Last week...

...was a very, very, very fine week. For a whole swath of reasons, but primarily because I got to spend some quality time with Matthew, who was over from New York to set up his bosses flat in preparation for his arrival. That I got to spend the week in the aforementioned flat was also something of a plus, it being a penthouse apartment in the center of London with a view overlooking Leicester square, and complete with rooftop terrace and jacuzzi. All rather swish.

It was a fun, if busy week, involving numerous shopping trips around London to buy flat stuff (and bits of Apple hardware including a shiny new MacBook. Want one!), theatre outings (Avenue Q is a truly wonderful piece of theatre - see it if you have the chance), cinema trips (Angel-A, yes. The Lady In the Water, not so much), barbecues (at both ends of the quality scale - sorry Matthew!), a Prom outing (Stravinskys Firebird - magnificent piece of music) and some work stuff, which included my second appraisal in almost 6 years ("Excellent work - keep it up").

All in all, it's been a bit of a comedown returning back to Edinburgh again. Though there's plenty coming up to make up for that. My next task is to sift through the phonebook like tome that is the Fringe guide and make the best of the wonder that is Edinburgh during the festival. Top of my list of things to see: Jim Hensons Puppet Improv.