At Monty's

Evening!

So. Last couple of days have been entertaining..

Was on the way to see my friend on Thursday evening, and on tube there were two people worth mentioning. First, Dreadlock guy, smart dressed, with a bit of a cool style, almost similar to Martyn Gayle, but that requiers more details which I don't have time for.. Anyway, despite the style and the relaxed look, he had a very heated conversation (texts) with a lady friend called Elena.. I'm guessing Russian.. ;)) Just funny how what you see is not what you might get..

Second, and this is much more fun - lady comes in, around 30, blonde curly hair with a dog on the leash.. And not just any dog,- a bulldog! White with some black spots.. She sits down, but the dog really doesn't want to sit underneath the chair where the owner wants to put him.. So the dog gets up, walks around her couple of times and tries to get on the chair behind her. And the lady just grabs him by but and helps him on top of the chair behind her, and then sits right next to him. Every single person in the carriage was so amused by this scene, and smiling, which is very unusual  tube on weekday evening.. ;))

You know sometimes you get these amazing drivers on tube that with every stop when they announce the station name and interchanges, they mention a joke or wish you an amazing day/evening/night! I've had couple of them on my way to work, these drivers just make my day! And all people in the carriage don't really know what to do, smile or ignore.. Most of them smile though.. ;))))

Completely forgot, before getting into tube, I walked into one of the clothes shops in Stratford Centre which normally sells really interesting and cheap dresses.. This time dresses where not so great and I was just looking around. I was the only person in the shop and both of shop assistants were paying way too much attention to me. I know that shop normally is very empty and whenever they have customers they are too attentive. I got asked three times if I have found anything I like or if they could help me find something. And this shop always has discounts of some sorts, guessing they are trying to get some people in. ;) Anyway, I tend to buy at least two items there when I go only because they are cheap and you can find some quality stuff there as well.. Like this time, I bought a cardigan and a jumper. Very well spent 20 quid.

Sometimes I wonder if when it's not that busy at Electric, do I tend to be more attentive, maybe even annoying with attention? But I think I do know the limits, and I am reasonable with giving equal attention to tables and people. Because you can't really spend excessive time with one table, and then you get busy, and this same table almost expects the same attention which you can't give because of 20 (maybe less ;))) other tables that you have.. ;)

Yesterday Daisy and me wanted to go for theatre again but couldn't find any last minute offers, well, we didn't really look for them.. ;) But we did go for a drink in Soho.. I started off with my first Gin Martini of 2015 at Trailer Happiness! Very well done me! And suggested by Terence in Trailer, Daisy and me ended up in Grafik - gin bar in Soho that has selection of 305 gins on their shelves.. Impressive I'd say. And the cocktail making skill, obviously tried their martini, was surprisingly good! But then again, for a gin bar, it should be! ;) We did have a good night, a good talk and around 10.30pm were almost home already!

Today at work was one of the worst days. On a normal weekend I would open, make sure everything is done and pretty, organised and set for busy breakfast and lunch service.. But not today, came in at 10am and it seemed everything has went wrong.. One of the waitreses apparently was not doing her job and the manager was attending to tables when it wasn't that busy at all! And then stations not set, butters were not enough, papers still had all advertising 'shit' in them.. Kitchen was making mistakes and people kept on sending food back.. Some food and drinks orders were made with mistakes and sorting one thing out, leading to sorting another thing out slowed all the other table service. All over not that busy day, but what could go wrong went wrong! Murphy's law! ;)

Now.. It's the relaxing part of the day.. I was supposed to go climbing but obviously after this kinda day and not actually finishing at the time when I was supposed to, I didnt feel like it.. So I'm having some bubbles at Monty's.. And with the length of this entry, I think you can guess how much bubbles I had. ;) I did have nice Duck Fillet and Crab and Lobster Cakes. I love food and drinks and most importantly people and atmosphere in here. Now I understand why Champagne Charlzs comes in and does some work here.. It is the best surroundings for chilled after work work.. ;))

Anyway, I think it is time for me to finally end this and possibly go home! Have three quite long days ahead of me.. So, I'll see you soon!

Love you all, and thank you for reading! ;)

P.S. No pictures this time, but I will leave you with some atmosphere music from Montgomery Place:

- Love and Happiness by First Choice
- Right On by Marvin Gaye
- Blind Alley by The Emotions

Cheers! xx