Dickensian day
I felt very Christmassy and happy all day. Lorraine and I woke up to snow, then hailstones snicking the windows before remaining in unmelted icy piles. This followed by rain and a clear freezing day and perfect for mooching about in the North Laine area. Seemed Brighton was the only place in the UK not under snowed under. Mum and Mase were so lucky their flight left the day it did.
Lorraine, Beth and I wandered about buying a few more bits of presents, and stopping for a hobbit's second breakfast in Capers Cafe, where Beth had done recent show. Soon found ourselves sitting next to Brighton's first Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas and her family. An enjoyable bout of shopping and hanging out, before I broke away to drop into the maelstrom of Sainsbury's for some food shopping.
In the evening off to see The Rainbow Chorus perform their Christmas show, as well as an entertaining production they'd devised called A Dickens of a Christmas, loosely based on A Christmas Carol. This threaded together the cuts with a Scrooge-like, homophobic minister. Fortunately, its under-rehearsed nature managed only to add to the enjoyment as proper Christmas fare. Matt radiating confidence and personality, and Glen 'Fingers' Capra as ever accompanying effortlessly. Had a quick chat with choir members after, plus Matt and Fingers but left them bickering about carrying the electric piano to the pub. Matt unfairly tetchy when I started singing Ebony and Ivory to them. Home to the warm through the icy streets.
Annoyingly my camera had run out of battery, so no photos.
I felt very Christmassy and happy all day. Lorraine and I woke up to snow, then hailstones snicking the windows before remaining in unmelted icy piles. This followed by rain and a clear freezing day and perfect for mooching about in the North Laine area. Seemed Brighton was the only place in the UK not under snowed under. Mum and Mase were so lucky their flight left the day it did.
Lorraine, Beth and I wandered about buying a few more bits of presents, and stopping for a hobbit's second breakfast in Capers Cafe, where Beth had done recent show. Soon found ourselves sitting next to Brighton's first Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas and her family. An enjoyable bout of shopping and hanging out, before I broke away to drop into the maelstrom of Sainsbury's for some food shopping.
In the evening off to see The Rainbow Chorus perform their Christmas show, as well as an entertaining production they'd devised called A Dickens of a Christmas, loosely based on A Christmas Carol. This threaded together the cuts with a Scrooge-like, homophobic minister. Fortunately, its under-rehearsed nature managed only to add to the enjoyment as proper Christmas fare. Matt radiating confidence and personality, and Glen 'Fingers' Capra as ever accompanying effortlessly. Had a quick chat with choir members after, plus Matt and Fingers but left them bickering about carrying the electric piano to the pub. Matt unfairly tetchy when I started singing Ebony and Ivory to them. Home to the warm through the icy streets.
Annoyingly my camera had run out of battery, so no photos.
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