Be sure to follow the advice of this sign, which hangs above the door of St. Pete’s Chai Mixology, who make a damned good poke bowl:
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Happy Friday!
Author: Joey deVilla
For family, friends, and the curious, I’m posting some selections from my camera roll from last month’s trip to London.
Day 1
Our flight left Tampa on Friday evening, and we landed in London on Saturday morning, a little before 9:00 a.m. local time.
Upon deplaning, we saw a couple of Queen tributes. Here’s the first one..
…and here’s the second:
We made the trip from Gatwick to London in pretty short order on the Gatwick Express, which ends at Victoria Station, and we took a cab to the hotel from there:
Auth0, my employer, put us up at the Sea Containers hotel, located right on the Thames’ south bank and just west of Blackfriars. Here’s the view from our hotel room.
After a nice post-flight shower and change of clothes, we stepped out the hotel’s riverside doorway and took our first proper trip selfie…
…and then we worked our way east along the river…
…then a tiny bit south…
…towards our goal, Flat Iron Square, for lunch.
It’s a fun, open-air beer garden with food stalls, tables aplenty, and a lively crowd. The South Bank seems to have no shortage of these places.
We got lunch from Lil’ Watan, who serve Lebanese food out of a shipping container…
…and drinks from the bar under one of the arches.
After lunch, we set off to explore the South Bank a little more. In my handful of trips to London, I’d stayed mostly on the north side of the Thames.
Southwark has a lot of railway bridges, and the locals have gotten pretty creative with the underpasses:
We passed by Crossbones Graveyard, and there were these great posters nearby:
And while we were in the area, I made sure to pass by this building on Redcross Street, which is known for its “Take Courage” ghost sign:
Again I remind you: see if you can have someone else check your work. There’s a chance they’ll catch something you might have missed because you’re a little too close to it.
Also: There’s nothing wrong with loving Jesus, but that’s quite different from looooving Jesus.
“Good roads” is quite a stretch, but “no insects?” I almost have to respect them for their unmitigated gall.
(In case you didn’t know: Ice lolly is UK English for popsicle.)
We were in London last month, and it was uncharacteristically sunny and warm. I even got a tan, and I live in Florida!
The temperature there continues to climb, and it’s expected to cross 40° C (104° F), which will be a challenge in a country that traditionally hasn’t had the need for home air conditioning.
Stay cool, Britain…sensibly!
Further reading
It looks as though the proprietor just figured out why there’s no one visiting the stall.
Once again, consider this a reminder that when the stakes are high, get someone else to review your work before you put it out into the world.
Both are cruel, spoiled brats with a large number of children from three different women, the third one being a co-worker:
- In the case of upper-class twit Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, he has seven children. There’s a 27-year gap between the oldest and the youngest.
- In the case of broligarch Elon Musk, he has 10, which includes twins with a director from one of his companies. For bonus points, he will be required to pronounce the names of all his children.