Andrew Brennan

Friday 20 February — Drinks with Carl, Giulia, Claire, Franklin at Akbar, then serious dancing at Trash Palace.

Saturday 21 February — Had Robin and Ali over for brunch, attempted to watch Mishima, a Life in Four Chapters but it was too heavy for Saturday afternoon post-hangover viewing. Wandered into the City attempting to find an ice cream place with Ali but failed. Had Mike B over for dinner; Anthony made a Thai red curry that turned out really well. Then we saw F*cking Men at the King’s Head theatre on Upper Street. It’s an American play about modern gay relationships, and it was pretty good aside from the consistently dodgy American accents and occasionally dodgy acting.

Sunday 22 February — Gym, burritos, pints with Mike W and Daniel at a surprisingly charming pub in Kennington. Well, surprising in that it was in Kennington yet kind of charming.

Tuesday 24 February — AM gym, work, then all you can eat conveyor belt sushi at Habibi Sushi in the City with Dottie, Bianca, Sykes and Fred. Quantity made up for quality.

Thursday 26 February — Amazing run before work along Regent’s Canal, work, then pint, burrito, pint with Ryan, Rob K and Mayumi near Charlotte Street. The black beans at Benito’s Hat were mushy and flavorless.

Friday 27 February — AM gym, work, dinner in Balham at Simon and Kasia’s with Anthony, Jessica and Luke. Simon made some amazing jerk chicken, ribs, salmon and rice & beans. There was very serious arguing about literature and Beyonce.

Saturday 28 February — Had a lovely day with Roisin and Tom. First Anthony and I wandered down to Spitalfields Market to meet them for brunch at Canteen, then we had tea at Coatsie’s before walking back through the City to Clerkenwell. Chilled out at our flat, then attempted to get free burrito’s at Mucho Mas’s reopening, but the line was too long, so we went to Mem and Laz instead. Saw Roisin off then Anthony and I went to Tati and Sam’s housewarming.

Sunday 1 March — Gym in the morning, then Putney (and a mission to get there–3 tube switches) for the Oxford-University of Washington fixture. Was nice to see the usual OUBC suspects and especially Terence, who’s in town this week for work. Oxford won both pieces but UW didn’t make it easy.

Monday 2 March — Anthony and I watched 21 Up, the third part of an ongoing documentary (7 Up) that started filming a group of British kids in 1964 and catches up with them every 7 years. This episode was filmed in 1978. It’s been really interesting (and sometimes sad) to see how these people have changed so far.