List

My bff just came back from a trip to London, England (you have to say “London, England” lest anyone be confused. Also it makes you sound like a rube, which I am). I was in London, England very briefly on my whirlwind tour of the United Kindgom and Ireland but I really didn’t get to see all that much of London, England, even though I saw a lot of other things in the United Kingdom…and Ireland. By all accounts it was a very good trip. I drank scotch in Scotland and Guinness in Ireland and cider in Wales. So there are at least three lifetime goals achieved. But I would like to go back. And there are specific things I would like to do so I am making a list because I can’t think of anything else to do right now except work and quite frankly, I am totally over work.

So, things to do in London, England when you aren’t yet dead:

• Visit the Tate Modern and see The Fairy Feller’s Master Stroke.


• See the portrait of Alan Rickman in the National Portrait Gallery.


• See the dolls houses in the Victoria and Albert Museum.


• Go to the Fan Museum (Why am I the only person that gets excited by a Fan Museum?).


• Take the underground tour of the Globe Theatre.


• Go to Paddington Station for a cup of tea…


• …And Portobello Road and try to find a cream bun and some marmalade (can you see what I am getting at here? Paddington Bear? No? OK. Fine. Heathens.) .


• Have EBCB for breakfast, give E and B to someone else, and order some toast for my B.


• Find that Pan Bookshop again and spend a crapload of money.


• Splash a bit in the Diana Fountain…because you can.


• See if I can find Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane.


• Rent a chair in Hyde Park and sketch people before wandering off to Speaker’s Corner.


• Take a stroll on the Millennium Bridge even if it doesn’t wobble anymore.


• Have a bit of bubbly in the Cupid’s Capsule.


• See the waterlillies.


• Visit the food halls in Harrods.


• Postman’s Park.


• Stay at the Grosvenor under the name of Rowntree.


• Drink tea. Lots of tea.