So this is a posh restaurant we’re going to, right?” said Kitty, buckling herself into the superswank Uber Exec Mercedes I had booked for our celebratory trip into town on May 17, 2021, the day of the Grand Reopening of Everything. “Yes, very posh.”Sponsored“On a scale of one to ten, how posh?”“Ooh, that’s tricky. Once upon a time, I’d have said it was a nine or even a ten. Or a seven and a half.”“What’s posh about it?”“Well, it will be reasonably quiet. And the waiters will be in suits with bow ties and carrying big trays, and people will be eating lobster and drinking champagne.”“Like in the Beano

Source: The Times May 26, 2021 15:56 UTC