Hola!! Been a little while since my last post, and I've done alot so prepare yourselves! Short version:
1. Mexican food in London = not so good...sad
2. Amsterdam is completely incredible...me and morg are seriously considering going back!
3. Reba would be proud of us..(you can figure this one out) ;)
4. Totally saw/became best friends with the following tonight at the Hancock London premiere: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, and Kim Kardashian..megan is honestly best friends with her. Not kidding.
5. So excited to be halfway through the week and almost to a weekend..this work thing can really get to ya! Kevin will be here Saturday to visit! Yay!
So, last friday I went to have a nice casual dinner at this Mexican place in Notting Hill, and it was seriously disappointing be I still maintain that the $25 dollar tiny tacos and two margs were worth every penny considering I have been craving Mex for weeks. Best part of this gem of a restaurant...its called TEX MEX. Awesome. There are no words!
So that night, we came home intending to get so much sleep before our grand adventure in Amsterdam cause we had to leave at 4 am in the morning...boo! But woops, we all stayed up till 1:30 and slept a totaly of two hours. No worries, got to amsterdam in no time and saw everything, had the best pancakes of our lives (Pancake Bakery = heaven)..go there! Saw some museums..including the House of Bols (bartending academy with an exibit) which is super cool cause they make you a cocktail at the end. After our dilicious drink...we awkwardly asked (and when i say we, i mean danna because I'm a wimp) the bartenders where we should go "have fun" in amdam. They were so great and gave us this name of a place they filmed a scene from oceans 13! So much fun...can't even explain...everyone should just go to amdam immediately. So beautiful because of the canals and streets and so chill cause of...well you know... (must sees: Ann Frank House, Van Gogh museum, House of Bols and PANCAKES!)
Got back to UK late Sunday night and have been working all week, but its been incredible. I seriously love all the people at work, it is so much fun and its completely npredictable everyday. They're hilarious. Monday, we saw Shakespeare in the Park, 12th Night whichwas such a funny versionof the tale. Theater here is so so so good...its probably one of my favorite parts. And last but not least tonight was....the London Hancock Premiere! So ok I didnt get to see the movie, but I definitely was within 3 feet of big willie style tonight. No autographs, I would rather not bother him (aka didn't bring any paper) but I did get a few nice and cozy pics of him and all the other celebs! God it was fun to see..Emily's dreams have come true..she loves Will! Awkward for us some of the time though cause the Brits love their reality tv stars and they were all freaking out half the time and we had no idea who the people were. Oh well.
Tomorrow we are actually going to the premiere of Narnia that is just opening here in the UK, thanks to the lovely Morgan for getting us tickets! It will be so fun to see and maybe we will even get to walk done a red carpet...doubtful but it would be cool. I'll let you guys know how it is...I miss yall so so much by the way! Cheers!
Wednesday 18 June 2008
Thursday 12 June 2008
Absolutely WICKED!
Oh my god. Everyone should stop what you;'re doing now. Book a flight to London, stop and have lunch with me, and then see Wicked! It's absolutely incredible. Amazing voices from the Wicked witch of the west AND I am obsessed with the girl who plays Glenda. She was so good, so cute, and had a voice like Meredith. I was in love, obviously...it made me miss you Mere! Anyway, that was my night tonight. We had a quick bite before the show and a drink after and just got home. The theater here is the best. Everyone has brit accents so that's definitely a bonus. ;)
This whole week has totally flown by I swear. I have been working all day and then going out with the girls at night. We have classes on Monday, which is totally boring, but then the rest of our nights are free. Thank god. This past week has been crazy because we have been trying to book our traveling plans all week! Such a hassle but I think we have a plan. Wanna hear? I know you do. Ok...Amsterdam this weekend. Yay! Italy (Venice, Florence, then Rome) in early July, Dublin in mid July, and then Paris at the end! Ahhhh...I cannot even wait! The traveling will be so much fun with everyone and I get to see Reba on our Italy trip too! I'm so sad that I can't go viist all my loves in Alicante and I will miss you guys terribly. I miss yall! Kevin is coming next weekend and I couldn't be more excited! I'm gonna show him the ropes for sure! It's going to be an amazing trip for you Kev!
Anyway...this week has been crazy at work and I've been getting to do alot of great stuff..totally prefecting my design skills. I love everyone I work with and couldn't feel more at home. They are amazing people...incredible sweet. I love London for yet another wonderful reason...there will be more to come.
