July!

JULY THE FOURTH 2009!

My former flatmate, Elizabeth-Anne baked this American flag cake. Yummmm.

The American picnic in Hyde Park (Hyde Park is a theme in this post)

The Peter Pan Statue in Hyde Park

The Princess Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park

My friend Sarah in Hyde Park

5th July 2009

Sarah and I at the Waterway restaurant / pub in Little Venice on the Canal

The Canal- gorgeous day!

I think this is the Paddington Bridge

A great little store that Sarah and I had been trying to find all afternoon. I thought it was in Kensal Rise because I remembered the name, Rise, but it's in Kensal Green and the owner said it was named for "Rise and Shine".




13th July 2009

Vicky- my first friend in London to get engaged. I knew it wouldn't take long for me to meet someone before it happened!! Here she is on the phone telling another friend about her news. I took this picture and then gave it to her in an engagement card because I thought she'd want to see how happy she looked.


15th July 2009

I was able to help my friend Sarah (from Australia) celebrate her

birthday at an African restaurant
Siew- she looks hungry ;)

The main course

Trish, Megan, and Sarah

I thought that it was cool to see the liquid splashing out of the glass in this picture!

The bartender

19th July 2009

Race for Life

The bandstand in Hyde Park

One thing I learned from going to the London Marathon, people here really love to wear fancy dress for charity athletic events.

Sarah & me before the "race"

I forgive her for wearing a Sooners t-shirt (at least we're both sporting our home State!)

Not quite sure what this was all about...

I was proud to be a part of this women-only event to raise money for cancer research in the UK .

Later that day...

My new flatmate and I rode an old Routemaster bus from Swiss Cottage to Hyde Park, and I was SO excited. It was my first time to be on one- they're hardly in service anymore. They had to have an attendant in the rear of the bus so that she could check your travelcard / ticket since the old buses don't have the new touch-in systems.

The back-end of the bus, where you can get on / off whenever the bus stops (instead of waiting for an actual bus stop)


21st July 2009

Catching up at The Cow pub with Kimi Hodges, one of my former colleagues in Dallas. She and her boyfriend were in London on holiday, and it was Kimi's first time here.

Cheers, Kimi!