Friday 17th May 2024

Woke late, having decided to take a breather today. Read in bed before getting up to make a late brunch. Aki had work to do at the computer...a day's translating for a Camden-based design team who are travelling to Tokyo next week to make a presentation in respect of another luxury hotel development. I sat about and read some Dickens. Popped out early afternoon to take a pair of trousers up to the dry cleaner on Tollington Way, then walked down to Waitrose to get some odds and ends. Wandered round to the Upper Place at about 1830...Eglal was marking the demise of her Italian cafe, Girasole, with a little party, and some canapes. Piero was there, handing out little plates of pasta and sauces...but it didn't really amount to an evening meal. We chatted with David, who had worked for Eglal for six years...he starts a job in the restaurant at ITV studios in White City. Walked back home for something more substantial to eat...Aki fried off the last of her handmade gyoza, which we ate with stir-fried vegetables, and miso soup.