payers money to be there and wine, dine and entertain people in the hope of attracting investment and press coverage.
One British city is flying out its 'best' Indian chefs to cook at a beach side restaurant, another has, according to a good source of a colleague, booked ELO to play. Last year they had Squeeze, the year before the Stranglers.
Now the private sector can spend all they want but I can't help but wonder if it the best use of tax payers money. I'll do my best to enjoy myself, for their constituents sakes if nothing else.
I'm getting the train down this year for the first time which I'm quite excited about as I've never been on such a long train journey. Managed to wrangle myself some cheap first class tickets otherwise I'd be straight on the ozone killers of the sky.
I've also lucked in on my hotel and been allocated one that is both central and not a shit hole, although I believe it when I'm safe in my room. Normally some of Cannes worst rooms are reserved just for the journalists and some are in a town up the coast half an hours cab ride away.
It all sounds very glam and it is I suppose but the pay off is that I will inevitably end up doing three 18-hour days. Still at least the weather is forecast to be good.
