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Resolutions 2010 – The Verdict

Well hello kiddies. Did we all have a lovely festive time over the last few days? I can honestly say I’ve eaten so much I don’t think I’ll need to snack again until February.

Brilliant – that’ll be me fitting into skinny jeans again then.

I’ve been trawling through the archives and have just re-read my post from last new years eve, and quite frankly, I think it’s time to evaluate this year’s resolutions before tackling next years.

You may recall:

And as for coffee… well, it’s basically my life force. And I got a shiny new espresso machine for Christmas, and have a cupboard filled with exotic coffee beans, so that’s just never going to happen. I did however, decide;

To give up starbucks. (ARGH!) Succeeded! for a while anyway. I’ve cut down. Massively. Only eggnog latte’s were my weakness this year.

To be more Spontaneous! Braved the ash cloud and ventured to visit Maxie in Vienna… created ensemble bingo… went to see a ‘Kerrang’ show (still recovering from that)… blagged my way into a considerable amount of press night parties I wasn’t invited to… stopped a publisher in the street and pimped out my book… waged a war on David Essex fans… groped George Berger while being felt up by hippies on stage at Hair… drove to my mum’s to surprise her for Mother’s Day… told Whoopi Goldberg I love her… and last but not least; GOT THE JOB.

To be more promiscuous I think the very existence of Ensemble Bingo covers this one, but in case anyone’s lost count… TrilbyThe HobbitForbidden FruitMovie ManAlmost FamousThe Proper Actor and the Little Drummer Boy. Stay tuned for the Jockey.

To go to Ireland. I’ve never been – and I’m sure one day I will marry an Irishman! Fail. Irish has been in the homeland doing panto and I didn’t make it. Will have to correct this

To cook something new every week. Managed this until April. Then I GOT THE JOB. Ah well, you win some…

To go for more walks and remember life exists outside of London. Did This! Lots! In snow, in rain, in sunshine, on beaches and around Lake Michigan.

Happy New Decade everybody! 2010 is going to be a hell of a year, full steam ahead into the teenies!

And so it was.

It’s truly been an adventure this last year, and I’m grateful to each and every person who’s been there along the way. If they read this, they know who they are, (*cough* Maxie G *splutter*) and if they don’t… well, there’s probably a good reason I haven’t told them about it.

Enjoy the rest of Twixtmas… bring on the weekend and 2011.

Much love,

RitziCx

Double Whammy Weekend

Of course I chose bingo points over potential smush. What kind of a girl do you think I am?!?!

(Apologies it’s taken a week to get round to writing it, luckily it was a good fuck so the details have stayed with me)

It’s a strange feeling being pimped out to someone who is fully aware you intend to only use him for sex. When I dragged my ass back to London from Brighton, hastily showered to remove the beach residue (and other things) I was a bit knackered and not too keen on the idea of another night of no sleep.

However, in true Cortez fashion, I sucked it up and carried on, slipping on some ridiculously high fuschia KGs and a fabulous dress (I’d been advised that ‘pins out’ was a good move) and less than 2 hours after staggering through the door, I dashed back out again.

The purpose of this evening’s celebrations was a West End cast change. Flutey’s cast change, to be specific, and she was leaving forever and ever amen, so sex or no sex, I was going.

I clacked into town and met Flutey at her Stage Door, where she was joined by her partners in crime – the Ginger Guitarist and the Romeo, who was to be my partner in a different sort of venture that night – and along with the rest of the cast (a few of which I know, a few of which I’ve not given recalls to – awkward!) we headed to Hospital (it’s a members bar, not an actual hospital) to a private room, plugged in the nearest person’s ipod and rocked out to the sounds of the 50s. As if they haven’t had enough of THAT for the past year.

The Romeo – he assured me he’s off to do some Shakespeare now, and doesn’t make a habit of cheesey musicals, proving this by chopping off his quiff the moment he stepped off stage – made eye contact from across the room as he ducked down to say something to Flutey, who grinned and nodded in my direction as I was pretending to listen to the Ginger Guitarist’s woes (he’s unrequitedly in love with Flutey, geez). A few minutes later, I’d been dragged away from GG, a cocktail thrust into my hands and was being expertly chatted up by the Romeo.

