London: Miscellaneous Stuff

[przed]

It's nearly a week since I've gotten back (a very busy week) but I thought I'd post a few random awesome things about the trip to London, just so I remember them.

FJBryan, world's best travel companion. She knows fab restaurants in London, put up with my clothes shopping expedition down Regent St., and is more than up for filling a trip with as much theatre as possible

Coffee and croissants with the lovely solosundance

A jetlag recovery dim sum lunch at Chuen Cheng Ku on Wardour St.

Seeing the Treasures from Budapest show at the Royal Academy of Art

Seeing Stephen Fry going into the Treasures from Budapest show

A late, long lunch at Al Waha, an awesome Lebanese restaurant on Westbourne Grove

Pie for dinner at the Newman Arms

Praline macaroons from a swank shopping arcade near the Royal Academy, courtesy of FJB who insisted, quite rightly, I had to try them

Just being in London!

There's a lot of food in that list, isn't there?

And it has nothing to do with London, but I had one more awesome thing happen this week. I arrived at work on Monday to find I'd won the 40" widescreen TV we were raffling off for charity. And this just as we were about to replace our 20-year-old tube TV with, wait for it, a 40" widescreen TV. (That's my luck used up for the next decade.)

Comments

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

I think back to our trip to london with justacat with fondness. Would be great to travel with you again some day!

[przed.livejournal.com]

That was just one of the best trips ever. Some day maybe we can travel together again.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

*thinks wistful thoughts of London*

Sounds like you had a lovely trip on all fronts and what a lovely celebrity sighting, not only Fry but the venue too.

Oh and congratulations on your win. The last actually useful thing I won in a raffle was a combination coffee and espresso maker. *strokes coffee and espresso maker fondly*

[przed.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking wistful thoughts of London myself, and I've only just got back.

FJB gets the credit for the Fry sighting. She elbowed me in the ribs, and I turned to see a very tall bloke in tweed and a scarf go into the Royal Academy and did the "oh my god, was that..." thing.

As for the win, it's really astounding. I generally have the most appalling luck and never count on winning anything. (I did win a breadmaker and a company Christmas part oh, nearly 20 years ago, but I think I've used the darn thing once.)

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Ooh, ooh, ooh! That all sounds fabulous! (I must spend some actual time in London one of these trips.) Food reports are one of my favorite trip report items. It brings it all to life, somehow--maybe because multiple senses are involved and so the imagination runs riot. But oh, I'd've loved to have seen the Treasures from Budapest! (Not to mention Stephen Fry. *g* And solosundance. And FJBryan. And everything, really!)

Congratulations on the TV! Perfect timing. I hope it bodes well for the coming year!

[przed.livejournal.com]

You really do need to spend some time in London. I usually have trouble prying myself out of the city to venture anywhere else in the country.

I'm with you on food reports. Obviously.

And the TV was a fab score. Of course, now we want to re-buy all our favourite movies on blu-ray, because wow, do they look amazing on it.

[sooguy.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the great trip memories and winning the tv was a nice touch too!

[przed.livejournal.com]

It's been a pretty lovely week, over all.

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, that sound so great! I want to go badly. Oh, well. I'm just pleased you and FJB had a grand time. And congratulations on the telly! Wow!

[przed.livejournal.com]

You totally have to get over to England some time. It's wonderful. (I admit to being totally biased on that point.)

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

You're making me awfully homesick for London *g* It sounds like a fab trip - you even shared oxygen with Stephen Fry; how much better could it get? *g*

And congratulations on winning the new telly. Whoohoo! This is obviously the start of an amazing run of good luck for you. ::pokes tea leaves for confirmation::

[przed.livejournal.com]

It really was a wonderful trip. Sharing oxygen with Stephen Fry (what a lovely way to put it) was the merest fraction of it all. *g*

As for the telly, it was a wonderful stroke of luck, but I shan't depend on the streak continuing. Though I will enjoy it while it lasts.

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

This all sounds wonderful and a huge congrats on the raffle win as well.

[przed.livejournal.com]

It was a wonderful trip. And thanks for the congrats.