Do Season

'Do' is the English word for what Americans would call a party or social gathering.  This time of year is do season.  I have been to three in the past five days.  It would be quite easy to up the December do count with very little effort.  I am skipping the hospital-wide Christmas do, as well as the many ward-based dos.

The most atypical of the season was the OT department do at The Half Moon in Putney.  One of my work colleagues is a member of a parody girls band called Hot Skank.  They were amazing.  It is made up of former staff from The Half Moon, a gig pub where some pretty famous British folk / rock / blues artists got their starts in the 60s 70s and 80s.  It was supposedly in danger of being torn down several years ago.  I am suspicious of how the existence of a petition suddenly turns an unprofitable pub into a profitable one, but I am happy to live with the delusion that a small group of well meaning people can affect a positive change.

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