At about quarter to one, after he’d respectably flirted non stop for an hour and a half, I thought I’d put him out of his misery and told him I was blatantly going to sleep with him anyway, so why didn’t we just go?

Add another half hour of tearful goodbyes from drunken actors (I waited patiently at the bar with another tequila cocktail) and at last I was in a taxi on the way back to the Proper Actor’s cute little house in the docklands.

On the way from the cab into the house I noticed… the man has a vintage mini, the kind with no aircon and the kind of boot you have to turn a handle to open. He wasn’t kidding when he said he was a proper actor, was he? Did I stumble into Withnail and I or something?

Anyway, the sex. Inside, sat down on the couch for ten mins under the crazy delusion that some kind of actual conversation was going to happen, before I got accosted on the couch. It was quite fun! However, when it looked like I was actually going to get shagged right there and then I remembered his comments in the cab about his moody female flatmate and pieced this together with the fact that I’m a bit of a screamer… and suggested we go upstairs. So we did.

Once there… well, I wonder if it’s totally fair (in a karmic sense) that one person can have 2 bouts of fantastic sex in one weekend. Well, I’m young, free and single so to hell with it, I totally can. And totally did.

Comparison time… well, Almost Famous certainly had a bigger cock, but then again the Romeo was a bit hammered so may not have been able to perform so well. The Romeo was certainly more forceful, which is good, although at times it was apparent that he was more than a little bit keen to act out what was essentially a rape fantasy… which is not so good. Almost Famous is more snuggle-able, mind you this doesn’t bode well for the year of promiscuity. All in all, it’s kind of tricky to compare these two fantastic shags I’m afraid, which is weird because I’m usually quite fussy.

So back to the Romeo. Well, for a guy who’d done two energetic shows that day and had quite a bit to drink, he sure wasn’t lacking in energy. Rather expensive knickers practically torn off and thrown across the room, I managed to save the clasp on my bra by indoing it myself, I soon found myself on my back, legs akimbo, getting a good old fashioned ravishing. It was fucking fabulous. I do pity his poor flatmate, as the house was not that well soundproofed and I have a habit of making my feelings known rather audibly. Yikes.

One good thing about fucking an actor, is that they’re generally quite verbal, and the dirty talk is often pretty profound. This guy’s dirty talk was almost Shakespearean. Not that I’m knocking his sexual prowess but that might have had more of a hand in my two shattering orgasms than the actual shagging itself.

Bless Almost Famous, his best line of the night was; ‘Why are boobs just so awesome?’

Now, lets remember the bad thing about fucking an actor. All through the night, the Romeo was all about how beautiful I was and how this wasn’t going to be ‘just a one night thing’, to the point of continuing this crazy talk the next morning when he dragged himself out of bed at about 8.30 am to drive me to the station.

Yes, I know it was stupidly early – but I’m not one for hanging around on a Sunday. Sex or no sex, my Sunday was a jam packed schedule and I didn’t intend to miss it.

Cute conversation on the way to the station, no awkward silences, a stonker of a goodbye kiss when before I ascended the stairs to the dreaded DLR platform (I hate the DLR, never trust a train without a driver) and a demand that I text him straight away so he didn’t spend too long without my number.

Sunday happened – brunch with the girls, art exhibition in the afternoon, annoying transport disruption due to a Sunday Suicide (FFS) and a late afternoon tea/wander with Irish before the obligatory house cleaning. I didn’t text him that night, as it got pretty late, but instead I dropped him a text on my way to work in the morning.

Lunchtime comes round… no response. Well, it’s his first day of rehearsals for his new job, that’s gotta be hectic, right? Mind you, in the midst of my 14 hour work day I didn’t stop once, but still managed to text Almost Famous a couple of times, and arrange a few theatre trips, and update Nicole on my exploits. End of the day… no response. Next day… still nothing. Until Wednesday, when I spotted he was on facebook chat late one night.

