Star Wars

Bill writes: Friends of ours asked how our cat Grommet is settling in, so we took a few snaps of him this morning. This is him after he's finished the morning paper--"The Independent" (just like him):


And this is him after breakfast checking out the weather and the view:


After breakfast, we went out to Covent Garden, stopping at The Wolseley for lunch and tea. While we were wandering through Leceister Square to pick up some play tickets, we sort of wandered into the big premiere for Star Wars. Lots and lots of Imperial Storm Troopers and the like everywhere, since there were at least three major theatres on the square having competing opening nights:


We had no idea about this until we sort of bumped into Christopher Lee being ushered through for some to-do at the Empire theater. He didn't look any happier about the crowds than we did. Or maybe he saw the ticket prices. Did you realize that movie tickets cost $25? Now I admit that they have full bars inside some of the theaters, but I assume that's only because you need a stiff drink after paying that much to see "Porky's 7."