I Almost Forgot

I can't believe I almost forgot to talk about Harrods. We went the other weekend and walked around Harrods which was pretty much torture.

I know that I will never be able to afford those things now but it still hurts to look at things so beautiful with absolutely no way of purchasing them. The mall had everything, design clothes, designer shoes, designer appliances, designer home decor.... I was seriously considering hiding out there. We found these beautiful crystal vanities in the home decor section. While I thought I was going to break them, I had to take a picture so I'd know what it looked like when I come back to buy it some day.

After that, we followed the signs to the chocolate bar, figuring it would be the only thing we could afford in the whole place. It was a Godiva chocolate bar. Oh my gosh it was freaking amazing. We had a real Cafe Mocha (but that just means it was espresso and pure milk chocolate) and we had some chocolate fondue (dark and milk chocolate). 

After we ate that, I'm pretty sure I didn't want to eat anything sweet ever again. We walked around a couple more sections, the books, the souvenirs, etc and then it was time to go. I meant to go back but everything got so busy. The exterior was so pretty with it's lights and it's interesting designer displays. 

I just hope that I get to the point in my life when I can be a real Harods customer. And when I say real, I mean buy things that aren't in the gift shop. I want to shop the designer brands with my money that I earned. So I guess we'll see.

Bisous Bisous,

A Night at the Jazz Club

After my presentation for International Advertising in class, I wanted to celebrate. So I told some people about a Jazz bar in Camden that looked like fun. We saw the entertainment for the night would be Muddy Water's son so we decided to check it out. We had so much fun. The club was very american jazz era and it had the most creative drinks. There were a ton of people there but we somehow managed to get some seats.

It was just so fun to go out to the pub and relax because even though I've had the pleasure and honor of studying on this trip in London, it's gotten pretty stressful at times. I was also glad to get to know everyone even more because I think we all ended up on this trip for a reason, we have to have something in common.

It was a great night for everyone.

Bisous Bisous,

Adventures with Courtney Garza

Courtney and I have been on a lot of adventures this trip. We spent the first weekend in Paris and ever since then, we couldn't stop going places together. I think it's the vegetarian thing. Us vegetarians have to stick together! We went to Portobello Market the other weekend and to be honest, I wasn't all that impressed. I had see the market before during the week but on a Saturday, it's extremely crowed. Almost all the items I saw could have been purchased in Camden Market. I don't know, I just wasn't a fan. But we did score an awesome young coconut and drank the fresh coconut water from it.

We also ventured to the Regents Street eco-green festival of some kind. It was really cool. They shut down the street and had lots of stands for anything from bee keeping to fresh flowers. We also found a Whole Foods store, which was a major find and we spent a lot of time there. Plus we had a nice spot of tea in the middle of a garden in the street.

Then we saw some performers with basically hula hoops but I'm talking 8 hula hoops at once. It was pretty impressive. Since I struggle to keep one from falling off of me.

Bisous Bisous,

Lets Catch Up

So a couple huge things we did in London was going to the BBC and to see Wicked. The BBC was so cool, my inner HGTV lover was gawking over the modern offices and the building.

We had these two crazy tour guides, I thought they were hilarious. In fact it was almost like a skit from the office or something. They showed us all the parts of the BBC and we got to do some interactive work too.

It was fun to read lines again, it brings back memories of musical theatre. The whole tour was just very interesting, I really enjoy how they try to spice up tours for big companies now instead of the usual, bland, walk through.

It had been a long time since I had seen Wicked live. And I know when it first came out, I couldn't stop listening to it, I was obsessed. So when the opportunity came up to see it on London, I had to go. And I was really excited for everyone else to see it as well.

I knew they would love it and I heard nothing but positive things from everyone after the show. It really was such a fun night. But, let's be honest, how can you not say anything positive about Wicked?

Bisous Bisous,