‘Evening’ I said, casual and not at all pissed off.

‘Hey you!’ the patronising git replies. Here follows a conversation about rehearsals, work and whatnot, and about the hell of a hangover we both had on Sunday.

‘I had a lot of coffee’ I informed him, ‘I was fine’

‘Coffee was a good idea’ he replied, adding an annoyingly cryptic ‘just like you’ to the end.

I’m sorry? You’re comparing me to coffee? Well, with my own personal appreciation for caffeine I suppose I should be flattered…

And here we are, one week later, and still no word. This, my friends, is why you do not get involved with actors. You see, they can act, and they will, if you let them. It’s just a fancy word for lying, quite frankly.

But no matter, because – lo and behold – it was exactly what I expected, and at the end of the day I got a hell of a good shag out of it. A week later and Almost Famous is still texting as always, although today I did reward him with a lil bikini bathing pic, just to shut him up for a while.

I get the feeling that rather fabulous fuck might not have been our last. (Almost Famous, that is. The Romeo  is not reading from this script again)

Back to sunbathing now, clad in the teeny weeny bikini I wish I’d had on hand last weekend in Brighton. Cripes, it was toasty last week. At least now I can fix this tan line situation!

Til next time folks,

RitziCx

Why Hasn’t He Called?

Oh Ritzi. Ritzi Ritzi Ritzi… have you not learned by now? Actors are arseholes! Sigh.

So Forbidden left me hanging after my last text yesterday. I shouldn’t really be bothered since it’s just sex and whatnot, but gosh darn it I am. It’s seriously bothering me that I’m bothered.

Today I found myself thinking… well, it’s Monday and he’s in a new theatre, they’ve probably been teching all day… he had a long drive yesterday… blah blah blah blah.

He’s just not that into you if… he’s not calling you.

I do find it disturbing that I’m repeating the mantra taught to me by a fictional character who thinks it’s okay to dump someone by post-it but I digress.

Perhaps I should read back my last post about how he had a slightly disappointing penis. Yes, that’ll do it.

Sigh… how annoying.

RitziCx

She Came, She Saw, She… Came

Well hello folks! I’m back in civilisation, a giant mug of black coffee on one side and a pain au chocolat on the other, recovering from a night of sexual whatnot with Forbidden Fruit.

Is it wrong that I feel no guilt whatsoever? I’m sure this will change when the news inevitably gets back to my friend who’s a bit in love with him, but for now I actually couldn’t care less. I’m either a bad person or I’ve literally had my morals shagged out of me.

So last night, I stepped into my wedges, pulled on cut off shorts and a gold knit (with a rather fabulous set of underwear not so hidden beneath) and hopped on a train out of London to – literally – the middle of nowhere. Apparently the theatre was just a short walk from the station, but considering my lack of direction and the height of my heels I decided to forego the healthy option and hop in a cab. Good job too! It was bloody MILES!

So I’m sitting outside the theatre, tapping away on my blackberry and out comes Forbidden with a big smile on his gorgeous face. I’m quite impressed with myself for not tripping over my own feet when I saw him.

Last time I saw him he had long (ish) straggly hair (a bit Aiden Turner-esque, mmm yummy) and was a bit scrawny, yet cute. THIS time, his hair’s been chopped off and styled into a sexy fifties quiff (for the show but whatever) and for the first time I notice what a PERFECTLY chiselled face he’s got. And his eyes… oh good lord those eyes. At this point I realised I was in serious trouble with this one. He’s the exact type of guy I always used to fall for – tall, cute, intense actor-y type… I thought to myself, if I manage to keep this ‘no-strings-attached’ I’m officially cured.

So after the show we went to the nearby Slug and Lettuce (where we got 50% off all drinks because he was from the theatre… hence a lot of wine got drunk)and snuck upstairs to the second floor which was actually closed… ooo how rebellious! A few hours later, we were sufficiently drunk and caught up enough to do some couch bound making out.

Forbidden makes out VERY well. The end.

