We left you with AperiTWeat 2.0 yet to take place, and, well, it did. We had over 120 people enjoying the drinks, the chatter and the Italian food that the guys at Al Volo kept bringing out until the final Pasta surprised everyone! We were very happy not only because of the numbers, but especially because of the qualit of the people attending, a truly lovely bunch indeed! Main attraction of the night was probably the Gumtree Goo (which I’d really like to show you in pictures but trust me, it’s better if I don’t…), and there’s a Lasagna preparation contest still pending…We also played our part in the organisation of High Street Art & Food, a warm-up event for the new Blur’d series of events taking place in Kensington and organised by Blur Marketing. The atmosphere was lovely at Cafe’ Phillies (just off Kensington High Street) and prosecco, champagne and food were enjoyed by the guests.

Blitz are 4-0

The Blitz won two other away games, at Sussex Thunder and Coventry Jets. Two shut-outs that lead to the Blitz terminating the first half of the regular season with 4 win and no losses, 146 points scored and only 22 conceded. Now we head into the second half facing 4 home games at the Finsbury Park stadium (inside the Athletics track) on June 21st, July 12th, August 2nd and 16th.

Short trips to Italy

We also had to spend a few days in Trieste, Milan and Verona, where we were very lucky with the weather (we had 37 degrees in Verona…) and found two very nice little restaurants, especially in Milan, where we once again realised how nice Italian food really is in Italy, we just need it every now and then I think.

Summer music frenzy

But Summer is the music season in the UK, and we made sure we’re not left behind: we went to see Ska Cubano at the 100 Club in Oxford Street, which was great, and have a few things lined up for the months ahead. We start this Thursday, with a gig by Sardinian artist Filomena Campus in Hammersmith, as part of the “Tunes in June” program at Riverside Studios, which we highly recommend. Then we will go and see Ray Davies and the Gipsy Kings (not together, of course) at Kenwood House, Hampstead, as part of the English Heritage Picnic concerts, on June 27th and July 11th respectively. July the 12th is surely the highlight of the Summer though, with The Enemy and Kasabian opening for Oasis at Wembley Stadium, which we booked with something like 9 or 11 months in advance, I can’t even remember. We’re so looking forward to it… August and September should see us going to Jools Holland (again at Kenwood House) and Prince Buster (at Camden Centre), but that’s still TBC on our end.

We have also been invited to a premiere of “Up”, the new Disney Pixar movie, at the Disney Studios in Hammersmith, which we’re so excited about you have no idea…

What have you guys been up to? What are your plans for the Summer? Fancy dropping us a line?