This weekend went by so quickly. Fortunately it was full of sunshine, warmth and lots of face time with some good friends. Friday night kicked off the weekend by meeting with Mel and Ben (pictured to the right) who I know from back home and saw when I first got to the UK over four years ago now. We ended up at the Two Brewers and being one of the last to leave. I remember some people having food there, with a disappointing review of the Chilli Con Carne (really bad proportions).

Saturday started off rather slowly, with an outing to the gym to work out Friday night’s drinks. I settled at one of my favourite cafes where I continued on some writing I was doing. Catching up with one of the people I worked with in Copenhagen, I dashed out quickly to Dollar Grills and Martini, a hip martini and cocktail lounge in Exmouth Market. Awesome selection of drinks and atmosphere, it was a little disappointing I had to leave so quickly before heading out to dinner. I met up with Mike and his wife with a couple of their friends for dinner at Navajo Joe. With a bar downstairs, music pumped through but the entire experience was pretty nifty with interesting decore and great tasting food (the spiced-rub fish was amazing!). Interesting people arrived in small packs throughout the night to slowly filter to the bar downstairs. We all remember having a laugh at one girl in particular who had a black dress backed by a zipper right from the top to the bottom. The number of jokes we had with that! Everyone else had to catch the last train out, living out of London so I meandered back home where I caught up with a few other people at Smithfields.

Sunday I walked all the way out to Limehouse to catch up with some university friends from back home. It was great to see both Amanda and Marc where we had a lazy Sunday lunch at The Gun in the Docklands. A fantastic, light and airy atmosphere, it was a nice place for a lunch but not as good as I thought it might have been. I’ll write something more about it on my food blog later. Walking back home and indulging in what sunlight was left, what a great way it was to finish off the weekend.