In between the make out sessions, I was getting texts from Movie Man (the shame!) who keeps texting to ask how I am… since he thinks I’m still ill in bed, not in another county on a sex quest. Here’s the moment when I felt like a truly TERRIBLE person for all of 10 seconds:

‘If your feeling better tomorrow and just fancy chilaxing in a park or something just let me know. If not I’ll just catch you next week.’

ARGH!

So eventually, we get kicked out of the bar at the end of the night (which was probably a good thing because I was inches away from tearing Forbidden’s clothes off) and head back to his digs. Luckily, there’s been a bit of bed hopping going on and we’ve been left with the sofa bed in the living room.

For some insane reason, I managed to go to the bathroom and get changed into my super awesome oversized sleepy shirt while Forbidden made the sofa into a bed – for all the good that did me. The springs of the fold out matress had barely settled in place when I found myself thrown down on the bed, sexy shirt still in place but my knickers miraculously the other side of the room.

Of course, you all want to know about the cock. Don’t lie and tell me you don’t. Well, for someone as tall dark and handsome, I have to admit I was expecting bigger. Not that it wasn’t nice – as penises go it was a rather nice looking one, and I spent quite a bit of time getting to know it rather well. So preocupied was I with said job, that I didn’t realise I’d been manouevered quite expertly into the 69 position – oh yes, apparently people still do that.

Anyhoo, after “the best head” Forbidden had “ever had” it became apparent that for all his hotness and perfection, he’s still a man, and a mere ten minutes after shooting his load… he was asleep.

Great.

Early this morning, however, I found a creative way to wake him up and demanded some actual sex. Now, I’m not really a morning sex kind of person, I find the early morning light is not the most flattering, especially when you’re hung over and have mascara half way down your face, but I’d be damned if I’d sat on a train for forty five minutes and sat through two and a half hours of cheesy fifties musical crap for nothing. Forbidden, however, seems to be all about the morning sex, and bless him, he was rather determined to make up for falling asleep on me (literally… ON me) last night.

Three orgasms worth of making up, to be precise.

Now how do we all feel about masturbation with an audience? I, for one, am not much of a fan and don’t really fancy getting the old rabbit out in front of a man or anything… but Forbidden had other ideas. Apparently, it “really turns him on” when I watch him get himself off. Is this a bit weird? Or am I just harbouring slightly prudish tendencies? It was rather fascinating really, since I’ve never actually seen a man give himself one before. I was still a part of the action, mind you, but he was definitely they starring role in this show. I did, however, step into the spotlight when I sensed the curtain was about to come down, because in my slightly prone position I didn’t really fancy spunk in my hair all the way back to London.

And what did he do after this marathon?

Fell asleep again… of course he did.

Eventually I managed to elbow him out of bed long enough for him to pull on some clothes (and put on glasses – oh my god, that was just not fair. It was so sexy I nearly died) and take me to the station so I could get back to civilisation – and he could get onto the next city on his tour, and three hours later, here I am. With coffee. Ahhhhh.

Am I going to be able to shun the emotional attachment? Well, it’s tough to say at this point. There are only six weeks of the tour left and then he’s back on my West End doorstep… which can only mean trouble. For the moment though, I am safe in the knowledge that it could just never work. This is a man who – while perfect in every other way – likes to go to bed very late and have sex in the morning. I am a woman who likes to roll out of bed at 6am, drink 3 cups of coffee and spend an hour on my hair and makeup. There is NO time for sex in my morning routine.

So there you have it. That’s my reason for keeping it casual… and I’m sticking to it.

For now.

Wow… I’m Over It Already?

On Friday night I was out with some people from work and over copius amounts of wine we got onto the subject of who has shagged who in the office (well, not in the office… that would be weird… but you know what I mean). TDL’s name was mentioned and OF COURSE my ears pricked up. He’d dated someone in the office a few years back but that didn’t bother me too much until…

‘But you know, it’s totally fine between the two of them now because she’s engaged and he’s got a steady girlfriend’

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

End of the world. Kill me now. Life is not worth living.

