Aidan Williams - High Acuity

A gallery, a theatre, a restaurant – very civilised.

I haven’t seen my girlfriend in three weeks for many reasons and it definitely has been taking its toll on me and even started affecting my work – not very professional I know.

All I’ve ever needed is someone to love – it just so happens I was lucky enough to find someone absolutely incredible to fall in love with and take care of. She’s also one of the only people who can keep me in check.

Unfortunately she hates my work ethic with a passion – understandably – since it keeps us apart for most of the week and the fact that we don’t live together right now doesn’t help either.

We met early this Saturday afternoon and began walking around central London. We stopped at a gallery in New Bond Street exhibiting works by Graeme Wilcox – a Scottish Artist who paints incredible portraits. I wish I could find some pictures online that accurately represent his latest collection – it’s a lot more dark, intense and impressive than any of his previous works. Unfortunately I can’t personally afford the £2K – £7K price tag for one of his paintings just yet.

We had a quick lunch near Piccadilly Circus before going to the London Comedy Theatre where I booked tickets for my girlfriend and myself to see Boeing Boeing – A 1960s French Comedy originally by Marc Camoletti. I decided to pick something different that neither of us had heard of or knew anything about. It’s a brilliant play with a stunning cast and, well – I think TimeOut’s review says it best:

“… Matthew Warchus’s stylish revival of ‘Boeing-Boeing’, a creaky old French comedy recreated as something approaching sublime thanks to a crack cast on tip-top form.

The premise is deliciously reprehensible. Bernard is three-timing a trio of air hostesses, and meticulously plotting their comings, goings and near-misses with the help of the air-traffic timetable. Then one night his country bumpkin comes to stay, and Bernard’s scheme starts to veer off its flight path.”

It’s a fantastically enjoyable piece of light comedy that spans across a single day in the lives of the characters. It’s so fast-paced that it really does feel as though they’ve crammed a full day into two and a half (with intermission) and the storyline is a lot of fun.

After the play, my girlfriend and I went to Café Apogee in Leicester Square, where she had this week’s special: lamb with saffron rice, and I had the Apogee Special – lamb, chicken, beef, salmon and king prawns, also with saffron rice. The décor of the restaurant was interesting – interesting in the respect that we couldn’t quite place it, or fully decipher whether we were in a French restaurant or not – it seems a few of the online restaurant listings are a little confused as well. Never the less, the food was excellent and we will be going back there.

After a short evening walk around central’s back-streets close to St James’ Place, we headed home. It was a great day and just what we needed.

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