Comments on: London, Day 1

By: Paul McKenna: Can this Brit make you thin? — Hail Britannia

Paul McKenna: Can this Brit make you thin? — Hail Britannia — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:45:31 +0000

[...] The book’s publicist must have been reading my posts about my adventures in Fortnum & Mason, fondness for Cadbury Fruit & Nut bars, and how I rendered beef fat for my orange almond [...]

By: Denise Schipani

Denise Schipani — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:27:20 +0000

Diana,

Oh, this all sounds so lovely it’s making me ache with loneliness (if that’s the right word) for my favorite city. (I lived in London for 2 years in the 90s). Just thinking about wandering around the West End shopping, and saying “sorry” instead of “excuse me” and putting the kettle on after being out in the damp all day makes me weepy.

Denise

By: Ginny

Ginny — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:14:36 +0000

Oh, lucky you! I am intensely jealous! My husband is a Brit, and we were married in Cambridge (12 years ago….yikes!) and lived west of London for just over a year, then we moved to Ohio. (Sigh) I miss England, we both do…hoping to move back in two years. Have a cream tea for me, will you?

By: Mike Harling

Mike Harling — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:14:57 +0000

You sure arrived during some crap weather! It’s zero C outside with whipping wind and lashing rain. I hope you’re enjoying your ‘British Experience’ – and I hope the weather clears up a bit for you.

And if you do decide to wear your ‘Fanny Pack’ make sure you refer to it as a ‘Bum Bag’ – being an Angliphile, I’m sure you know why.

By: jonathanwthomas

jonathanwthomas — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:50:00 +0000

Thanks for the update! It’s sounds like so much fun to be there, with it being so close to Christmas.

London cab drivers are always entertaining. Well worth the money.

Nothing worse than zombie mode after getting off that morning flight! But like you said, it’s so hard to be tired when you’ve just arrived in Anglophile heaven.