Night's Out

Time has quickly passed on by and Nic and Christine have arrived in London!  Caught up with both / Adrian, plus their very extended family last night at Red Oak in Borough (after getting off at London Bridge tube station only to catch the tube one station south to Borough).  The gathering at the pub was fun (a stranger remarked that he liked my leggings, I am becoming very acclimatised wearing dresses in the middle of winter) as was the dinner afterwards in Chinatown at the Friendly Inn - photos to come shortly.

Ahh.. not to forget, yesterday I also had my interview (interview?  my thought was more along the line of a meeting) at the Job Centre for my National Insurance number.  The appointment was at a non-local Job Centre office and it took me 1 hour to get to Tooting!  I arrived on time, just, after passing the building and having to stop at a nearby shop to ask for the shop number.  The assistant at the shop informed me that he was the ladies favourite number (is there never a straight answer?).  I made it to the Job Centre only to wait in one queue, than another queue.  The person who I had the interview with was very friendly and such a lovely person.  He noticed that I had travelled from afar and I mentioned that I noticed that there were two markets in Tooting.  He was kind enough to tell me about them and also about the shopping centre located in the area.  After the paperwork was filled out the paperwork and credentials had to be checked by yet another person and .. another wait took place..  after a duration my interviewer left and came back with my credentials and delivered them to me (I also mentioned that I had friends arriving from Sydney).  Felt special since he had to call the names of the other people out but mine was personally delivered without that necessity :).

Last weekend was another outing visiting the Soho Lounge, aliased on the guest list - photos to be posted from there as well.