She wanted me to go with her, so we'd booked train tickets for today, and had arranged a lunchtime booking at an Italian restaurant, Circolo Popolare. It was gorgeous weather and it was lovely to be out for the day!
The train we'd booked was busy but we found two seats at a table and settled down for the quick journey down to London. Once at Euston, we took an Uber to Marylebone High Street and had a coffee and muffin at Le Pain Quotidien. I remembered visiting this street when I was pregnant with Mike (I'd gone to London to get some herbal supplements to avoid being induced) and I'd bought Sophie a pair of princess slippers at a charity shop!
As the weather was so beautiful, there were lots of people sitting outside and enjoying the warm Spring sunshine. How lovely it was to see people out enjoying themselves, and hardly a mask in sight! Two years ago today, the first lockdown was instigated, and it seems incredible that covid is still with us today! We sat inside the cafe and enjoyed our coffee and muffin, before making our way to Harley Street, a short walk away. The streets were stuffed with expensive motors, most of which were electric. I'd never seen so many electric vehicles in my life purring silently along the London roads!
We found the Phi clinic and waited in the very cool, totally white, reception area where soft tinkly music was playing. Sophie had booked a consultation with Dr Manav Bawa who was extremely polite, helpful and knowledgeable. He asked Sophie a lot of questions and then examined her face and took a couple of photographs. He went into great detail about the anatomy of her face, and the muscles surrounding her nose, and suggested filler and a little bit of botox. The treatment would last about two years.
Sophie was very happy with everything he said and she booked the treatment for a date in April. We had a lot to talk about, so we decided to have a glass of wine and some nibbles at Cote Brasserie just around the corner from Marylebone High Street. Again, the place was full of people eating, drinking and enjoying the sunshine. Heaven!
There were some seriously good smells wafting about and it felt like we were abroad! We ordered a glass of Sauvignon Blanc for Sophie and a Negroni for me, as well as some bread and olives. It was lovely to sit at a pavement table and watch London drift by. I adore people watching and I was fascinated by the couple next to us. They were obviously well-off and of a certain age, but she went from stroking his arm and gazing adoringly into his eyes, to having a real go at him about something! I was transfixed!
After our pre-lunch drink, we took another Uber to Circolo Popolare, a very busy and buzzing Italian eaterie in Rathbone Place. We had to queue to get in and I was amazed at the number of bottles of alcohol lining every wall!
We were seated on a long table but assured that no-one else would be put right next to us. Lining the walls were white stone booths with colourful cushions. It looked very exotic with the lamps and the shelves stuffed full of bottles of alcohol.
We chose mussels in a tomato sauce served in a bread bun and prosciutto to share as a starter and then a fennel pork sausage pizza for our main course. Washed down with a lovely aromatic wine from Sicily, it was all delicious!
We managed to find room for a dish of Tiramisu each which was creamy and delightful - the best restaurant Tiramisu I've ever had (Sophie makes the best home-made dessert!).
Sophie paid for lunch as an early Mother's Day gift for me, and we went outside to find an Uber. We stood outside a Peruvian restaurant that, sadly, hadn't succeeded and it was horrible to see the stacked up chairs and tables inside. Someone's dream gone horribly wrong.
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| The Oxo Tower in the distance |
Our Uber arrived and we were whisked off to Euston where our train was already on the platform. We had a very pleasant journey back to Northampton where we were met by Keith who drove us home. It had been a fantastic day and we sat and relaxed for the rest of the evening!
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