Happy 4th of July!!!
I'm spending the day at work, but will do tourist stuff this weekend. My friend Angela is in town this weekend (today until Sunday a.m.) (she and I were both on XO House Corps at Tufts in Boston) - she's interning in the JAG program at a military base outside Frankfurt and thus has today off (her blog link is on the right - she's done lots of travelling!). She's out being a tourist today while I'm at work.
It's not weird at all to be working on the 4th because you don't even really realize it's the 4th of July, other than a date on the calendar. No signs, no sales, no parties, etc. mentioned. Maybe there is mention in the Metro (free "news"paper), but I don't read that. I'm not really in an ex-pat community, so no one's having bbqs or anything (actually, I'm not really in any community at all!).
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Currently Reading:
--Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
--Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
--Jan - June 2009 National Geographic Magazines
--A Year in the Merde, by Stephen Clarke 5*
--a few of the "Death In..." books, by JD Robb 4* (as airplane reading)
--The Adventure of English, by Melvyn Bragg 5*
--Shipping News, by Annie Proulx 3*
--Confessions of an Economic Hitman, by John Perkins 5*
--Duma Key, by Stephen King 5*
--Beasts, by Joyce Carol Oates 4*
--Skin Privilege, by Karin Slaughter 1* (HORRIBLE writing)
--Plain Truth, by Jodi Picoult
--Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami
--The Road, by Cormac McCarthy 5*
--Oil!, by Upton Sinclair 2* (good writing, a bit long, didn't flow well)
--Out Stealing Horses, by Per Patterson 4*
--Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert 3.5*(interesting, not as good as Tipping Point or Blink or Paradox of Choice)
--Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card 4* (but not nearly as good as Ender's Game)
--Beasts, by Joyce Carol Oates 4*
--Skin Privilege, by Karin Slaughter 1* (HORRIBLE writing)
--Plain Truth, by Jodi Picoult
--Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami
--The Road, by Cormac McCarthy 5*
--Oil!, by Upton Sinclair 2* (good writing, a bit long, didn't flow well)
--Out Stealing Horses, by Per Patterson 4*
--Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert 3.5*(interesting, not as good as Tipping Point or Blink or Paradox of Choice)
--Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card 4* (but not nearly as good as Ender's Game)
Things I've Done in London
Tourist Sites
--Sir John Soane house/museum
--Whitechapel Bell Foundry Tour
--Kensington Palace / Last year of the Deb exhibit
--Tower of London / Crown Jewels
--Tate Britain
--National Gallery
--Annie Leibovitz exhibition at National Portrait Gallery
--National Portrait Gallery
--Cabinet War Rooms / Churchill Museum
--Kew Gardens (Royal Botannical Gardens)
--British Museum
--London's Transport Museum
--Victoria & Albert Museum
--Tate Modern Museum
--Bath (Roman Spa; Abbey; Gravel Walk; etc.)
--Greenwich (National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory...)
--Tourist Walking (Buckingham, Westminster, Big Ben...)
--Borough Market
--St. Martin-in-the-Fields
--Camden Market
Plays / Shows
--Cirque-du-Soleil's Quidam @ Royal Albert Hall
--London Parade (New Year's Day)
--Handbell concert in Westcliff-on-Sea
--Spamalot
--Advent Carols by Candlelight @ St Martin...
--Lord Mayor's Show (parade)
--The Lion King (musical)
--Carmina Burana @ Royal Albert Hall
--Manon (ballet) @ Royal Opera House
--Wicked (musical)
--King Lear @ Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
--Twelfth Night @ Regent's Park Open Air Theatre (rained out after 40 minutes)
--The Phantom of the Opera @ Her Majesty's Theatre
--Strictly Gershwin @ Royal Albert Hall (National Ballet)
--Avenue Q (musical)
--Romeo & Juliet @ Opera House (Royal Ballet)
--Bruce Springsteen (concert)
--The 39 Steps (play)
--Sir John Soane house/museum
--Whitechapel Bell Foundry Tour
--Kensington Palace / Last year of the Deb exhibit
--Tower of London / Crown Jewels
--Tate Britain
--National Gallery
--Annie Leibovitz exhibition at National Portrait Gallery
--National Portrait Gallery
--Cabinet War Rooms / Churchill Museum
--Kew Gardens (Royal Botannical Gardens)
--British Museum
--London's Transport Museum
--Victoria & Albert Museum
--Tate Modern Museum
--Bath (Roman Spa; Abbey; Gravel Walk; etc.)
--Greenwich (National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory...)
--Tourist Walking (Buckingham, Westminster, Big Ben...)
--Borough Market
--St. Martin-in-the-Fields
--Camden Market
Plays / Shows
--Cirque-du-Soleil's Quidam @ Royal Albert Hall
--London Parade (New Year's Day)
--Handbell concert in Westcliff-on-Sea
--Spamalot
--Advent Carols by Candlelight @ St Martin...
--Lord Mayor's Show (parade)
--The Lion King (musical)
--Carmina Burana @ Royal Albert Hall
--Manon (ballet) @ Royal Opera House
--Wicked (musical)
--King Lear @ Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
--Twelfth Night @ Regent's Park Open Air Theatre (rained out after 40 minutes)
--The Phantom of the Opera @ Her Majesty's Theatre
--Strictly Gershwin @ Royal Albert Hall (National Ballet)
--Avenue Q (musical)
--Romeo & Juliet @ Opera House (Royal Ballet)
--Bruce Springsteen (concert)
--The 39 Steps (play)
1 comment:
M and H and I did our regular 4th at the Jersey shore. It rained mostly, was cloudy all the time. We still had fun though. The group is a really fun one. So we ate and drank and talked for the weekend. Nothing wrong with that, except for my waistline, which seems to be expanding!
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