Tuesday, 9 March 2010 – 20:47 EST
First, special thanks to Jose Marquez. Everyone needs a friend like him. But not everyone deserves one.
You've all heard of American Idol. I apologize for bringing it up and in no way think that show has any redeeming value. However, in the same vein TfL (Transport for London) is now having a competition to allot [...]
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Sunday, 3 January 2010 – 21:17 EST
Today started at 630am London Time (130am Eastern Time) and I'm writing this at 9pm Eastern Time which is 2am London Time so I'm creeping up on 24 hours. We woke up and packed and whatnot, going down for breakfast at 730am in the hotel's overpriced buffet. We then checked out and called the bellman [...]
Saturday, 2 January 2010 – 14:52 EST
Fucking hell. Around quarter four this morning, I awakened and had to rush to the WC to spend a penny (aka run to the can to take a piss). As it was urgent, I didn't turn on the lights, and managed to stub my toe on the coffee table or perhaps the chest of drawers. [...]
Friday, 1 January 2010 – 18:35 EST
We woke up and headed to breakfast, nearly slipping to our deaths on the pavement (sidewalk to US readers) which had iced over in the middle of the night. All the puddles from the 3am showers had frozen solid. Many cars had frosted windscreens, bonnets, and boots, and a few coming in even had snow [...]
Thursday, 31 December 2009 – 18:38 EST
I'd like to wish everyone a happy new year. When you read this in the US it'll be well past New Year's here. Five hour time difference after all. The promised cold weather has arrived, and the temperatures are in the upper 30s already and continuing to fall with snow expected in the small hours. [...]
Wednesday, 30 December 2009 – 19:01 EST
Today we got up and exchange our room keys. We're moving from paid nights to free nights for the balance of the trip. Everyone here's in a tizzy over VAT changing back because of the computer ramifications. They're going to make the entire hotel check out 1-1 and check back in at the new rate. [...]
Tuesday, 29 December 2009 – 17:03 EST
We met Jan and Anna at the Patisserie at about 830am for an English Breakfast. We enjoyed it and had a nice time. Thanks for picking up the tab, Jan! It was raining lightly as we headed to the tube station and down to the District line platforms for our ride to Westminster where we [...]
Monday, 28 December 2009 – 19:26 EST
Today is a legal holiday so things are still closed sporadically. More importantly, all shops are filled to the gills. Last year, to help the economy, the VAT tax was lowered from 17.5% down to something lower (maybe 12% or 15%) and on 12-31-09 they are returning to its former level. The weather is beautiful, [...]
Sunday, 27 December 2009 – 16:42 EST
Another rough night of sleep, but that's par for the course. Woke up and watched the news. The bomber is the big news, of course. Flight delays from London to the US are running on average over 3 hours. I'm going to have to try to figure out how to pack to come home or [...]
Saturday, 26 December 2009 – 18:34 EST
Boxing Day, a true English tradition brings the legendary sales with tens of thousands of people mobbing every store, most notably Harrods. So, of course, we avoided most of those places.
We woke up to a dreary, wet, cold, day and went to our usual breakfast place only to find that their cook had done a [...]
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