It's 6:00 PM, do you know where your coworkers are?

On my second Friday evening in London I wandered down the street from my flat to meet some coworkers in Shoreditch, a very groovy neighborhood chock-full of restaurants and pubs!

[the Watermark]

What I liked most about the pubs in Shoreditch was that they were so packed that they literally spilled out onto the narrow streets! Coming from a place where bars need special licenses to allow patrons to enjoy their beverages al fresco (and even then, have strict rules and firmly set perimeters in place to ensure that no one puts the establishments' license in jeopardy) it was both liberating and exhilarating to order a pint and then promptly turn and take it out onto the street where I could walk around and mingle casually in a large group of post-work happy-hour'ers.

[Old Kings Head]

Old Kings Head was literally across the street from the Watermark (which in this part of Shoreditch was only about 12 feet). I met the proprietor Steve who tried to explain some of the finer points of Rugby to me. Without saying anything of his teaching skills, I still can't follow Rugby for the life of me...

Anyway, I've just got word that Mark Sullivan, Shane Robinson, Jeff Mathews and a few others have arrived in town and want to watch the Arsenal match at 5:30. As I had a fairly ambitious to-do list for today and it's already almost noon I better get to work!

Cheers,
Dan