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Finding the entrance to Circus alone conjures images of illusion and mystique, making one feel they are attempting to enter a parallel world. Where I believed the venue to be, there were merely two ominous, black doors staring back at me. Did I tap on a brick to get the doors to open? Would a talking bullfrog appear and pose me a riddle which intimated one of the doors led to inevitable doom?
My first impression of London’s sweeping views was from watching the performance of ‘Chim Chim Cher-ee’ in Mary Poppins. I think it poignantly captured that enchantingly hazy quality that pervades through a London vista at sunset if, albeit, giving a false representation of how easy it is to jump between the City’s buildings. I have experienced many options in the city which allow guests to soak up London’s panoramas and my latest venture was to Sky Lounge in Tower Hill.
One of the perennial favourite 'Ultimatum Questions' is being asked whether, could you only have one, you would choose 'Food or Sex'? Unfortunately, you always get one wise-ass who sees it necessary to pedantically point out that, for purely survivalist reasons, food is the only correct answer (as if they believe said ultimatum is an entirely plausible one and their response will contribute towards a referendum). For the rest of us, it is a tough question where a life without either seems like a bleak existence.
Firstly, I would like to highlight that my dining companion insisted that I use that headline. His insistence suggested that a failure to take advantage of the linguistic similarities between ‘Tuscanic’ and ‘Titanic’ would mean that I had failed as a journalist, friend and, indeed, human being. Some might say that images of a doomed ship might starkly contrast the enthusiastically positive review I am about to give, but let’s gloss over that in the name of wordplay.