So last Bank Holiday I spent a bit of the weekend moping, a bit of the weekend running around London dressed as a Nun in the rain (don’t ask) and the rest of it on the sofa unable to move. Lesson learned: Ritzi does not run. Even for charity.

Back at work on Tuesday, three days after that fateful conversation (not to mention what could actually have been construed as a flirtatious text message that I sent while hammered… which received no response) and in the first hour I cross his path and…

…bugger all.

WTF? Seriously? I’ve spent the last few years hopelessly falling head over heels for the wrong men, and after a couple of no-strings-attached shags I’m untouchable? Bloody brilliant!

And it’s not just that I’m over it… I mean, I still fancy this guy and if he dumped his lady and asked me out I’d be a fool not to accept on account of his tall dark and loveliness, but the fact of the matter is I thought to myself; ‘Well Ritzi, he’s just not that into you’ and instead of spiralling into despair and gorging on chocolate brownie icecream, I thought ‘fair enough!’

This is a splendid turning point – however it did make me remember how long it’s been since I had a good tumble. Career has been my focus again for a while – quite rightly so – but that’s going pretty well so I think now might be the time for a good shag.

Til next time!

RitziCx

Being Executive Is Fun!

Howdy folks, well here I am back from my first day in proper job land! Today has been absolutely mental but a total blast at the same time! And, on top of all this excitement, I found out I’m owed 8 days of holiday from my last job. That’s more than a week people. Ohhhhh yes!

Loads of info to take in, about a million names and faces I’ve already forgotten, but I seemed to slip into things pretty well. It’s really great to be in a working environment where everyone is constantly buzzing and doing what they love – I foresee fabulous things!

I spent a significant portion of my day today trying to fathom exactly how one costume, used purely for the purpose of a singular photoshoot, managed to get three zeros on the price tag. WTF? Was given the task of chasing up a different costume… will certainly not be asking for hand stitched sequins. No sir!

This week is going to be a bit manic methinks due to all the first week madness. Going to a briefing on a whole new show tomorrow that I think is pretty much going to be my baby for the next few months. Rock on! I’ve looked at the cast list – there are some names I know and some I don’t but there appears to be a general rule of hotness about the guys in this show. Darn it. What kind of high flying executive would I be if I banged the cast members. Sigh. I’ll have to look elsewhere for bingo points!

Speaking of which, I got a text on Friday from The Hobbit asking me to go out for a drink. This is the first I’ve heard from him since he spent the day starting his conversations with ‘Guess what everyone? I shagged Ritzi last week!’ so I was not particularly inclined to ‘go for a drink’ which quite obviously meant ‘get pissed and have sex’.

No Hobbit. You have pubic stubble. This is not nice. BE A MAN!

Besides, I had a perfectly lovely weekend alternating between lie-ins, casual coffees/lunches in town, walks in the park and movie nights. I mean seriously, I watched so many movies this weekend I believe I succeeded in making an ass print on the couch. Amazing. And throughout all this I did not need to worry about shaving my legs, not eating carbs or doing any kind of lady place maintenance. Quite frankly, The Hobbit didn’t stand a chance.

I’m too knackered to cook, so I just ate a bowl of branflakes. Despite only having half a jacket potato for lunch I feel pretty satisfied. Maybe this crazy hectic schedule is going to be even better for me than I thought! Especially since Maxie G has informed me that I should bring a bikini to Vienna with me.

A BIKINI!!! Bloody hell I may have a natural tan but that’s not going to help me next to her of the perfect figure aka Ms Maxie G. Cripes.

Much love,

RitziCx

The Drama Continues

Nicole, my kindred spirit in skinny jeans, had a good read of my blog about her conundrum the other day, and thank you all for the comments re her plight! A couple of days later I received this message from her on facebook:

Nicole is getting some seriously hardcore comments!! The good luck ones are nice lol, but the one that’s made me FURIOUS is the ‘just go and find a single man’ one. AS IF IT’S THAT FUCKING EASY???!! I’ve been looking for 25 years!!!!!!!! Who are these women who can just go out and get a man???? Am starting to think there is something seriously wrong with me. Not kidding.

