HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
I hope you all had a great night last night. I had an amazing time, so thought I'd let you know what I did. Sorry about a lack of photos, I always forget I have a camera after I've had a few.
I went to The Blitz Party. This is a monthly 1940s theme night which really goes all out. I realise this doesn't sound like much fun, but it really is. Each month it is in a different area, and last night it was in The Arches, just off Shoreditch High Street. The whole place was decked out with blackout curtains & sand bags, an air-raid siren went off randomly and the bar menu looked like ration books.
The music has to be the highlight of the night, in one room (The Swing Room) they had a DJ playing swing music (obviously) which was great fun. The bigger room had a live band performing a variety of songs from the 40. Whilst I know this isn't to everyone's taste, I absolutely love the music from this era and especially the dancing that goes with it, and whilst there were a few people who clearly knew how to swing dance it was great just to be swung around in a hapless manner.
The drinks were quite expensive (£7 a cocktail, £4 a beer) but it was NYE in zone 1 so I expected as much. I especially liked The Blitz Cocktail (vodka, elderflower and lemon which was continuously topped up with Champagne by a very handsome barman!). They also had a barbecue going on where you could buy the most delicious sausage rolls & scotch eggs, which were a very welcome treat at about 2am.
I mostly chose to go to the Blitz Party because I love a costume theme, and I love dressing up. Even those who don't like fancy dress, 1940s is a very easy theme to slap together. I went as a typical 40s woman, and my boyfriend went as a soldier. He bought his gear in the military shop in Camden (by the horse tunnel). My other friends went as pin up girl, a forces sweet heart, RAF pilot, Churchill and an evacuee. Someone walked past in skinny jeans (her boyfriend forgot to tell her there was a theme) and everyone was definitely judging her. Another great thing about last these types of nights is I love the crowd it draws in. I think that getting dressed up automatically puts people in high spirits, and gets people talking (usually in character).
I only have two complaints about last night:
1. There were far too many people last night, they really should have sold at least 100 tickets less.
2. A lot of the barmen had no clue how to make the cocktails (and there were only 4 to remember).
So all in all, it was a great way to ring in the new year. I had an amazing time and would highly recommend it as a great night out.
And now here are a few photos of our outfits:
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| Yes he threw my cardie up there. Sigh. |
What did you do for NYE?
Kat x
Images obtained from Google search, http://www.theblitzparty.com, and my own
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