I also took some photos of the walk from the college into Richmond proper.
Once in town, I shopped for a light-weight dress. I met up with all except Steffi at a sandwich shop and had lunch. Then Annie had a birthday party for 3 children at their church. Bob and Axel were on for that party. Mark had a party later in the afternoon, and Steffi and I took him there. Afterwards, we had a light afternoon tea in Barnes.
We also walked by a restaurant, Rick Stein, run by a celebrity chef of the same name. Steffi talked about how difficult it was to make reservations there.
We ubered home and chatted about the evening’s plan to go into London to a Persian restaurant and queue for a table. While discussing that plan, Steffi (?) said that a friend had to give up reservations at a newish Richmond restaurant that was supposed to be really cool. As they were telling us about that place, I googled it and discovered that (1) it was on Open Table and (2) there was availability at 9:00pm for 4 people. They thought the change in plans was fine, so I booked the table, and we avoided a long ride into London and an uncertain dinner time! Old people worry about these things. And as I was looking at The Ivy (the Richmond restaurant), Steffi was checking out Rick Stein and was able to book a table for noon on Monday – we were all in foodie heaven because of our googling expertise! Such a proud moment for Steffi and me.
Jane, the babysitter, arrived at 7:00ish, and we prepared to walk into town when the skies opened up in typical British style, so we ubered to a pub since our dinner reservations weren’t until 9:00. Because of the rain causing folks to eat inside rather than outside, we got lucky and snagged a table outside on the second floor of Britannia -- the rain had stopped by then.
The “boys” told us about their “brilliant “ time at the children’s birthday party, complete with sparkling wine and beer! Seriously. So funny and so typically Axel!
We moved on to The Ivy, a happening place in Richmond. We had to wait a bit for our table – the place was packed.
Our meals were really good, the service was great, BUT ---- the bathroom was A FULL TWO STEEP FLIGHTS OF STEPS ABOVE THE RESTAURANT LEVEL!! I actually mentioned this to our server, and he said that not only were the bathrooms there but also that the kitchen was on the bathroom level, so the servers were constantly going up and down those steps. Whose ridiculous design was that??
We walked home, and I introduced Steffi to the Tieks website. She found a pair she really liked, but those flats are so expensive, and shipping isn't free to the UK. She did ponder the thought overnight, though.
Bed after midnight.
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