Cannot BELIEVE the Hobbitt is going around telling people and then not even texting you back. And Short Shorts??! Wtf?! I give up, I really do. Good blogs though. Excellent.
Love you so hard xxxxx

I do feel the need to raise issue with this statement mind you; ‘Am starting to think there is something seriously wrong with me. Not kidding.’

Nicole, my darling; (I say this with love) you are not the first person in the world to get shat on by a bloke, it happens every day and it isn’t because there’s something wrong with you – it’s because there’s something wrong with them… and one in particular – git.

(I would like to take the time to mention that I’m not including any lovely men who read this blog in the above statement! Unless said bloke is a cheating scum bag. You never can tell… *cough* Mark Owen *cough*.)

Let me ask you this though – you read stories about girls/women meeting the loves of their lives and living happily ever after and wish you could be them, but would you ever want to be the leading lady in this story? I know I wouldn’t.

As I know from my own experiences with falling in love with total pricks, there is no way of saying this differently. I know you have to learn it for yourself, so I’m thinking that texting the bastard is actually the way to go. I hope that when you see him again you see him for what he is, but you probably won’t.

Fecking men.

RitziCx

I Got The Job!

Morning all, most exciting news of the entire year… I GOT THE JOB!

Essentially folks, this is my dream job. Hours are mental, work is relentless, but I just know I’m going to adore every second of it. This is a very very VERY strong step on the ladder, in fact once I get on it I think it might become a bit of an escalator for a while. But enough metaphors!

I was in my office yesterday, minding my own business, when my phone rang. You know when it’s just a number and not someone in your phone book… 0207 blah blah blah… argh! I grabbed the phone and disappeared into the corridor, answered and lo and behold, twas my new job.

Apparently, they think I am just the sort of person they need and luuuuuuurved my presentation so much they want to marry it and have it’s babies. Get in!

I spent most of yesterday afternoon in a bit of a daze, wandering about the building and thrusting my good news in everyone’s faces. Unsure of how best to celebrate, we deliberated between cocktails and cupcakes, and ended up going to Primrose Bakery for the latter, because Verve’s happy hour was overflowing a lil bit and nowhere else in Covent Garden makes a decent margarita.

Then, rather fitting for my good mood, I paid one final visit to the wonder that is Hairspray before it closes on Sunday. The cast – soon to be back in day jobs, bless em – seemed to have been struck by ‘final week fever’ and were going for it and dancing and singing their little socks off. Hairspray has always been a bloody good show, lots of wholesome family fun, a nice message and some cracking performances. It’s a real shame to see it disappear into the provinces on tour.

After Hairspray I got rained on. And then I went to a birthday party. With wet hair, nice. My main mission at said party was to make sure Nicole didn’t do anything stupid and throw herself at the bastard who broke her heart, but luckily (for me – she didn’t seem to happy about it) he didn’t show up. Unfortunately, the talent of that night may be talented in a stagey sense, but my Ensemble Bingo raydar was sadly unimpressed. I did, however, manage to pay £20 for two margaritas without realising it. Cripes. They were bloody good though – and bucket sized.

I’m off to do some tinternet browsing now… what, you didn’t expect me to do any actual work now that I’m outta here did you? Madness. With my newfound salary and job security lark, I have three main short term goals.

1) Book some bloody tickets to Vienna to go see Maxie G. (Have you read her blog yet btw?)

2) Find out what corporate rates my new job gets me at Covent Garden gyms and go and sign my ass back up.

3) Get myself one of those fancy little free netbooks with mobile broadband. So I can blog like mad en route to work, since I will actually have important things to do in the daytime pretty soon.

I should probably get going with that then, have a good day folks! Off to Avenue Q tonight, busy busy busy. Next week, I am NOT going to the theatre. I’ve been three times this week and would appreciate being in my bed before 11pm for once. Sigh.

