Green Tongued Hoes

[commonpeople1]

My new desk overlooks Hatful of Holloway Road. After my induction yesterday, my boss left me alone in the office to get on with centuries-old work, a Canadian classical music station my only company. On my lunch break, I walked down Holloway Road and discovered an used book store, called Fantasy Centre, which specialises in genre paperbacks and magazines. A lover's paradise for anyone who enjoys Sci-fi, Fantasy or Horror. I nearly took ten vintage Horror paperbacks home with me. I settled in the end for just two (they are generally priced around £2).

I made my way after work to Liverpool Street Station, to meet sublimevisions (Drew) for the first time. He kissed my cheeks in a crowded Cafe Nero and got me in a tizzy. I took him to The Ten Bells, a nearby pub where Jack the Ripper's victims used to drink. The place was busy with media whores but we still managed to find a spot by the bar counter. Drew noticed that they had an absinthe special, which got him in a tizzy. Since neither one of us had ever drunk absinthe, we placed our order with a lovely young Kate Bush lookalike. She got us a generous dose of the green liquid, and crackden spoons to heat up brown sugar cubes. The cubes burned and dripped into the cup, which I then stirred and downed. My lips were all tingly afterwards as we walked up and down Brick Lane in search of a cafe to hang out.

Later, Drew was lovely enough to pay for dinner at a mexican restaurant in Old Street. We then walked through Bethnal Green, and I showed him Mile End Park's canal. Another first: a fluffy, huggable urban fox stared at us before running into a bush in the park. I was surprised at how big it was; I always imagined them as sausage dogs with pointy ears.

Comments

[naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com]

Which two books?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Secret.

[naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com]

Tease.

[blu-bear.livejournal.com]

Ooh Holloway Road, near me. We should like totally do lunch some day (sorry I've been over dosing on America's Next Top Model).

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

That's like totally awesome! :-P

[sublimevisions.livejournal.com]

let's do lunch! heh. i love that statement (like i'll pencil you in), it's rather subjective and rarely an intentional plan.

[sublimevisions.livejournal.com]

Ollie! i am so happy to have met you! thanks so much for showing me your part of london, and thank you for spendin time with me. be well my friend.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

It was great meeting you! Thank you for adding adventure and fun to my first day of work. It was an awesome way to end the day. Be well too and keep in touch.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

So far, assignment is going well. Where is your office based by the way? Are we in walking distance for lunches? :-)

I loved the taste of absinthe too; it's a drink I'm definitely having again when I get the chance.

[vilia64.livejournal.com]

I adore used books stores. There's only two in my town, but a delightful one three towns over, and I gladly make the trip each time.

Absinthe, eh? You naughty boy. I only say, since we can't get it in the States...