Also..I know you were wondering: I am saying cheers much more often these days and it is only getting slightly less awkward. It never sounds as good when I say it...you know? Also, riding on the tube is my new favorite thing. Awkward stares. Interesting and weird people. Great outfits. I love it. That's all for now folks.
This whole week has totally flown by I swear. I have been working all day and then going out with the girls at night. We have classes on Monday, which is totally boring, but then the rest of our nights are free. Thank god. This past week has been crazy because we have been trying to book our traveling plans all week! Such a hassle but I think we have a plan. Wanna hear? I know you do. Ok...Amsterdam this weekend. Yay! Italy (Venice, Florence, then Rome) in early July, Dublin in mid July, and then Paris at the end! Ahhhh...I cannot even wait! The traveling will be so much fun with everyone and I get to see Reba on our Italy trip too! I'm so sad that I can't go viist all my loves in Alicante and I will miss you guys terribly. I miss yall! Kevin is coming next weekend and I couldn't be more excited! I'm gonna show him the ropes for sure! It's going to be an amazing trip for you Kev!
Anyway...this week has been crazy at work and I've been getting to do alot of great stuff..totally prefecting my design skills. I love everyone I work with and couldn't feel more at home. They are amazing people...incredible sweet. I love London for yet another wonderful reason...there will be more to come.
Also..I know you were wondering: I am saying cheers much more often these days and it is only getting slightly less awkward. It never sounds as good when I say it...you know? Also, riding on the tube is my new favorite thing. Awkward stares. Interesting and weird people. Great outfits. I love it. That's all for now folks.
Monday 9 June 2008
HUGE
Huge Design is AMAZING. I love my job. The people are amazing, 4 guys, one girl, and they are all incredibly hilarious, laid-back, and british. I work in West Ealing, so basically I am going against all the traffic in the morning on the tube which is so womderful, and it's really nice to get to a suberb. It's definitely a different side of London that I never would have seen otherwise. I work in a pretty small office, because there are 2 guys that all have 3 different companies running out of the same building and they are fairly new so they are working up! It's an incredible place though, and they couldn't be more helpful. This summer, they said they would basically teach me how to be a freelance graphic designer. They are chill and relaxed. We all stop and talk every 20 minutes so it keeps things fun and entertaining for sure! My supervisor, Rebecca, is so cute! She bought me cookies for my first day! She knows me already..
This past weekend has been amazing also...we have had a blast everyday. First of all, the weather has been gorgeous here. It's been like 80-85 and sunny. Gorgeous. Friday, we all went out after work and went to this new pub in South Ken, called ArchAngel. Ryland said it was so fun, so we decided we would try it. Such a cute and relaxed place. We met some interesting characters at the bar though...some men my dad's age probably..one was incredibly drunk but was giving us advice about our future so that's a plus, and the other smelled according to Morgan who was sitting next to him the whole night. They decided they would sit with a table of five 20 year olds and bought all of us a bottle of wine..so it was a pretty fun time!
Saturday was the best...we went to Borough St. Market in SouthBank because Emily (at the wonderful Business Traveler Magazine) found out about this place and it was AMAZING! Better than Portebello Rd. I swear. Great food, wine, tasters everywhere, and chocolate EVERYWHERE. I was salivating the entire time. We hung out there for a couple hours and then explored SouthBank. We found Emily's Gabriel Wharf (this place she had been searching for all day)...its basically a shopping center and its super cute! Then we went by the Tate again and got to see my fav...Andy Warhol. I love him. I wish they had had more of his stuff though. Kinda disappointed but oh well! After that, we headed back, got ready, and went out for a grea night of dancing at this club in Picadilly! It was a blast! We danced all night, and although we met a lot of creepy individuals, we had fun with all the girls and two of kaylins friends that were in town (they protected us all night from the creepers). We are eternally in their debt.
Sunday was by far the most beautiful day here yet. Breezy, warm, and sunny. Perfect. We slept in from our late night out and then rolled out of bed for some lunch and laying out in Hyde Park. It was the first time I have acutally gotten any sun here...and guess what...I got burnt!! I know..so sad right. Oh well. It was worth it to fall asleep in one of the most beautiful parks in the world. It's so funny though to see people in the bathing suits in the park though and we totally so girls laying out with no tops on...a little weird I say when you have a couple of kids like 10 feet away. Strange but it's Europe. Maybe I'll have to break out the swim suit soon...you never know.
