had lunch at the british library yesterday. the cheese cake with berry compote was delicious but not so much the quikes cheddar, tomatoes and rocket sandwich. dinner was out of this world at this small lebanese joint. i had chicken shawarma, hummus, shredded lettuce, pickled peppers with some hot sauce, wrapped in a toasted pita. yum! the play we saw was hilarious. it was feydeau’s “sauce for the goose” (le dindon) at the orange tree theater. it’s the only in-the-round theater in london. the acting was brilliant, the timing of the comedy perfect and the staging ingenious. was interested in the play’s sexual politics. altho lucienne (the female protagonist) is committed to sexual equality (if my husband cheats, so will i), it’s interesting how she’s kept chaste to the v end. she’s only trying to pretend to cheat in order to win her husband back. a clear distinction is made between a “tart” and a respectable married woman. so funny how social norms take such a long time to die.