M and I went over to look at the street we are moving into last night. I now think of it as Lovely Street™ and last night with the trees in full leaf and the sun shining it lived up to it’s name.
On Lovely Street™ en route to the pub we spotted a bruiser of a cat meowing. We stopped and stroked the handsome chap. A guy strolling along Lovely Street™ stopped to talk and told us all about the twenty or so cats that live on Lovely Street™; this one was a bit of a bully. We asked if he lived on Lovely Street™ and he confirmed that he did. We replied that we were moving in next week. Walking away he shouted back “Welcome to the neighbourhood!” I have a very good feeling about this place…
Lovely Street™
Finally got a table at The Foragers last night. It was well worth the wait. I had thickly sliced duck breast in a raspberry wine jus with sweet potato mash and braised spinach and red cabbage. Mmmmm hmmmmm. Definitely recommended. As it’s only two or three streets from us it may well become our regular.
This morning I stuck my head in a florist I’ve been looking at for the last couple of weeks. It’s an absolutely beautiful shop called Planted on St James’s Street in Kemp Town run buy two lovely gay guys. I enquired about coastal hardy plants for our (as yet not created) window-boxes. They were very knowledgeable and said they’d keep some Cape Daisies by for me when they next came in and even pot up my containers. What great chaps!
M and I have also been trying out different coffee bars on the way to work each morning. I can’t really function until my first coffee of the day so this is important business. So far I rate:
* Coffee @ 33 on Trafalgar Street (near Brighton Station). Little independent shop serving real strong Italian coffee made by real Italian boys. Lovely sandwiches too.
* Spinelli Coffee on College Road in Kemp Town. Again real Italian coffee in a relaxing coffee bar with free wifi.
* Brighton Coffee Co. on Kensington Gardens in the middle of North Laine. Busy bar right in the centre of things. Good coffee, large cups and friendly people. I really like the badly spelled words on their menu (’freshy’ and ‘pumpkim’). Bless them.
Today I bought a card for M’s mum’s birthday. It is 100% compostable and comes in a biodegradable bag (how Brighton!) I was tempted by the other one in the guys shop which read “I am sorry for writing twat on your garage door” but I thought it might be taken the wrong way.