Anywho..the weekend was amazing and was for sure the best so far. More to come...I foresee playing pool with my coworkers and they even invited me over to play scrabble at their house. So fun! I'm going...keep you posted.
Oh..also. Said "cheers" for the first time today on the phone to someone at work. Got extremely excited about it and fully embarrased myself bragging about it at work. Awkward. Oh well. I loved it.
This past weekend has been amazing also...we have had a blast everyday. First of all, the weather has been gorgeous here. It's been like 80-85 and sunny. Gorgeous. Friday, we all went out after work and went to this new pub in South Ken, called ArchAngel. Ryland said it was so fun, so we decided we would try it. Such a cute and relaxed place. We met some interesting characters at the bar though...some men my dad's age probably..one was incredibly drunk but was giving us advice about our future so that's a plus, and the other smelled according to Morgan who was sitting next to him the whole night. They decided they would sit with a table of five 20 year olds and bought all of us a bottle of wine..so it was a pretty fun time!
Saturday was the best...we went to Borough St. Market in SouthBank because Emily (at the wonderful Business Traveler Magazine) found out about this place and it was AMAZING! Better than Portebello Rd. I swear. Great food, wine, tasters everywhere, and chocolate EVERYWHERE. I was salivating the entire time. We hung out there for a couple hours and then explored SouthBank. We found Emily's Gabriel Wharf (this place she had been searching for all day)...its basically a shopping center and its super cute! Then we went by the Tate again and got to see my fav...Andy Warhol. I love him. I wish they had had more of his stuff though. Kinda disappointed but oh well! After that, we headed back, got ready, and went out for a grea night of dancing at this club in Picadilly! It was a blast! We danced all night, and although we met a lot of creepy individuals, we had fun with all the girls and two of kaylins friends that were in town (they protected us all night from the creepers). We are eternally in their debt.
Sunday was by far the most beautiful day here yet. Breezy, warm, and sunny. Perfect. We slept in from our late night out and then rolled out of bed for some lunch and laying out in Hyde Park. It was the first time I have acutally gotten any sun here...and guess what...I got burnt!! I know..so sad right. Oh well. It was worth it to fall asleep in one of the most beautiful parks in the world. It's so funny though to see people in the bathing suits in the park though and we totally so girls laying out with no tops on...a little weird I say when you have a couple of kids like 10 feet away. Strange but it's Europe. Maybe I'll have to break out the swim suit soon...you never know.
Anywho..the weekend was amazing and was for sure the best so far. More to come...I foresee playing pool with my coworkers and they even invited me over to play scrabble at their house. So fun! I'm going...keep you posted.
Oh..also. Said "cheers" for the first time today on the phone to someone at work. Got extremely excited about it and fully embarrased myself bragging about it at work. Awkward. Oh well. I loved it.
Wednesday 4 June 2008
spice girls
Totally awesome...loved them. Still love them. My roommates and I are currently rocking out right to the super fivesome that took over my life when i was younger as we speak! I love my life...and I so don't want to start work tomorrow. But..bright side! I am super excited about getting started with the learning aspect of my life this summer! Designing should be great and oh yeah I had my interview and it went incredible!
I am working at Huge Design, and it is a small office of like 6 permanent people, and a couple of freelancers that come in every now and then. It sounds awesome! I can't wait to start. It is located in a small suburb rigth outside of central london in West Ealing. It's a cozy office, but it is acutally made up of three companies and it is almost like each person owns their own company, two graphic design firms and a printing company. They basically see the design process from beginning to end and get to do alot of work for sky tv and sky news. Should be exciting! They seem incredibly sweet, especially my supervisor, Rebecca. She is absolutely adorable. It is a small group of people, but I think I am going to learn a ton from them and get to do alot of work and experience. Also..bonus: they totally pay for my lunch everyday and sushi is right around the corner! Chi-Ching! Can't even wait!
I start tomorrow morning around 10 for the first day! I'm gonna try and wake up super early and run around hyde park We will see! Also, today was great by the way. We went to visit Parliment to see the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Pretty historical stuff and it was definitely cool to see, but the definite highlight of the day was our lovely tour of the BBC! It was awesome..such a cool studio and we got to hear some celeb gossip..the best kind. We know what some super demanding celebs have requested for thehir dressing rooms before doing a show at the BBC. Mariah Carey-room of puppies to play with (weird, but i seriously think i would do that if i could..honestly they are too cute). Also (sad for our country really) the only two people who have ever been driven to their dressing rooms are....queen elizabeth anddd...take a guess. Someone from America? An actress from America who is super demanding and a diva? Yup..JLO. So sad for us really. It was a little embarrassing for the tour guide to tell us that. Awkward. What a diva? Just glad she didn't stya with Ben Affleck. He is so much cuter with Jen Garner. Cheers!
