17.3.09

Cloisters clearout


Bid farewell to the room with a view at Chelsea Cloisters at the end of February after four months.

Just before I left I spoke with some of the staff. When I said I had to lower my standards (sarcastically) and move out of Chelsea now that my employer was no longer paying my rent, one staffer said:

"You could pitch a tent out in the middle of the road and live in it and you wouldn't be lowering your standards."

A damning indictment.

Great area to live and I ended up in a fabulous room with a great view after a month of complaints about the lack of hot water, thanks to the night manager.

14.3.09

Bard's birthplace


William Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-Upon-Avon in December.





Was told off for taking the picture of the inside. Wished I had chosen something else to take a picture of afterwards.


Thought about working at the Stratford Festival in Ontario while I was there.