I can't wait until the 23rd of July.
When work will be finished and holidays will start.And I can go someplace really hot for a few weeks, so that I'll again appreciate the fact that it's cold and rainy. Because I've lost perspective, sitting here wrapped in a sweater and wearing woolly socks and flannel sweatpants...in July. Gone are the days of being cooked alive in my car at 8am. Gone are the days of the car, actually. Outdoor swimming pools and shorts are a distant memory. As are poisonous snakes, which hang out in said swimming pools. Last year we thought this summer weather was a fluke. Now we know that England is cold in the summer. So a good dose of hot weather in the South will do me good and I'll come running back to the rain and cold and gray of England. Yay! Summer.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Rufus in Hampstead Heath
On Saturday night we FINALLY got to see Rufus Wainwright...something we have been trying to accomplish since 2002. He played in an outdoor theatre and, because this is England, it was about 50 degrees in July. But at least it didn't rain!
We spent the afternoon making a delicious picnic and then we headed to Hampstead Heath. As we walked in, we almost stepped on Roni and Orley and all their friends. So we set up camp with them. It was fun!
Yes, that's a wool sweater I'm wearing....IN JULY!!!!
As usual, I was the ultimate party animal:
Rufus was pretty far away:
But when we stood on our tip toes, we could just see his head poking up from his piano.
Despite that, he sounded good and was really funny. PIcnic concerts are fun!
We spent the afternoon making a delicious picnic and then we headed to Hampstead Heath. As we walked in, we almost stepped on Roni and Orley and all their friends. So we set up camp with them. It was fun!
Yes, that's a wool sweater I'm wearing....IN JULY!!!!
As usual, I was the ultimate party animal:
Rufus was pretty far away:
But when we stood on our tip toes, we could just see his head poking up from his piano.
Despite that, he sounded good and was really funny. PIcnic concerts are fun!
4th of July in London
We Americans stick together and even though we had to go to work on the 4th of July, Jim and I still managed to celebrate with some of his work friends. It was as close as you can get to an authentic 4th of July bbq in London...which means the hamburgers tasted British, there weren't 'real' hot dogs, and no fireworks. But it was still a fun time! And there was some incredible, all American chocolate cake! Here are couple of pictures of us chillin on the fourth:
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