Seeing Rapunzel at the Queen Elizabeth Hall as produced by Cornwall's Kneehigh company and written by Annie Siddons, with the enfants terribles, U and me Ma
Listening to My City of Ruins with N and having a detailed discussion about it
Walking over Hungerford footbridge and looking downstream at dusk
A talk by gifted and original photographer/artist Emily Allchurch at Channel4, followed by a lovely chance encounter with her later at Frost & Reed gallery in St James's where her current exhibition Urban Chiaroscuro is hanging. She's clearly a great lover of London.
An autumnal afternoon walk through St James's Park with artist Laura Williams, creator of Aluna, the lunar clock - a hugely ambitious public artwork destined to appear on the north bank of the Thames opposite the Millennium Dome at the site of the East India docks. Another lover of London.
Watching the Marx Bros in Duck Soup with the Enfants Terribles - D schticking himself - especially the mirror scene
Bonus pleasures: Finding out, out of the blue, that Big Art Mob has been shortlisted for a BIMA Award in the Art & Culture category
A splurge at Hatchards bookshop in Piccadilly including Peter Ackroyd's new book about the Thames, Robert Harris' new thriller, the first Biggles book for N, Michael Ondaatje's new novel for U, and a John Updike for book group
Listening to live music in the first floor room at the King and Queen pub in Foley Street, London W1 where Dylan played when he first visited London in 1962 (at a folk gig organised by Martin Carthy)
Stroking Tommy Boy (whilst reading Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas) on the garden bench in the sun
Wandering around Fitrovia with the enfants terribles during Maud's farewell party
Showing off London - taking my sister-in-law Elizabeth (from Dublin) on a walk from Charles Dickens' house on Doughty Street to Waterloo Bridge via the Inns of Court
A rare visit to the theatre (with Elizabeth, Bronagh, Joan and U) to see Frank McGuinness' new play 'There Came a Gypsy Riding' at the Almeida, Islington - featuring a cracking performance from Eileen Atkins.
Taking D to his guitar lesson - sneaking a look through the window at how comfortable he is with the instrument, then a sunny interlude in Avenue House park with my book (a WW2 yarn from Scott Turow)
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