V - Surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia!
R - Et apparuit Simoni, alleluia!
Christ is Risen, as ever, and for the first time in my life I celebrated the fact in a church not Thornton Methodist. It was just a special though.
Shortly after Easter I celebrated both N’s and my own birthday. These are the second birthdays we have spent together, and the third since we were a couple. (I rang N from a phone box on Iona for her 19th, on her 20th we had a day trip to York). Obviously N’s was the more significant birthday, so we spent both days in Liverpool, and on her birthday went to an interesting Russian Restaurant.
I have never eaten Russian before, so didn’t really know what to expect. I was first struck by the range of food, the menu contained food which was reminiscent of Sub-Continental cuisine, eastern European dishes, and food which sounded Oriental in nature. Unsurprising given the vast size of Russia. The place was interestingly laid out, pleasant overall - but a little more attention to detail would have been nice. E.G. To use the sink in the mens bathroom I had to stoop under a sloping roof (and I am not quite six foot tall), and my seat had an uncomfortable sag just under my right buttock, so I had the disconcerting feeling that I was sitting on the side edge of my chair. My meal was exceeding pleasant though. I had some borscht, which tasted much unlike the beetroot soup I am more used to. I followed this with some interesting affairs like mushroom burgers or similar. I wish I knew their composition because they were lovely. I washed it down with much Baltika, at least some of which was free, in apology for a mix up with N’s food. I was rather sorry not to get what I ordered (they were out), which was originally going to be a stew with mushroom dumplings, and topped with dough. All in all I liked the place, and would go to the Manchester Branch given the chance, the trip was worthwhile, and made doubly so by the music and dancing…
As it was my birthday I pulled in a handful of gifts, one way or another. Including a number of books, some of which are tagged ”Birthday ‘08” on LibraryThing.
It is safe to assume that in the near future I will be reading some of the following (Not an exhaustive list):
Kari Mauns, The Welsh Kings: Warriors, Warlords and Princes
J.L. Carrell The Shakespeare Secret
Julia Fox, Jane Boleyn, The Infamous Lady Rochford
The Book of General Ignorance
The English Year
Thank you to anyone who got me anything by way of a birthday gift, or card.
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