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Out and about in London
Roxi has had quite a number of get togethers with friends in town lately. The latest one was on Sunday, a meeting in Soho with a friend from her old school here in England. While they went their way for a couple of hours, I made my way into Chinatown, a place I’ve not spent [...]
Covent Garden, London
A friend of mine emailed me the other day to ask me about markets in London. While I was typing up my reply, I remembered I had a few photos of Covent Garden that I wanted to share with you. If you’re a My Fair Lady fan, you’ll recognize this building as the one at [...]
V&A museum and unpacking update
This amazing chandelier is a glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly. Last week, I spent a day at the Victoria and Albert Museum. I specifically went to look at the fashion and costume exhibits because Roxi and I are really into sewing right now. Well, gathering ideas for sewing anyway ;-) While I was there, I had [...]
At the Tate Modern
Sometimes I feel like this: Venus of the Rags by Michelangelo Pistoletto. Edited to add: I forgot to mention that I saw this interesting exhibit–Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera. Related posts Wordless Wednesday ~ 52: Well, are you? (London) (8) Wordless Wednesday ~ 51: Train Station Vending Machine (England) (12) Wordless Wednesday ~ 50: [...]
Sunday afternoon picnic, Windsor Great Park
The water levels were a little low, and the grass was looking a bit brown. There was a horse thing going on. The Savill Garden building, looking really different in the full sun. White Bordeaux, salami and prosciutto, brie, sharp English Cheddar, lemon and cilantro hummus, olives with feta, cheese bread, salt and pepper crisps, M&Ms, chocolate [...]
Saturday in London
There was a delicious, cool breeze over the Thames as we crossed the Jubilee Bridge. These helped cool us off too. Mr. DJ and Roxi had Cookies and Cream and Coffee. I had Mango. For books, we went to Foyles and Blackwells on Charing Cross. We also went to Denmark Street to check out music [...]
Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London
Roxi and her classmates went on a field trip into Town yesterday. They left school at 4pm, went to dinner (the kids are allowed to break into small groups and eat wherever they like), and then saw Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Unfortunately, Roxi didn’t get home until well after midnight, so I [...]
The Punch Bowl in the Valley Gardens, England
In the two plus years we’ve lived in England, we’ve taken a number of walks through Windsor Great Park. Every time we go, I think “this time is lovelier than all the previous times”. The walk we went on a couple of weeks ago was just in time for the big bloom in the “Punch [...]
Kew Gardens, England (Part II)
Continuing our tour of Kew… Part I can be found here. This beautiful home was built in 1631 for Samuel Fortrey, a rich merchant. The royal family leased the house in 1728, and used it as a family retreat during the time of King George III. Today, you can tour this home. I’d like to go [...]
Kew Garden, England (Part I)
On Tuesday, my good friend S and I visited the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This year, the garden is celebrating its 250th birthday! The garden is huge: 121 hectares or 300 acres. We were there for three hours and probably saw less than half of it. And we were being [...]
