Today I walked down to Summertown for some grocery shopping. Needed to buy 3 chickens for Sunday night dinner at Spencer House. We'll be having group meals on Sunday night, with everyone contributing a dish. This Sunday I volunteered to do Spicy Chicken, a Cajun recipe; others will bring salad, rice, veggies, desserts, wine and bread. Should be a lot of fun.
Before doing any shopping, I decided to treat myself to lunch. There are no fancy restaurants on Banbury Rd. in Summertown, but there are some nice ones. I decided against the cafe inside Marks and Spencer -- I've eaten there twice; it's okay, but over-priced. I wanted to eat at a sandwich shop called Taylor's, but it was packed. So I wandered across the street to try out the Greek Taverna. I should have suspected something. It was 1:30 and the place was totally empty.
I went in and was seated by the lone waiter. Ended up having Moussaka and a diet coke. It was okay, but a little boring, and it was 10 pounds with a tip -- that's about $15 -- for a medium-sized bowl of food and a meager pita (no hummus, no salad, no nothing else). Learned my lesson there.
While I was seated in the taverna, looking out the window onto Banbury Road, a funeral passed by. There was a white hearse carriage with glass sides, pulled by two white horses wearing colorful plumes. I didn't have my camera, so I don't have a photo to post, but there's a good one at http://www.carlton-carriages.co.uk/20733.html
White funeral carriages are used for children's funerals and for more informal funerals. Michael Jackson's body was actually pulled in one of these kinds of hearses...
Before doing any shopping, I decided to treat myself to lunch. There are no fancy restaurants on Banbury Rd. in Summertown, but there are some nice ones. I decided against the cafe inside Marks and Spencer -- I've eaten there twice; it's okay, but over-priced. I wanted to eat at a sandwich shop called Taylor's, but it was packed. So I wandered across the street to try out the Greek Taverna. I should have suspected something. It was 1:30 and the place was totally empty.
I went in and was seated by the lone waiter. Ended up having Moussaka and a diet coke. It was okay, but a little boring, and it was 10 pounds with a tip -- that's about $15 -- for a medium-sized bowl of food and a meager pita (no hummus, no salad, no nothing else). Learned my lesson there.
While I was seated in the taverna, looking out the window onto Banbury Road, a funeral passed by. There was a white hearse carriage with glass sides, pulled by two white horses wearing colorful plumes. I didn't have my camera, so I don't have a photo to post, but there's a good one at http://www.carlton-carriages.co.uk/20733.html
White funeral carriages are used for children's funerals and for more informal funerals. Michael Jackson's body was actually pulled in one of these kinds of hearses...
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