The theme of this week's post is "enjoying the little things." Such as my new gym, which I pay way too much for but it makes me happy, so I'm just going with it. It's in Shoreditch, which can be summed up as: lots of hipsters with bleached hair and studded shoes and oh-so-cool bars (which are very aware of how cool they are). But in the case of this gym, the hipster vibe actually works. It's under some train tracks in this old factory or warehouse that they've fixed up--lots of exposed brick and architecturally-chic archways. The atmosphere combined with the fantastic dance classes I've been taking there make the fees worth it because it just brightens my day--and gets me off my ass and away from my seemingly endless stream of research.
Another day-brightening thing that occurred recently was my discovery of a new bar that I've fallen in love with. Usually when I go out, I just try to buy whichever drinks are cheapest, but occasionally, I like to get my hipster on and have really fancy artisan cocktails. I'm secretly just a little bit obsessed with cocktails made with egg whites or infused with thyme or made with housemade espresso bitters or any of that ridiculous stuff. Anyway, this past week I went out with a friend of mine to this great bar called the City of London Distillery, which has some great cocktails and makes their own gin, plus it's not overly pretentious. The drinks are actually reasonably priced (especially considering the price you pay for a whiskey and coke at any club in the city) and they effectively turned me into a gin fan. It also helped that as soon as I sat down and told the waiter I knew nothing about gin he proceeded to bring three bottles of different types to the table for me to sample. Many delicious drinks (and a few more free samples) followed and by the end of the night we were on a first-name basis with basically everyone who worked there. That is a good night out.
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