The Wallace Collection cafe - the result of a search for somewhere different to drink coffee.
High ceilings, leafy palm trees, clean and starchy waiters, and space. It is civilised and interesting.
And completely appropriate. The friend I am with is also civilised and interesting.
I drift home afterwards, still feeling civilised (if not particularly interesting). In the kitchen, I am rootling around in the back of a high cupboard, when a long-forgotten tub of cocoa powder chooses to leap off a shelf, making a bid for freedom. It explodes on the work surface in a cloud of chocolatey dust, covering everything in sight. Large-scale clean up operation is required. As I pick things up, their negative images remain behind, silhouetted in cocoa. The blast radius is considerable. On the plus side, the kitchen smells nice.
Later, in the bathroom, I catch sight of my reflection. I am somewhere between this (left) and this (right).
Interesting - yes. Civilised? No.
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