very good weekend
don't know whether it was because of the people who went to dublin and the emptier house, or the fact that the weather is starting to get nice - but it was a great weekend - even with a lot of work to do.
friday was cambridge, as seen down below. again - an awesome time. friday night was reserved for relaxation and sleep. my allergies attacked friday night in the form of a headache and runny nose, so i've been kind of battling that too.
saturday was a gorgeous day! got up to about 70, and the sun was high in the sky. i had reserved the day for working, but ended up taking a sweet little break mid-afternoon to go to hyde park with andrew and courtney. we got lunch from quiznos by marble arch and went over to the speaker's corner area of the park to sit and eat and enjoy the day. bout a million other people had the same idea - the park was PACKED. but it was great for people-watching, so it was fun. here's the park. much like a HUGE quad, or the beach:
and here's the house on the street, with the pretty trees coming in bloom. ahhhhhh. makes you not want to leave.
did a little running, went to church, had dinner, did some work, then me and courtney went to an awesome little restaurant newar leicester square. the ciao cafe, which is basically a gellatery, only they go way over board. first of all the ice cream is sooo good. second, they give you a huge portion! and third, they put alot of effort into the presentation. everything looks amazing, like its off the food network or something. it was a great snack while we stayed home working all night. i shall return.
so today i had a group meeting and i've been doing work all day.. but tonight courtney and i got asked out to dinner by her visiting relatives. her dad's cousin's daughter, who married someone and now lives in milan. they are extremely rich. they travel all the time, and this hotel that they stay in every time they come to london (2 times a yr) is 600 pounds a night!! thats so ridiculous! so we ate at the restaurant that they are at, called the milestone, and the food was pretty sweet. first, we're ordering, and i didn't want to take a starter, but they insisted, so i had a cup of chicken noodle soup, and then for the main course i had what was basically a hamburgher and fries, but they called it something else, something much classier. they brought us all out salmon first, even if we didn't want it. then for dessert they brought everyone out a plate with 4 smaller plates on it, and each one had one of the following: creme brule, lemon mourange, rasberry cheese cake, or honey-comb ice cream. and in the middle of all 4 desserts was this "hair ball" looking thing made of sugar. it was kind of like cotton candy how it just melted in your mouth, but it was really like hardened hair. dessert was amazing. then we had some tea. 3 hours later we were saying goodbye and entering the rainy night. it was an entertaining evening, tho, franco was really nice, he was italian, and maggy was the heart of the conversation at the table, which was good. because i was extremely nervous. we had to dress up for this event. but it was def worth it for the free meal!
so thats where we are tonight - i came home and did some work and now im headed to bed. workin on the pub olympics and im having a little trouble so i'm going to sleep on it. everybodys in the house now, which sucks. we're back up to 8. it was so nice when it was only 5, kind of like how it should be in this tiny house. anyways..
goodnight, cheerio ol' governer
-jamie
friday was cambridge, as seen down below. again - an awesome time. friday night was reserved for relaxation and sleep. my allergies attacked friday night in the form of a headache and runny nose, so i've been kind of battling that too.
saturday was a gorgeous day! got up to about 70, and the sun was high in the sky. i had reserved the day for working, but ended up taking a sweet little break mid-afternoon to go to hyde park with andrew and courtney. we got lunch from quiznos by marble arch and went over to the speaker's corner area of the park to sit and eat and enjoy the day. bout a million other people had the same idea - the park was PACKED. but it was great for people-watching, so it was fun. here's the park. much like a HUGE quad, or the beach:
and here's the house on the street, with the pretty trees coming in bloom. ahhhhhh. makes you not want to leave.
did a little running, went to church, had dinner, did some work, then me and courtney went to an awesome little restaurant newar leicester square. the ciao cafe, which is basically a gellatery, only they go way over board. first of all the ice cream is sooo good. second, they give you a huge portion! and third, they put alot of effort into the presentation. everything looks amazing, like its off the food network or something. it was a great snack while we stayed home working all night. i shall return.
so today i had a group meeting and i've been doing work all day.. but tonight courtney and i got asked out to dinner by her visiting relatives. her dad's cousin's daughter, who married someone and now lives in milan. they are extremely rich. they travel all the time, and this hotel that they stay in every time they come to london (2 times a yr) is 600 pounds a night!! thats so ridiculous! so we ate at the restaurant that they are at, called the milestone, and the food was pretty sweet. first, we're ordering, and i didn't want to take a starter, but they insisted, so i had a cup of chicken noodle soup, and then for the main course i had what was basically a hamburgher and fries, but they called it something else, something much classier. they brought us all out salmon first, even if we didn't want it. then for dessert they brought everyone out a plate with 4 smaller plates on it, and each one had one of the following: creme brule, lemon mourange, rasberry cheese cake, or honey-comb ice cream. and in the middle of all 4 desserts was this "hair ball" looking thing made of sugar. it was kind of like cotton candy how it just melted in your mouth, but it was really like hardened hair. dessert was amazing. then we had some tea. 3 hours later we were saying goodbye and entering the rainy night. it was an entertaining evening, tho, franco was really nice, he was italian, and maggy was the heart of the conversation at the table, which was good. because i was extremely nervous. we had to dress up for this event. but it was def worth it for the free meal!
so thats where we are tonight - i came home and did some work and now im headed to bed. workin on the pub olympics and im having a little trouble so i'm going to sleep on it. everybodys in the house now, which sucks. we're back up to 8. it was so nice when it was only 5, kind of like how it should be in this tiny house. anyways..
goodnight, cheerio ol' governer
-jamie
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