All Entries Tagged With: "London Sights"
To the city!
Big Ben and Parliament just a few weeks ago. Roxi and I are off to the city to meet some friends from Texas. Roxi and the friends will go one way, I’ll go another… More tomorrow :-)
Imperial War Museum London and Whole Foods Market Kensington
After Mr. DJ and I dropped Roxi off at her friend’s house, we took the train into London. Another beautiful, summery day! Oh, and after all that moaning I’ve been doing about the “100 Days of Darkness”, I wanted to say that the days are so nice and long now! Sunrise today was at 4:45am, [...]
I went to London for a bit of New York Dada
Yesterday, I went to London’s Tate Modern museum to see the special exhibit Duchamp Man Ray Picabia. I liked viewing their work together–it made it easy to see how they influenced each other. I won’t go into any of detail, but you can read a review of the show here if you like. Also, if [...]
British Library revisited
all work + no play = dull memostly work + a little play = happier me I took today and went back to the British Library with a friend of mine. We were supposed to meet up with another friend of mine, but our paths never did cross… Anyway, wow! This time I made it [...]
The British Library
If I lived within a 30-minute tube ride of St. Pancras or Kings Cross station, I’d spend many of my days at this wondrous place. The British Library is a cross between a library and a museum and has a store and a cafe. What else is there? . If you go, be sure to [...]
A Week in Pictures
The Natural History Museum, London. This amazing building was actually more interesting to me than the collections inside. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse in the German Romanesque style, the museum opened in 1881. Be sure to spend some time on the outside to admire the mouldings of animals, birds, and other creatures. Escalator through the metal [...]
Saturday and Sunday
I can’t believe how beautiful the weather has been here! This past weekend was incredible: clear blue skies and 60-degrees. It was perfect weather to play tourist, so that’s what we did. Saturday, we toured Mr. DJ’s three offices. Pretty snazzy digs! We walked from the financial district to Tinpan Alley (sorry, Chris), and back [...]
