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We decided we ought to try a new restaurant (as a family I mean) since Pizza Express no longer uses a mozzarella that H can eat, so we decided to give La Tasca a try since we really liked the Tapas place we went to in Weymouth. I'd have to say it wasn't quite up to that standard, but the food was good - particularly the children's meals - and the service was excellent. So we'll have to give that another go.

After that we went to have a look at Kettles Yard's exhibition from the house collection. Not really impressed - out of their setting, a lot of the works looked pretty lifeless, or even amateurish. They have a big chalkboard though, so the girls were happy + they are giving out these museum Top Trumps type cards to children, which they also thought was good. I think H is taking them to the museum of Zoology at some point (or the Skeleton Museum as E describes it).

I've been reading Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections, and finding the characters (especially Gary) and situations altogether too close for comfort. But it's a fantastic book - seems like ages since I read a new novel that I enjoyed.

We also watched Man on Wire the other night - fantastic film, just incredible. Apart from being an interesting story, it's also a kind of poignant memorial to the Twin Towers, before they became known for their terrible end. It's always strange now to see them on screen, particularly having been there almost a year to the day before the attacks.