Book Market: A New Cruising Area for Gays?

LONDON, United Kingdom

July 22, 2007 (Sunday)

This is a very special day in my life and more details can be found in my Russian blog at http://996312.blogspot.com.

I have heard of Barbara Streisand before but was not aware that she was very popular until I purchased her compact disk last year as a gift for my former partner in Scandinavia. A friend of mine is a security officer and told me that I should see her concert at the O2 Arena last Wednesday. I completely forgot about that until I saw it in local papers the next day. Today was her second concert in London but for some reasons I did not go. Of course, tickets were sold out long ago and cost from £100 – £500 (€150 – €747 | $207 – $1032)! There is one more concert of hers left but I do not think I will be there. I remembered that my former boyfriend liked her a lot. Anyway, I will keep my eyes open and see if there are any other events that I could go. The last big gig I went was George Michael's 25Live concert in Denmark. Maybe I will go to one of Amy Winehouse's performances.

Well, after a long weekend sleep, I headed towards South bank. As I sat on the pier in front of the Oxo Tower, a young, very hot, tall guy with green eyes took a seat vis-à-vis. He was Frederic, 23-year-old German and a City professional who recently moved from Bristol. I was looking at the Swiss Re Headquarters, Saint Paul's Cathedral and enjoying the City until Frederic's handsome face blocked my view. We started chit-chatting. I love doing a small talk with strangers, especially if they are cute. Frederic and I agreed to meet up for a beer and then his girlfriend showed up. What?! Luckily, she is leaving on Monday and Frederic and I already exchanged numbers. I really do not care if he is straight or not since I have slept with self-declared heterosexuals before. Well, straight by day and gay by night, who knows? I do not know but for some reasons I have been hanging out with too much Germans lately. So far, all Germans I know are good in and out of bed.

There I was in South bank under the Waterloo Bridge in the open-air book market looking for Yevgeni Yevtushenko's poetry collection, which I found. However, I also found out that the South bank book market is a trendy place to cruise. Personally, I have noticed it too but did not pay too much attention until it became too obvious. Lonely, smart and handsome single gay men spend hours under the bridge in search of a book, or, frankly saying, of a similar kind. I will certainly return there more equipped, look for a sophisticated book and maybe wear glasses to appear a bit geeky. Hopefully, I will not look too silly.

Later Takashi, my Japanese friend, and I met up. He taught how to properly use chopsticks and drink jasmine tea with no sugar. After a little bit of learning we hit some bars. I got tipsy but it did not prevent me from flirting in and smirting out. The rest is a boring and usual story.

"Whatsoever a man sows, that he shall also reap" from the Law of Consequence.

Happy consequences,

~ζ