A lot has gone on since the last post which was a while ago. I’ve been busy. Let’s start from the very beginning. Thursday the 20th was a pretty great day. I went to work and an intern that works half days was leaving so we had a little goodbye get together and so I got to eat and drink wine at work. Then shortly after that my mom came and so I left work early and she and I just walked around a bit and grabbed some food. Then we walked back through Soho to ISH since I had to take care of some things and get ready to go to see The Kills. I got ready then Meredith and I headed to the Astoria to get into line early so we could get a good spot – she’s loved them since she was in high school so she wanted to make sure to get a great spot so we went super early. We were in line for about an hour and a half but we entertained ourselves by people watching and other random stuff. We were handed a flyer for some club that said on the bottom “art music for sex people!” I’m still trying to figure out what that means. Then the doors opened and we got in and we booked it to the floor.
We got right on the rail in the very front and right in front of where Jamie/Hotel (the main guitarist) stood. There were 2 openers, the first one was the Naïve New Beaters. They were French and funny. I really don’t know how to describe them but they had ridiculously gaudy shirts on and the lead singer had a bad wig and he threw confetti. They were fun. The next act was the XX Teens. They were alright but kind of pretentious. Eeh. Then finally The Kills came on. The Kills are only 2 people – Jaime/Hotel and Alison/VV – but they’re so good. They were really good – being right up front made it better I’m sure but I had so much fun. I really don’t know how to describe it but it was great. Then after the show we (well Meredith, I just came along), decided to be creepy and ‘stalk’ them at the back door. We waited around at the back door for a while and while we were standing around these two French girls who were heading to Ghetto (a club right next to the Astoria) stopped and talked to us. They were super funny and they taught us a phrase (the spelling might be off) “j’suis su pe bon” which translates to “I’m f***ing good”. Then after waiting for a while we decided to give up and head home so we stopped and got a falafel and then just went home, Meredith’s friends had flown in that day and Kim was coming early in the morning so we just went home.
Friday morning I woke up really early and took the tube out to Heathrow to pick up Kim. Her flight got in at 7:30am but I didn’t know what terminal to go too and it turns out I went to the wrong one first then I took a transfer train to the right one so it was about 8:00am by the time I got there. So I was looking to see if her flight had gotten in and everything when I feel someone kicking my butt. It was Kim. Luckily we didn’t have any trouble finding each other. We got a coffee then hopped on the tube into the city. We got her checked into ISH, got ready real quick then met my mom by Big Ben. We got a coffee then walked along the South Bank. It was neat since Kim had never been to London it was all exciting to her. So we walked along (it was a really windy day…brr) and there were some performers and the Christmas markets were set up. We decided to get some food and we were right by Wagamama so we went there. It was all of our first times going there and oh my it was so tasty. Then after we walked more along the South Bank then went into the Tate Modern and saw the instillation in the Turbine Hall. Then we walked along the Millennium Bridge then saw St. Paul’s then we went to Covent Garden. We got Ben’s Cookies there and went to Paperchase (a really cute stationary and random stuff store) and my mom bought me cool bookmarks and Kim some chopsticks. Then we just walked around more (it was the theme of the day) and went to Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, and Leicester Square then we went to O’Neil’s and got a drink and warmed up. Then we went back to Trafalgar Square to see this art instillation but it wasn’t going on.
Then we split ways with my mom and Kim and I and Meredith and her friends Denise and Tony went to the Ice Bar. We happened to book a reservation for a ‘premium’ time which meant that it was more expensive but it was unlimited drinks for the 40 minutes we were in the bar. So we threw on our poncho/cape/parka things and headed into the bar. The bar was cool, something you can’t do many other places but a total tourist thing but still fun. We took pictures and threw back the drinks while we could. Then out time was up and we decided to head to ISH. It was nice because on the way to ISH Meredith and I were both saying how great it was that both her friends and Kim got along so well, the 5 of us all got on well instantly so that was really nice. Then we made it to ISH after pictures of Christmas lights along Regent’s Street and hung out there for a while. Some other people from the group came out and we had a real nice time. Then after a while we had an eventful walk home (piggyback rides amongst other things) then we finally went to bed (Kim had been up for over 30 hours).
On Saturday the 22nd Kim and I got up and then headed to Notting Hill and met my mom then went to Portobello Market. It was alright, it’s not my favorite market but it’s one of the things you need to do. We walked around, got cupcakes at the Hummingbird Bakery and went to the Travel Book Store from the film Notting Hill, and then we took the bus to Camden. The bus was nice because we could see everything we passed by and we didn’t have to transfer at all. We eventually got to Camden and Kim loved it there. We shopped and just walked around and hung out. Then we met up with Meredith and friends then we all went to the Diner in Camden and got some delicious food. After that we went to the hookah bar and got some chai and hookah and hung out but left kind of soon because it was so cold. After that we just went back to MTH and hung out. We were trying to decide what to do that night but we were just so tired (except for Kim – I could tell she wanted to go out but I just couldn’t do it). We hung out in Meredith’s room and played with a toy dog Denise and Tony bought. Then we all got hungry so we went to Pizza Express. It wasn’t what we were expecting and wasn’t that tasty but at least we got out of MTH for a little bit. Then we went back to MTH and had a sleepover in Meredith’s room since her roommates were gone.
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What fun we had ... by the way, on my first day there Katy didn't ditch me to go to the concert, we ditched each other! I had friends that were taking me out to dinner at a proper English Pub (he's from the UK and wife was from the states). Had a great time, and great food (what a surprise that was!). So glad to be in England when Kim as there for her first abroad experience - what fun to be able to share that! :) Thanks for the update!
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