Its been a full-on weekend.
Friday night was spent at the city theatre watching an American version of The Full Monty! A gang of us got together, 8 all told, as a surprise birthday treat for a friend and it was just great watching the stunned expression on her face as one by one we met up in the theatre lounge! The Full Monty! Well what can I say that probably hasnt already been said many times before. To some degrees it had that hen-night type atmosphere, especially as 95% of the audience was of course groups of women, but that cast did a magnificant job, loads of suspence, some poignant moments but above all, howls of laughter were heard all through the performance!
And yes, hats were bare'd for a split second, right at the end, but it was done in such as way that it wasnt crude and you really didnt see anything anyway!
Friday night was spent at the city theatre watching an American version of The Full Monty! A gang of us got together, 8 all told, as a surprise birthday treat for a friend and it was just great watching the stunned expression on her face as one by one we met up in the theatre lounge! The Full Monty! Well what can I say that probably hasnt already been said many times before. To some degrees it had that hen-night type atmosphere, especially as 95% of the audience was of course groups of women, but that cast did a magnificant job, loads of suspence, some poignant moments but above all, howls of laughter were heard all through the performance!
And yes, hats were bare'd for a split second, right at the end, but it was done in such as way that it wasnt crude and you really didnt see anything anyway!After the performance we trooped off for some nosh at a local restaurant, pizza and pasta and the like, followed by a selection of extremely naughty chocolate somethings, sticky toffee stuff and of course ice cream and cream to round it off! The coffee was almost an after thought! (I could almost feel those pounds pouring on my waist!)
Saturday morning arrived, somewhat blearily I hasten to say, and I hurried off to the train station, picking up a friend on the way, for a sinful shopping trip to York. I say sinful because I'm sure you guess that not that much in the way of Christmas shopping actually got done! I could add that this was purely down to the fact that there were so many people there that actually getting into each shop was a small feat in itself, however it would be more accurate to say that refreshment stops were the true reason! Some very nice glasses of Rioja were sampled and thoroughly enjoyed throughout the day. Our excuse for this over-indulgance?.......it was bitterly cold! At one point I thought someone had snapped off my nose and the painful act of breathing in freezing cold air all day needed some tough remedies! We did get a bit of shopping done so at least I can, hand on heart, say it was a Christmas shopping expedition after all.
Saturday morning arrived, somewhat blearily I hasten to say, and I hurried off to the train station, picking up a friend on the way, for a sinful shopping trip to York. I say sinful because I'm sure you guess that not that much in the way of Christmas shopping actually got done! I could add that this was purely down to the fact that there were so many people there that actually getting into each shop was a small feat in itself, however it would be more accurate to say that refreshment stops were the true reason! Some very nice glasses of Rioja were sampled and thoroughly enjoyed throughout the day. Our excuse for this over-indulgance?.......it was bitterly cold! At one point I thought someone had snapped off my nose and the painful act of breathing in freezing cold air all day needed some tough remedies! We did get a bit of shopping done so at least I can, hand on heart, say it was a Christmas shopping expedition after all.
We rounded off the day in the Lendel Cellars, a great and historic bar on the edge of York centre.
A truly great time was had!
