The goal.

I just want to announce to the world, ie the ten of you that look at this, ie probably only my parents, that I am going to finish two essays tonight.

Now I have to do it.

xxx (proof that I am now angleterrian)

Lauren

Expert advice

There are a few things, which after three weekends of visitors, I am now an expert. I am not sure where these skills are going to take me in life, but they’re there.

I know exactly when to go to Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guard. The best spots to get pictures, the order of the ceremony, what time to arrive so that you don’t get bored but you can also see the fun stuff. Lets be real. Ive seen it three times. Surprisingly the Pomp and Circumstance isn’t all English pride and nationalism. I have heard the band play “Uptown Girl,” “Singing in the Rain,” “On my own” and countless other classics. Its been a great cultural immersion.

I am in Love with Big Ben. Even if I have seen it three weekends in a row. I could probably see it every day and not get tired of it. Facebook is a testament to that.

I know my favorite stalls at Borough market.

I know where and how to get relatively cheap theater tickets.

I know where the cupcake shops are.

I know where everything cool in Harrods is. Including the Pet Kingdom.

Maybe I should be a tourguide?

Completely separately – I watched Love Actually the other day and didn’t realize that it is now 2 weeks until Christmas until the movie mentioned that time period! Wahoo! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Love and Best Wishes for the Holidays!

Lauren

Thanks for trying

I love my tube line. It is grey and it is fast and it gets me from Finchley Road to Westminster in twenty minutes. Jubilee, it’s where it’s at.

The weekends are a completely different story. I do not love my tube line on the weekends because more often than not it is closed on the weekends. The tube also closes at midnight but that’s another story. On the weekends, when the tube is closed, I generally take buses and make do.

This past weekend, when my family was visiting, four tube lines were closed. Not any four tube lines, but four MAJOR tube lines. Needless to say – it took ten hours to get where I needed to go.

So here’s a note to London, I know you want to get ready for the Olympics in 2012, but don’t close four tube lines (major ones at that) at one time.

Love,

Lauren