OUTDOORS "My favorite place would be the parks. You've got
beautiful parks in
London. From where I live, I can walk down into
Regent's Park and cross the whole of the park and within 20 minutes
be in the center of town. It's a beautiful park, well looked after,
and it's a big space. That and Hyde Park are
really our Central Parks."
DINNER "I was taken to Pied-à-Terre by a producer friend of
mine, and it's probably the best
food in London. It's very small.
The food is unbelievable. I had a seared scallops starter. Then I
had a lamb dish. They've got the perfect balance, where the food is
unsurpassable and yet it's not all about the food. Casa Frattini is
a small
Italian restaurant in Notting Hill that's always absolutely
packed. It's very dark with a fantastic atmosphere and fantastic
Italian food. You can imagine someone's Italian grandmother is in
the back making the food."
THEATER "My favorite theater in London is the Hampstead.
It's the first new theater since the 1970s that's been built in
London."
NIGHTLIFE "I go to Ronnie Scott's. It's steeped in history,
a proper old club the likes of which you don't get anymore. I would
think it'd be the world's premier jazz club. There's a lot of jazz
played in PizzaExpress restaurants in London. You sit and eat pizza
and listen to some trio.
I like to go to the PizzaExpress on The Beatles' famous Abbey Road.
It's near the Abbey Road Studios, which is great. The graffiti is
fantastic outside the studios.
It's whitewashed every couple of months
or so, and then immediately after there's
a fresh amount of graffiti about The
Beatles. It's a shrine now to The Beatles."
SUNDAY