I've been a bit slow off the blocks this year in booking theatre tickets. I waited hours a few months ago to book Hamlet tickets (starting Benedict Cumberbatch - worth it!), but it wasn't until today that I really started to peruse what's on this year.
I saw that John Goodman (!) (and some famous guy from Homeland, that I've never heard of) is coming to the West End in American Buffalo, so I snapped up a few tickets for April. Is it just me or are theatre tickets getting crazy expensive?! £92 for a premium seat (plus a booking fee). That's almost £100 to see a play! £15 to see a movie seems so reasonable compared to that.
The show is described as, "A classic tragedy, American Buffalo is the story of three men struggling in the pursuit of their distorted vision of the American Dream. By turns touching and cynical, poignant and violent, American Buffalo is a piercing story of how people can be corrupted into betraying their ideals and those they love."
Sounds excellent - I'll let you know how it goes.
As I'm sure you've noticed, I had, until today, abandoned my blog. There were a few big reasons - I was incredibly sick for a few months, we temporarily moved to Singapore for work for 2 months, the crazy crazy holiday season, but I think I was also just a little burned out on blogging.
It wasn't until yesterday when I mentioned my blog to someone and said how much I enjoyed looking back on my entries from year's past, that I realised I wanted to start blogging again. So, here I am!
Every January I set goals for myself for the year. Some version of my usual suspects are still there (go to the gym, bake more, sleep more, eat healthy (which I agree is a bit at odds with 'bake more')) but I'm also trying a few new ones - specifically, French cooking and reading. I'm getting stuck into some excellent fiction (I read Paper Towns in a day - what a fantastic read!) but I'm also seeking out more books about domestic history and cooking - not recipes per se but stories from the kitchen. I hope that these stories and rich interesting history inspire me to cook more French food, or just food in general.
I hope to update you on my progress soon!