However if any tickets for Private Lives should appear…

RitziCx

PS Anyone who read my last post, it appears PQ89 is still alive, and will return soon. Bloody good job. That is all.

Scrummy Places To Eat In London : Ritzi and Nicole’s Adventures in Las Iguanas

Ahhhhh Las Iguanas, home of never ending streams of margaritas every Monday (or tuesday when we have stuff to do on Mondays) UNTIL NOW.

This lunchtime, I toddled over to Las Iguanas on Dean Street to meet my good friend Nicole (I may have mentioned her once or twice) and ordered our usual 2-4-1 margaritas, only to be told they aren’t on 2-4-1 any more!

End. Of. The. World.

Completely stunned, I realised I’d have to actually look at the menu, and spent the next ten minutes (Nicole was late. Tut.) staring blankly at the cocktail list in complete denial.

At the suggestion of the nice Las Iguanas people, we decided to go for a new Passionfruit Caipirinha, which looked pretty impressive but was very sweet and ever so slightly impractical because the passionfruit seeds kept getting sucked up into the straw! To be honest folks… I spilt half of it in my lap in my determination to use the goddamn straw. Not a good move. While it was quite nice, Nicole and I are in agreement that we could only handle one each, as opposed to the margaritas of which we can easily get through three each over lunch. I almost can’t believe I’m saying this but… there was genuine conversation about other places in Soho that might do food and 2-4-1 cocktails for next week.

Let’s not make any rash decisions though, right? (*cough* like taking margaritas off the 2-4-1 menu *cough*)

True to the spirit of sampling the new spring/summer menu I went for the Asparagus Salad, which was pretty darn fabulous. Packed full of new potatoes, feta cheese, asparagus and luuuuurvely fresh salad leaves, (I avoided the chillies, it’s for the best, trust me) it was so bloody healthy that Nicole and I thought it not too unreasonable to splash out on desert.

And OH MY GOD. Desert. Wow.

The lovely chap who serves us every Tuesday when we miss our usual Monday visit (I happen to be rather attached to Mondays due to the usual presence of ‘ShouldbeMexicanbutisn’t', the oddly attractive waiter who always surprises me with his London accent.) brought us the desert menu and we immediately went for the newest addition (although the new chocolate pot was a bit tempting as well) called a ‘Fruit Fajita’. What is a Fruit Fajita I hear you ask? Well, here ya go;

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Does it look like sex on a plate to you too? That’s what I thought. Amazing cinamon butter covered bananas, peaches and pineapple complete with DIY wrap kit of mini crepes, icecream, toffee-esque sauce and chocolate flakey bits, this was the messiest yet most AMAZING desert I have ever had.

To make it even better, it turns out that it is the creation of our favourite Tuesday waiter, who kept looking at us to make sure we were enjoying it. Bless him. I suppose I can forgive him for breaking the tragic news of the missing margaritas.

In short, that was without a doubt the best meal I’ve had in there, but at the end of the day I think we can all see what the moral of the story is.

Ahem. Las Iguanas? Put Margaritas back on the 2-4-1 deal pleeeeeeeeeease? Maybe just in Soho? Just for Ritzi and Nicole? We could get little Ritzi and Nicole badges so you know it’s us… just don’t tell the rest of the West End who we are, yeah?

In other news, Nicole has decided it’s a really good idea to go to a party where the man who has systematically ripped out her heart, chucked it on the floor and done a little dance on it on a regular basis over the last few years will be in attendance. Being the good friend that I am, I shall have to drag myself along to make sure she doesn’t do anything completely STUPID (are you hearing this girly?). And if I happen to pocket the phone numbers of any hot West Endy men also in attendance that’s just an added bonus, right?

Off to look up prices of flights to Vienna do some work.

Ciao

RitziCx

You Wouldn’t Think So Many Good And Bad Things Could Happen In One Day

Yesterday was… in a word… manic. I’ve only just recovered enough to get the energy to write about it.

The question on everybody’s lips has of course been; how was the interview???

