Off to Cambridge (or rather, CAMBRIDGE !!! ZOMG)
I've hesitated to write anything about this, mainly because I haven't really believed my good fortune, but now that the paperwork is taken care of and we're on
Owen and Darwin at the Natural History Museum
This won't be exciting to anyone but historians of science, but yesterday when I was at the Natural History Museum, I noticed something new. The statue of Richard
High Street then and now
Me in 2006: via flickr And me now: via flickr I think I'm wearing the same brand of jeans and style of shirt in both pictures, but that's
The new style in vast airport terminals
I hadn't realized how much giant, open-span main terminals now dominate airport design. Some examples I've been in recently: Kuala Lumpur, via flickr Singapore, via flickr Heathrow Terminal
English breakfast tattoo
As someone who blogs about breakfasts in England, I couldn't help but note this piece in the Guardian: A 19-year-old today had a full English breakfast tattooed on
Off to dinner
Okay, I'm going to get some dinner, then have a soak in the shower, and work on my talks until I fall asleep. I saw a restaurant up
Gromit attacks London
Today I was out for a walk, and realized I needed to buy some presents for my kids. Fortunately, they're big fans of the soccer shirts I bought
Breakfast in London
My breakfast Tuesday morning before getting on the plane. Apparently this is a typical English breakfast (or so the menu claimed). From top: tomato and (or merely on)
Let’s see, the strudel would go well with a nice early Thomas Mann
After walking around South Kensington and Hyde Park this afternoon, I decided to start looking for dinner. Not far from the South Kensington Underground stop, I found a