Someday, I'll finally get a passport, and the first place I go will be London.
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Kathy A - Jun 30, 2010 2:15:16 pm PDT #24350 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
DavidS - Jun 30, 2010 2:15:39 pm PDT #24351 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
V&A Museum has a fantastic collection of mod era fashion.
smonster - Jun 30, 2010 2:16:52 pm PDT #24352 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Sleep well, Sean. All will be well tomorrow.
Polter-Cow - Jun 30, 2010 2:17:20 pm PDT #24353 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Sean, I will bet you five million dollars that beautiful Italian woman with an interest in horse races did not secretly hate you.
May tomorrow bring you a friendlier London and a still-friendly past Italy.
Tom Scola - Jun 30, 2010 2:21:57 pm PDT #24354 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Both times I was in London, I more or less camped out at the V&A.
beekaytee - Jun 30, 2010 2:55:31 pm PDT #24355 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
V&A Museum has a fantastic collection of mod era fashion.
And glass...ooooh, the glass.
Connie Neil - Jun 30, 2010 2:59:20 pm PDT #24356 of 30000
brillig
I'd want to visit the British Museum's Egyptian collection.
JZ - Jun 30, 2010 3:02:56 pm PDT #24357 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Sean, I will bet you five million dollars that beautiful Italian woman with an interest in horse races did not secretly hate you.
I... would not take that bet, because her not-hating was blazingly obvious. Their whole encounter could be a small dreamy sun-drenched interlude in a Zeffirelli film.
You're so very much not hated by anyone, Sean. There are so many people who love you and count themselves (ourselves) lucky to have you in our lives. May the play be excellent and the last leg of your journey as low-stress as possible.
Ginger - Jun 30, 2010 3:03:56 pm PDT #24358 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm only in London for one day. No specific plans for the day, other than seeing the play in the evening.
The British Museum. It's free. You can see:
- The Rosetta Stone
- The Magna Carta
- The bog man >[link]
- The Elgin Marbles, with the amusing "we stole them from the Parthenon to keep them safe" justifications
- The Vale of York Horde [link] which I really want to see.
- Stuff from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Then you can go across the street to the Museum Tavern, and drink a couple of pints of bitter in a pub once frequented by Arthur Conan Doyle and Karl Marx.
I'm afraid I found public London quite rude by U.S. standards, and I don't think it's really anti-American. It's more of a general "the customer is always wrong" attitude.
sj - Jun 30, 2010 3:09:44 pm PDT #24359 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The V&A is my favorite place in London, especially the dress exhibit.
I don't think I could go to the Tower again. It creeped me out so thoroughly.