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Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey is one of my favorites in London.  The historic church sits about a mile from our flat.  I will miss being just a short walk away from this absolutely amazing sight…

Date Night

Tuesday night Josh took me out for a surprise dinner.  It was a last date night splurge together in London…  We have a few more nights here but they are already booked up with plans (work dinner, show, dinner with friends, etc).  I feel so lucky to be wined and dined by my [...]

Number 2

This conversation between Josh and Number 2 took place on our trip to Watergate Bay as they were exploring the “stinky cave”…

Josh:  Did you know this cave was created by water hitting the rocks over thousands and thousands of years?

Number 2:  Did you know Guy Fawkes tried to blowup Parliament??

She is too funny!  It’s true, [...]

British 10K London Run

Pre-race photo

Well we did it!  Josh and I completed our first race together, a 10K in London no less!  It wasn’t exactly an ideal race… there were 25,000+ runners (many of them running for charities- so maybe we should not complain?!) and no real system for starting the race except corralling everyone [...]

Picturesque Morning in St. James's Park

St. James’s Park is very popular place and usually so crowded with people that it is hard to fully enjoy it, but before 9 o’clock on a Saturday morning it is quiet and picturesque.  Just the occasional morning walkers and joggers breezed by our park bench.  We enjoyed coffee and conversation as the sun peaked [...]