Ritzi’s answer; I’m not sure.

think it went well. I saw the big boss of the company on my way in who I’ve met lots of times before because of my current job who did the whole showbiz double kiss thing and welcomed me to the company (um… don’t get ahead of yourself love) and then I went up to the COLDEST INTERVIEW ROOM EVER and attempted to use big words and communicate effectively the fact that I don’t have anything like a life outside of the West End is a good thing and means I’d be great at this job.

The second round of the interview is a presentation. I have no idea what on.

They asked me if I could cope well with long hours and I think I impressed here. I refered back to my drama school days when I worked five jobs and got up at 5.30 and cycled to college because I couldn’t afford transport, then cycled to whatever show/theatre/bar job I was desperately clinging to that week. They liked this. Great, working til midnight then. Awesome.

Don’t get me wrong, I can wax lyrical about the theatre industry, I know the right people, I say the right things. I did however, unfortunatly use the phrase; ‘I am a very personable… person.’ Individual? Character? Woman? No. What a goon.

So fingers crossed for round two… I’ll hear in the next few days.

(Insert for @ShopaholicDiary)

What Ritzi Wore

Okay, so at the weekend I scoured the WHOLE of London for something to wear that said; I’m artistic/creative but still professional and definitely a woman (interviewer was a straight man – a rarity!)

AT LAST I found this dress in Red Herring and it was ridiculously cheap. I mean seriously, so cheap I don’t want to write the price.

dresstastic

I teamed it with some super duper tan boots from Steve Madden (which I loved so much when I found them that I bought insoles and thick socks because they were a bit too big and bought them anyway) and black opaques, a pink scarf (which I didn’t keep on during the interview, that’s just crazy) and a tan bag that cost half my month’s wage.

Dread to think what I’m going to wear for the second one.

Later that day I met up with my flatmate (not Princess, the other one. Grr) and she surprised me with a cupcake and a smiley conversation about my interview. Wow! How unexpectedly nice!

Oh no.

In fact, the flatmate was trying to butter me up so that she could drop the bombshell that she wanted to move back home to save money for going back to University (wtf?) and so she wanted to leave the house. Our house is technically mine, all in my name because the original flatmates were out of the country at the time of signing and I just put it all on my back. That was a bit stupid, as it turns out, because since then I have discovered that people are ultimately bastards. Two dodgy flatmates later and I finally struck gold with Princess, only to find that this one (Original Flatmate) is buggering off now too!

Quite frankly, I had a go. This year, you see, she hasn’t worked that much, so I’ve got her a few temp jobs at my company. Never once did I receive a thank you mind you but then I’m used to that. I reminded her of this and she got all sheepish and said she’d keep paying until we found someone to take her room. Yes, too right you will lady.

Then – in a stroke of pure genius – I remembered that a friend of mine from college (long long ago) had mentioned that she wanted to move to London. A swift blackberry messenger convo later and she’s all set to move in at the end of May! That is what you call luck my friends. Hopefully all will work out well there and I can wait til she moves in before I mention that we have a friendly mouse named Steven.

Oh wait… she reads this. *Waves and smiles* Steven has promised not to eat our faces as we sleep if we don’t try and catch him in a nasty trap. Honest. Please still move in :D

In other news (so much happened yesterday it was insane) I got a message on facebook from Mimi (God knows why, she’d literally texted me moments before) saying things weren’t working out with her new lesbian lover and she wasn’t over her ex-husband (who’s a friend of mine as well… awkward!) and she wants to join in Nicole and my Ensemble Bingo game to cure her problems with commitment.

Somehow, I don’t think more sleeping around is what this girl needs. I have yet to respond… am thinking of the best way to get around this little issue. Also haven’t mentioned to the flatmate that I’ve found her replacement already… figure I should make her sweat for a while.

Despite the looming closure of my department (oh yes, that’s a nice juicy bit of crap that I’ll moan about at a later date I’m sure) and other such stresses, I’m feeling remarkable chipper at the moment. Also, Forbidden Fruit texted me to remind me about his show that’s nearby town at the moment and I shall be going along next week. This may end in tears… we’ll see.

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