My 30th birthday meal at the 2-star Michelin Midsummer House in Cambridge last week!

Apologies for the delay in posting this and write-ups of my other actitivies, it’s just been so busy! My actual birthday was on the bank holiday Monday, but we went on Tuesday. We chose the Market tasting menu of six courses and an accompanying flight of wines from around the world. Extremely decadent and amazing.

Starters of red pepper foam, olives and savoury cheese-filled choux puffs. Vichysoisse with smoked haddock and quail eggs. Caramelised veal sweetbreads, with onion cinnamon puree and wood sorrel. Stuffed and crumbed red mullet, with confit lemon, roast artichoke, olives and Iberico ham. Ballotined chicken with spinach and popped sweetcorn. Fennel, lemon and olive jelly with caramel. A selection of artisan cheeses, including my favourites Epoisse and Reblochon. Raspberry and tarragon roule with white chocolate cookie dough. Four different wines to match each large course. OMG.

Midsummer House holds a special place in my heart, as it was where I got married nine years ago. In keeping with that, I thought I would wear my wedding jewellery - white gold, diamond and emerald earrings and necklace, which I designed and had made bespoke for me. The rest of my outfit - Chanel jacket and chain handbag, Prada glasses, Massimo Dutti blouse, Zara ruffle skirt, Irregular Choice shoes.

L’Arc~en~Ciel were at the O2 last night. I’ve followed them for over 15 years and never have I been this close - the indigO2 stage is very intimate, so I was about 3m away from the stage in the mosh pit. I was so pleased!

Preparations consisted of choosing outfits with pockets for cash, tickets etc., which were warm enough for waiting outside in, but could be taken off and tied around the waist (eliminating the need for cloakroom) and which I wouldn’t have minded accidentally getting onto the floor or spilling a drink on. Rundown - t-shirt Alexander McQueen for Puma, jeans South, shoes ASOS, jacket River Island, scarf from Thailand. Also had a short choker necklace and black fabric bolero unseen.

My only complaint about their concerts is that they have a tendency to start a bit late, and when they go for a break 2/3rds of the way through, they don’t offer very much fun stuff while you wait. But still - they put on a damn good show!

I didn’t bring my camera so my phone took awful photos and video - but that’s not what I go to concerts for. I buy official photobooks for my eye-candy. I go to a concert to enjoy hearing them live and looking at them in the flesh :D

And I got an eyeful! Close enough to see the colour of hyde’s contact lenses XD I almost caught one of tetsu’s bananas (but Matt and I did get splashed by his water pistol), ken didn’t smoke, or fall over on stage, but he did make dirty jokes about James Bond and yuki did an amazing drum solo. 

I came away with their official photo book (delicious) their limited LHR London concert t-shirt (they had others, but I wanted the one commemorating their UK visit) and a streamer that landed on me during the pyros etc. for Seventh Heaven.

I managed to nab a couple of very quick videos on my phone so hopefully you can see how close I was to the stage. They played “Anata” one of my favourites :D

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150803557117518

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150803579382518

KYAAAAA ♥ I don’t know how they manage to stay looking so pretty. SRLSY tho, it was ridiculous I got to be so close to them - they have played to audiences of 50,000.

Anyway, enjoy - I have a date with a sourdough that needs cooking >:D