[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-weekend-cowgirls":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I first met this chick at a party where we were by far the two tallest people in the saloon, and we eyed each other over the ten-gallon hats. I got a giggle drawing her this morning as Hayley Heartbreaker. I suppose I'm playing the role here of sheriff, trying to keep her from breaking too many comic men's hearts all at once, but never really succeeding ('cause that would be boring, and then there wouldn't be any more episodes). Go cowgirls, go!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sarah_hayley-fe56d29949.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOkay, back to the more straightforward weekend account:\\r\n\u003Cb>Friday\u003C/b>: I went to the party of \u003Cb>Hayley Campbell\u003C/b>, who works at London's fab \u003Ca href=\"http://goshlondon.blogspot.com/\">Gosh! Comics\u003C/a>, for the birthday of her flatmate, \u003Cb>Holly\u003C/b>, who makes hats, works for the women's support \u003Ca href=\"http://uturnproject.co.uk/\">U-Turn Project\u003C/a> and went to the same university as me. \\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more A whole shed load of photos under the cut-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sarah_hayley1-a2c772c07b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nMy great discovery of the evening (other than Holly's cupcakes) was illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.barnabyrichards.co.uk/Barnaby_Richards/BARNABY%20%20.html\">Barnaby Richards\u003C/a>. He's done loads of illustrations for \u003Ci>The Observer\u003C/i> and has some lovely work on his website. Plus, he's a great guy, I'm hoping to run into him more often. (Here he is, on the left, with my studio mate Ellen, Danielle and Stephen.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/barnelsteph-91a2c8a4c2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSo here's the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.brynmawr.edu/campus/\">Bryn Mawr\u003C/a> posse. We all went to the same all-women university and really loved it.\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/brynmawr-e9af2552ba.jpg\">\\r\nAlex loved it so much that she had the first part of its signature Greek chant tatooed up her arm. (\u003Ci>Anassa kata kalo kale\u003C/i>). And Holly was quick to point out that their lounge gnome carries a Bryn Mawr style lantern. The whole Bryn Mawr thing is a bit like joining a cult, there's lots of strange night-time ceremonies involving dressing up in black robes and singing Greek songs while carrying lanterns, the improbable but perfectly functional Honor Code, running around in white dresses with large wooden hoops, falling backwards into fountains and sneaking into hidden lofts and bizarre underground, half caved-in tunnels. \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/brynmawr2-f5ec71a772.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Saturday\u003C/b>: Before Stuart and I did our shopping in Deptford Market, I had to show him the wonder that is \u003Ca href=\"http://panda-panda.co.uk/\">Panda Panda\u003C/a> cafe and its bubble tea.\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/12jun10_1-484115f114.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOn the way back from the market, I took a whole bunch of photos of my neighbourhood. They're not particularly brilliant photos, but at least they give you an idea of the place where I live. \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/12jun10_8-18d3aaad62.jpg\">\\r\nAmersham Arms pub mural by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.gemmacorrell.com/\">Gemma Correll\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/12jun10_9-77427c702c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/12jun10_7-6100748889.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/12jun10_6-292f567c3b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/12jun10_5-c5b40fca85.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's our post office, and the square where the drunks hang out on weekdays. \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/12jun10_4-e81c502f16.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/12jun10_11-fbe0b95346.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/12jun10_2-928d2be697.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/12jun10_3-98996d1f55.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/12jun10_10-eaf0bee574.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIn the evening, we went to \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub1234.php\">The Dog and Bell\u003C/a>, our absolute favourite old geezer pub, to watch the US-England World Cup match. It was surprisingly uncrowded when we went in so we even got to sit at a table, but lively enough to have a great time with the people there.\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/12jun10_12-fb9c257db2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nTwo nearby pubs had the crowds we were glad we'd managed to avoid. They can be downright scary, those other pubs. (And \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Marlowe\">Christopher Marlowe\u003C/a> got stabbed in one of them, so you should watch out.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/12jun10_13-b62b9f92c8.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Sunday\u003C/b>: In the early afternoon we went to the National Theatre to see \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Guard\">\u003Ci>The White Guard\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, a Russian play by Bulgakov. We liked parts of it: the sets and the set changings were fabulous, and there's a great scene when all the leaders are telling the people in the field to keep fighting while making their hasty escapes to Germany. There's also a very believable scene where all the guys in the house get completely wasted on vodka and the poor half-drunk female host has to keep them individually at bay while they act like idiots. \\r\n\\r\nThen we walked a few hundred feet down the river   to the annual \u003Ca href=\"http://www.myspace.com/celebratingsanctuary\">Celebrating Sanctuary\u003C/a> music festival. Here's Radio 3 \u003Ci>Late Junction\u003C/i> DJ \u003Cb>Max Reinhardt\u003C/b> (aka Dave), who put together the music lineup, with his partner \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sueeves.com/\">Sue Eves\u003C/a>. (You may know her picture book \u003Ci>The Quiet Woman and the Noisy Dog\u003C/i>.) Every once in awhile, Max Reinhardt gives me a little bit of education in world music, and this festival was no exception. (He's \u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/imaxreinhardt\">imaxreinhardt\u003C/a> on Twitter and Sue is \u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/sueeves\">sueeves\u003C/a>.) Max/Dave is the guy in the hat.\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/13jun10_1-fa7838153b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWe were just in time to catch two remarkable performances, the first a combination of musicians from Bulgaria, Ireland, Czech Republic and England called \u003Ca href=\"http://www.unitegatheringofstrangers.com/\">Transglobal Underground's UNITE\u003C/a>. I loved the way the female singers mixed Bulgarian folk style into the very different instrumental music. And then we got to hear Ivory Coast singer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.contrejour.com/artists/Dobet/\">Dobet Gnahoré\u003C/a> and immediately bought her CD. But I'm just listening to the CD now, and it doesn't have quite the force of energy of her stage presence. (But still pretty amazing.) You can find out lots about world music and listen to CD compilations through \u003Ci>\u003Cb>Songlines\u003C/b>\u003C/i> magazine; follow Sebastian Merrick, \u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/kazuum\">kazuum\u003C/a> on Twitter.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/13jun10_3-5a12adaab7.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOh yeah, and I drank a very juicy coconut and there were twin Elvises dancing, except I couldn't catch both of them in the camera at once.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/13jun10_2-af8fe63bc3.jpg\"> \u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/13jun10_4-4f4e3f9786.jpg\">","2010-06-14T11:32:00.000Z","weekend-cowgirls",[],"weekend cowgirls",1776628718344]