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I went to London

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London is awesome.

Even sick. I sampled the United Kingdom’s very best over-the-counter drugs.

Sick tableau

It could have been worse. I was the kind of sick you work through, not sick in bed. When I wasn’t working, I snapped a few photos.

Poppies for Remembrance Day
Had a nice breakfast here
Memorial
Marylebone
Selfridge’s
Oxford Street
Harrod’s at night
Cruising under London Bridge

I stayed at the elegant Landmark in Marylebone, and enjoyed meals at Roka, The Grazing Goat, and Coco Momo. And for the most part, I paid a pretty penny–London is not cheap!

Twitter Spotlight: Prad Patel

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I had already done a first draft of Londoner Prad Patel‘s Twitter Spotlight when something really cool happened: I got sick in London.

OK, that’s not the cool part (at all). The cool part is that Prad did a very sweet thing and sent me a care package at my London hotel.

Care package

Prad’s profile was already one of my favorites since I started featuring people I enjoy following on Twitter in that his answers were thorough and interesting and really made me think.

Twitter friends are real and don’t you doubt it.

Prad

OneChicklette: Your favorite qualities in a love interest

@pradip: A sense of adventure – I’m great at causing trouble or doing things which are risky, or which most people would blink twice at. Being around someone who doesn’t have that fear and is happy to hold my hand as I take a plunge is definitely what ticks my boxes.

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I love tee vee (just not British TV)

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*Downton Abbey excluded.

I’ll never be one of those people who say dismissively “oh, I don’t watch television.” (Or worse, “I don’t own a television.”)

In fact, I can’t even see myself ever giving up cable even though it’s all the rage to do so in favor of some combination of Hulu and Apple TV and online…like, stuff. So much of my TV viewing is done passively–my beloved Law & Order marathons on in the background while I work, blog, sleep, read and pretty much anything else.

Here in London, I’ve been struggling to find something to have on in the background during the times when I’m at my hotel. An American might think British TV would be all Masterpiece Theatre 24/7, right? Continue reading →

Next stop: London

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Later today, I’m heading to London.Cheerio

I had planned to hammer out several kick-ass blog posts (or, at the very least, play catch-up) on the long flight. Alas, my flight doesn’t have wifi.

Can you imagine? In this day and age?!

While I’m up in the air, please enjoy these posts you may have missed and some new reads too.

Twitter Spotlight: Courtney Rubin

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We should have met years ago–Courtney and I graduated from the same university in the same year. I knew her name from alumni magazine columns. Courtney handled our class notes some months.

I had read her writing in publications like Self, Fast Company, People and the New York Times and wondered if it was the same Courtney. Indeed it was.

CR photo

But it was only through Twitter that Courtney and I finally met in person. Thanks Twitter!

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A peek inside the Olympic Village

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As much as the competitions themselves hold our attention, lots of us are curious about life inside the Olympic Village.

Access to the Village is extremely limited with essentially zero access for media during the Games. Still stories spill out, usually by the same people “protected” from journalists in the first place. Ha!

Additionally, stories about other elements of the Village are placed, such as this one about the residences’ interior design and plans for post-Games use.

Via idesignarch.com

The spaces are bright and fresh, but if I were an athlete, I wouldn’t be excited about a twin bed OR having a roommate.

Just call me Princess Bitchface. It won’t be the first time.

Thanks to @joannagoddard whose blog I adore for making me aware of this cool article.

Back to that loose lips article I mentioned, I have to say that it totally made me nostalgic for my college days and my first years living in NYC. Perhaps I should leave it at that.