Archive for February, 2007

February 22, 2007 0

I ought to go on more dates in London

By Nina in London, Travel

5:20pm, the clock in the right hand corner of my screen is not budging. I joined the parade of women who head to the bathroom to waste the remaining minutes on the clock at work. They reapply lipstick or straighten their panty hos, or wash their hands for a solid 3 minutes. I ran my [...]

February 21, 2007 0

Quite a sunny Ash Wednesday

By Nina in Travel, Uncategorized

Had I celebrated Fat Tuesday I may consider giving something up for lent.I did not wear beads, did not enjoy student night at Zoobar, couldn’t find a fabulous gay parade, and…kept my shirt on. So, I will not be giving up the free hot chocolate in my office.

February 20, 2007 0

Locali’s'ing

By Nina in London, Travel

If you asked me to doodle what a typical Londoner looks like, I couldn’t. Seriously, there is no standard fashion, age, skin color, facial structure, accent (I’ll get back to this), and contrary to what I’ve been told… no one really cares what you look like. People can’t be bothered to be judge you, they’ve [...]

February 18, 2007 0

TopGear

By Nina in London

Every week Pat downloads the British show TopGear.  He’s been going on and on about it, so I fulfilled my promise to watch it.  He waits two days before he can download it in the States. Not to mention, other than homework or grocery shopping, there’s not much else to do on a Sunday night. [...]

February 16, 2007 0

just a good day

By Nina in London, Travel

Work on Thursday was most fantastic! First, I was hopped up on Orange Juice which made my sick throat feel a million times better. For less important reasons, I was sent on my first photo assignment. They needed as many different shots of Parliament and Big Ben as I could get. They basically put a [...]