Nora, the BP thing didn't even occur to me, but that makes sense.
Of course! Hadn't even thought about that. (Still think it's stupid, but it makes a bit more sense.)
Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!
Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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Pix - Jun 30, 2010 4:20:35 pm PDT #24381 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
sumi - Jun 30, 2010 4:26:26 pm PDT #24382 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Sean, sad that the London leg of your trip has started out so disappointingly but I'm sure that any of the lovely museums in London will be excellent to hang out. Love that they are free. When I was in London I went to the National Gallery and it was lovely to go in, spend hours in the morning and then go outside, eat lunch, and go back in and spend more hours.
Looking forward to hearing your report about War Horse. I'm jealous that you're getting to see it.
omnis_audis - Jun 30, 2010 4:33:00 pm PDT #24383 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Sean, I am jealous of the POTENTIAL of museums you can go to. Good luck making a decision. So much to do, so little time to do it. That said, there's nothing wrong with just taking a breath of air and chilling. I know my trip to DC got a bit over saturated with museums and history. It pained me to give up. Had to.
Tomorrow, I get one day of walking around London, maybe seeing a sight or two,Am I the only one who thought "Hey look kids, there's Big Ben, and there's Parliament." What? It's two sights!
:: ducks and covers ::
sj - Jun 30, 2010 4:40:51 pm PDT #24384 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have almost sprinted through it once, because through a comedy of errors, we only had about an hour at the V&A the time we went. If we go to the UK this fall, I am spending A DAY there.
You MUST go back sometime. I was amazed at some of the underthings. There was one that was a heavy wooden board kept up by suspenders that gave the skirt that went on top of it its wide appearance.
Nora Deirdre - Jun 30, 2010 4:50:10 pm PDT #24385 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I love the Tate Modern.
Dana - Jun 30, 2010 4:57:01 pm PDT #24386 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The Tate Modern was pretty awesome too. When I was there, they had an exhibit that consisted of slides from the various levels down to the ground.
Scrappy - Jun 30, 2010 4:57:22 pm PDT #24387 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Tate Modern is fabulous.
Dana - Jun 30, 2010 4:58:30 pm PDT #24388 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Now I desperately want to go back to London. It's been...four years?
Strix - Jun 30, 2010 4:59:33 pm PDT #24389 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
What part of London are you in, Sean? Besides bed now, of course.
One day is not nearly enough to see London. The BM is HUGELY overwhelming -- go with the intention of seeing maybe 2 exhibits. There's no way in hell you can do it all in a day.
Get a curry take out, find a garden, spend some time in Camden, and mos def have a pint. Do pubs still close at 11? Leicester Bloody Square! And one of my favorite museums, the London museum, about the history of London. SOOOO interesting.
London is very NYC-like, but once you get in a non-touristy place, they mellow out faster than NYC. But they are different like WHOA than Italians.
Strix - Jun 30, 2010 5:02:56 pm PDT #24390 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
The Tate was my favorite art museum.
I also saw some trippy theatre productions; I was in a Shakespeare class and a Woolf class. Saw an S&M Japanese version of the Tempest -- don't ask -- and a kinda funny-cause-they-were-so-serious performance art piece of the sonnets.
Also saw Branaugh do Hamlet in Stratford. SWOOOOOON.