Christmas Lights – Oh, I how I love them! London may not top Vienna when it comes to Christmas street lights and decorations, but the sights are just as mesmerizing! We spent our last evening here shopping on Oxford Street and Harrods then taking video from the top floor front seats of a city bus. … More A Mesmerizing Day
The Queue Two weeks ago I contacted the U.S. Embassy about getting passes to visit the House of Commons when it was in session. I requested the most popular day of the week, Wednesday, during which the PMQ occurs. Prime Minister Question starts every Wednesday midday and runs for between 30-60 minutes. The Embassy turned … More An Uncommon Day
Cheers (“Where Everybody Knows Your Name”) is really true! Lucille, the barmaid at The Washington Pub, knows Page’s name. It is so odd to be a regular in the neighborhood pub! We have met the other regulars, too – the aged punk rocker, the elderly psychologist, to name two. We will miss seeing the school … More Good-bye
In 2003 we started visiting pubs in London and around the UK. But back then we had children in tow, and we were responsible parents. Now in 2015 we are empty-nesters. So the UK pub crawl tour was renewed in earnest. See my “Pub Website” for the latest and greatest. http://users.wfu.edu/westgp/travel/pubs.html See you around the … More Pub crawl over 12 years
Our last night together was dinner on Brick Lane. We made a reservation for 15 at Aladin, but ended up in Jasmine, the same place just a different entrance and room. Weird! The bill came to a lot more than Page expected, but when the waiter asked if our group had made a reservation and … More Brick Lane
We had a personal delivery today, Sunday. Through our front door mail slot came an envelope from John Lithgow, our next door neighbor. It was a beautiful personalized Christmas card with a drawing of Big Ben and the two of them hanging off of it! If you look carefully, the faces on these two … More Lithgow’s Christmas Card
Leave it to two American friends to introduce us to French restaurants this past week. Ian, from NC, was here on business and took us to La Cage Imaginaire in Hampstead. Oh….wait! Page found that restaurant and Ian loved it! My mistake! Then last night Mike, from CA, was here and took us to The … More French
Such a lovely Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony we went to last night! On the corner of Haverstock Hill and Steele’s Road was a gathering of neighbors to celebrate the season. Sir Derek Jacobi (Gladiator movie star), our neighbor five doors down, lit the towering Christmas tree on the street corner. Hot cider, hot mulled wine, … More Steele’s Village
Our last play was at the Olivier Theatre inside the Royal National Theatre where we saw a new musical inspired by Lewis Carroll. Damon Albarn wrote the music. Who is Damon Albarn? All the young people seem to know him! http://www.theguardian.com/stage/video/2015/jun/26/wonderland-trailer Wonder.land is a coming-of-age adventure that explores the blurred boundaries between our online and … More Wonder.land
As everything must come to an end, so too our History of London class must end. Greg Rosen is a public policy consultant, chair of the Labour History Group and co-editor of its magazine, Labour History. He has been a wonderful weekly teacher here at Worrell House. Alas! I will forever look back with fondness … More Good-bye Greg!
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