Bloody Brilliant!

I hate Horatio but I love this

Love it!!

one of these days....

... I will start to feel creative again.  Or surly, which always makes for a good blog post.

Yet another cat video

This video is really cute, especially since one of the cats looks like my (fat) guy Charlie.  The best bit is the commentary on cat art:

 

I'm honoured. Really.

I am a very lucky girl - I've got a chilled glass of Piper Heidsieck champers in my hot sweaty hand.  What did I do to deserve this? you may ask.  I'll tell ya what I did...

I hung around the *beautiful* boro of Croydon for hours, paid £1k and FINALLY received my Indefinite Leave to Remain visa which grants me the privilege - honour? burden? - of being able to live in the UK forevermore. 

Now if Gordon Brown could leave office, I might consider staying. 

So does white wine.

This just about sums up the entire philosophy of the UK:

Shame, then, that I can't stand the stuff.  Not an easy thing, living in the UK and not liking tea.  Tell a Brit you don't like tea and they will look at you as though you just spat on them.  Which isn't such a bad idea, actually.

let it shine

The weather in London has been really beautiful lately, and it brings out the best in everyone (as it should, considering the sky has been consistently grey for the last two years).  What this means, of course, is that everyone celebrates with... what else?  A pint or three. 

I love walking down the street on a Friday night after work and seeing everyone standing on the street outside a pub; it's still a strange sight to my eyes, since American laws ban you from drinking on the sidewalk.

And here is a picture of a random street fair I wandered into the other day in Trafalgar Square:

I'm tellin ya, Londoners love to be outside with a drink in their hand.  And I say when in Rome...

the best bit of London

I love Neal's Yard Dairy, and here's why:

Simply glorious.

hitting the city streets

It's Easter weekend and I am enjoying the first lazy day I've had in a while.  I have been a crappy blogger of late because I've been out and about, enjoying my new life in London.  Peter and I moved in about a month ago, and while both of us are familiar with the city (he more than me, of course), neither of us has ever lived in it before. 

I've always loved the process of discovering a new neighbourhood - the pubs, the grocery stores, the drycleaner, the drugstore, the pubs, and the pubs.  And let us not forget the pubs.  One of our favourites is The Blue Lion, just up the street, and another is The King's Arms, just around the corner, which does a mean Thai dinner. [I still don't understand why many pubs serve Thai food - what is the connection???]

Our area is a bit tricky, as it tends to shut down on the weekends (hey, New York this ain't), but we are making a go of it.  Tonight we found a great little place that is back a little alleyway off of the main drag.  It's the kind of place you can only find in an English town, because the roads are not grids but random, haphazard configurations that hide all sorts of pockets like this one. 

Tomorrow we are off to Brighton, a seaside town I have never been to but which everyone recommends.  Hope the Easter Bunny treats you well....

scratch that itch, baby

I haven't written in a while because I've been knee deep in boxes - I've moved for the third time in three years, which is not something I enjoy doing.  That said, i have been happy to move to these places, and have finally relocated to the heart of London.  It's been fun getting to know the neighborhood (pubs, that is).  More on that later.

As I am a huge fan of all things animal, my sister sent this to me and it cracked me up. 

I can't imagine how people can kill these bears for sport. Total cretins - and that includes you, Sarah Palin.

think of this the next time you order venison.

How totally adorable is this video? I think the music is cheesy, and for all I know they drugged the deer and put kitten food on his fur so the cat will lick him, but I still well up when I see this. I dare you not to.