Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Movie premieres and fine dining
Turning Graves screening
We were invited to our first London movie premiere, however there were no Hollywood stars in sight. It was the first ‘public’ screening of Warren Chung’s short film ‘Turning Graves’. Warren is a friend of Lawrence’s from NZ. The film was a 12 minute thriller about a disturbed man, who was abandoned by his parents, showing his friends around his family home. The premiere was well attended with two screenings in the small private theatre. I was impressed by the professionalism of the movie considering it was Warren’s directorial debut. The music was composed for the film and recorded at the famous Abbey Road studios.
Rae and Steve BBQ
It was rather cheeky to start the summer BBQ season in spring but it paid off. The day was warm and relatively calm as Steve expertly tended to the food while we chatted away with a few of Rae and Steve’s friends. We tried two types of vege sausages. Both weren’t too bad. As the last rays of sun left the sky we finally let Steve eat.
Twickenham walk
With the weather looking good we decided to do a walk from our ‘Walking London’ book to work off the excesses of the BBQ. We enjoyed the Richmond walk so much we chose one that took us down the other side of the river past Twickenham. The walk took us through Syon park with its distinctive, disused main gate crowned by a majestic Lion. The walk passed the section of the Thames the Romans first used to cross to the north. The river must have been running high because a few road sections of the walk were submerged and we had to take a detour. We also passed the site of Orleans House where the King of France had lived (it has since burned down).
There are some photos in our gallery.
We were invited to our first London movie premiere, however there were no Hollywood stars in sight. It was the first ‘public’ screening of Warren Chung’s short film ‘Turning Graves’. Warren is a friend of Lawrence’s from NZ. The film was a 12 minute thriller about a disturbed man, who was abandoned by his parents, showing his friends around his family home. The premiere was well attended with two screenings in the small private theatre. I was impressed by the professionalism of the movie considering it was Warren’s directorial debut. The music was composed for the film and recorded at the famous Abbey Road studios.
Rae and Steve BBQ
It was rather cheeky to start the summer BBQ season in spring but it paid off. The day was warm and relatively calm as Steve expertly tended to the food while we chatted away with a few of Rae and Steve’s friends. We tried two types of vege sausages. Both weren’t too bad. As the last rays of sun left the sky we finally let Steve eat.
Twickenham walk
With the weather looking good we decided to do a walk from our ‘Walking London’ book to work off the excesses of the BBQ. We enjoyed the Richmond walk so much we chose one that took us down the other side of the river past Twickenham. The walk took us through Syon park with its distinctive, disused main gate crowned by a majestic Lion. The walk passed the section of the Thames the Romans first used to cross to the north. The river must have been running high because a few road sections of the walk were submerged and we had to take a detour. We also passed the site of Orleans House where the King of France had lived (it has since burned down).
There are some photos in our gallery.
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