Sketch

While I am working, W has toured around London on his own. I tought him how to ride the tube, he got himself and Oyster card and he's been fine to navigate around on his own. I think his favorite thing so far has been the Imperial War Rooms which I still haven't seen - and I came across a gallery that has a show featuring photographs of Johnny Cash which he also checked out. That will be on my list for sure.

In any case, last night we had drinks with my friends at Sketch and then had dinner. Sketch is really one of my favorite places - not for the food but for the decor - which is impossible to really describe eloquently. The first thing that hits me to describe it is Alice in Wonderland. In the room we were in, The Glade, the wallpapers has little fairies on it and then there are these lights that rotate around the room with what appear to be red laser dots. Of course the bathrooms are a must visit and this time, each pod had a different soundtrack element inside - one greeted me with a cheering crowd, one was laughing - no porn background this time around. The main dining room - the gallery - is kept pretty dark and along the top half of the room along the wall is a large screen that wraps around the restaurant projecting different images. During the day, it's a regular art gallery and then they switch to the restaurant at night. Their artist rotation is fairly frequent so you never know what you are going to see when you sit for dinner. I was facing the wall so that W could appreciate the full view of the restaurant so I didn't see much. The dinner was good - insanely expensive - they even charged us for bread and butter - that's not normal in the UK - and it was 4.50 BP - about 10USD. Oh, and I am pretty sure we sat next to a guy on a "date" with a professional. But here is my question - why buy her dinner?

Take a moment to look at their website, it has a lot of pictures and it's a good read. http://www.sketch.uk.com/