Friday, September 12, 2025 London, UK Today All About Doing My Favorite London Things! Being a Sloane Ranger, Taking a (Free) Red Bus Tour, Re-Exploring Covent Garden, Lunch at Bill’s, Seeing the Poppies at the Tower of London, Late Evening Openings at the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery and Viewing London By Night.…
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An Art Obsessed Day in London: Visits to 575 Wandsworth Road, London Art Biennale, Wallace Collection, National Gallery
An Art Obsessed Day in London: Visits to 575 Wandsworth Road, London Art Biennale, Wallace Collection, National Gallery Friday, July 28, 2023, London Waking in my Favorite City in the World: There is something super special about waking up in London–no matter which part it might be. This time it is Battersea, on a very…
A Brand-New First Full Day in London Could Not Have Been Lovelier
A Brand-New First Full Day in London Could Not Have Been Lovelier London Friday, May 6, 2022 First Full English Brekkie of this Trip: I awoke to a brand-new day in my favorite city. What can be more gratifying than to know you have a whole day ahead of you to spend as you…
Meeting American friends in London for Highlights Tours of The National Gallery and the British Museum and then…Off to Oxford
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 London Meeting American friends in London for Highlights Tours of The National Gallery and the British Museum and then…Off to Oxford Hiya from London! Today was a red-letter day for me as I was meeting my friends Bonnie and Art from Connecticut in London. Not only was…
Back in Blighty! Yes, Again!
Back in Blighty! Yes! Again! Monday, June 18, 2017 It was a painless departure from home—practically speaking, I mean—not emotionally. I dearly wish I could have had Llew accompanying me…but it was painless in the sense that the Prime Time shuttle driver picked me up very easily at 1. 30 pm on Sunday afternoon (Father’s…
Caravaggio at the National Gallery and Indian Lunch in Southall
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 London Having gone to bed at 9. 30 pm, I suppose it wasn’t surprising that I awoke at 3. 30 am. However, I did force myself to get back to sleep and when I opened my eyes again, it was a little before 5.00am–which made it the most sleep I…
More Research at British Library, Lunch Time Piano Recital, National Gallery Highlights and Walk in East End
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 London Today offered another mixed bag. I started it off with the best of intentions–I was going to spend most of it at the British Library reviewing the vast amounts of material I have requested. But I am not waking up at 6.00 am–which always gives me a head start…
Buzzing Around Bloomsbury and Soaking in Art at the National Gallery
Friday, August 5, 2016 London I had the nicest day! It was the sort of day on which the weather dictates what you will do. And although I had decided to spend the entire day in one of my favorite places in London–The National Gallery at Trafalgar Square–when I found the sun smiling down…
Final Day in London: Museums, Theater, Slap-Up Dinner
Saturday, July 18, 2015: London Fitting Final Features Into Our Last Full Day in London: And so it dawned! Our sad final day in London because all great things must come to an end. We awoke to finish up packing and dividing the weight we had acquired into the four suitcases we are allowed…
A Divine Day of Diverse Delights–Dickens’ House, National Gallery, Meetings with Friends, Pub Dinner with Dean’s Circle
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 London The cold still rages on–much to my annoyance, these mid-30 degree (Fahrenheit) temperatures are creeping up to mid-40s next week –after I have left London! Just my ill-founded luck! Still, I am dressing in warm cashmere layers to be comfortable outside only to boil when I am in the stores!…