I am working at Huge Design, and it is a small office of like 6 permanent people, and a couple of freelancers that come in every now and then. It sounds awesome! I can't wait to start. It is located in a small suburb rigth outside of central london in West Ealing. It's a cozy office, but it is acutally made up of three companies and it is almost like each person owns their own company, two graphic design firms and a printing company. They basically see the design process from beginning to end and get to do alot of work for sky tv and sky news. Should be exciting! They seem incredibly sweet, especially my supervisor, Rebecca. She is absolutely adorable. It is a small group of people, but I think I am going to learn a ton from them and get to do alot of work and experience. Also..bonus: they totally pay for my lunch everyday and sushi is right around the corner! Chi-Ching! Can't even wait!
I start tomorrow morning around 10 for the first day! I'm gonna try and wake up super early and run around hyde park We will see! Also, today was great by the way. We went to visit Parliment to see the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Pretty historical stuff and it was definitely cool to see, but the definite highlight of the day was our lovely tour of the BBC! It was awesome..such a cool studio and we got to hear some celeb gossip..the best kind. We know what some super demanding celebs have requested for thehir dressing rooms before doing a show at the BBC. Mariah Carey-room of puppies to play with (weird, but i seriously think i would do that if i could..honestly they are too cute). Also (sad for our country really) the only two people who have ever been driven to their dressing rooms are....queen elizabeth anddd...take a guess. Someone from America? An actress from America who is super demanding and a diva? Yup..JLO. So sad for us really. It was a little embarrassing for the tour guide to tell us that. Awkward. What a diva? Just glad she didn't stya with Ben Affleck. He is so much cuter with Jen Garner. Cheers!
Sunday 1 June 2008
It was going to happen eventually...
We got lost. We got really really lost at 3 am in London last night. The buses are the most confusing thing ever invented and I hate them. Hate them. So here is the short version...We went to meet up with our friend from school last night in Tottenham Court and went to a club. We paid way to mush to get in the club, but we ended up having a great time dancing all night! Around 2 am, when we decided to go home, the night took a turn for the worse! We figured we needed to figure this night bus situation out eventually since the tubes shut down at midnight and we want to stay out later soo...we tried. We failed miserably. Took a bus way far north in a not so good part of town, got a very heated argument with a not so nice man while waiting for a bus back the other direction to where we started. He said some very inappropriate things..that I will not repeat! Then we finally got back where we started, took a random bus we weren't very sure about and it took us about 2 miles away from our flat. Then we started walking in the wrong direction before giving up and taking a cab home! At almost 4:30 am. It took us 2 and 1/2 hours to get home via bus system. The sun was coming up when we finally went to bed...so sad.
Recap: Tube system=good; Bus system=bad bad bad
Needless to say, I will be studying that map the next time I decide to stay out..stupid buses. But anyway, Yesterday during the day was awesome! Me and all the roomies + danna went to Portabello Rd (second time for me and just as fantastic!). Acutally, my two roomies, Jen and Kaylin saw Chris Rock there walking around. So fun, wish I'd seen him too. Anyway..it was a great morning full of amazing food and successul shopping. Best kind of day minus the buses situation! ;)
Anyway, the week has been great otherwise...and today I got to hang out with my friend Ben who works in Cambridge here as a lawyer! He brought his friend out to lunch with us and we went to a couple pubs and he helped me track down where I will be working in Ealing! Such a cute little town, adorabel little buildings, and great pubs and shops. I've got my interview tomorrow at 11 with Huge Design and I'm definitely a little nervous but I think I'll be ok! Miss yall!
Recap: Tube system=good; Bus system=bad bad bad
Needless to say, I will be studying that map the next time I decide to stay out..stupid buses. But anyway, Yesterday during the day was awesome! Me and all the roomies + danna went to Portabello Rd (second time for me and just as fantastic!). Acutally, my two roomies, Jen and Kaylin saw Chris Rock there walking around. So fun, wish I'd seen him too. Anyway..it was a great morning full of amazing food and successul shopping. Best kind of day minus the buses situation! ;)
Anyway, the week has been great otherwise...and today I got to hang out with my friend Ben who works in Cambridge here as a lawyer! He brought his friend out to lunch with us and we went to a couple pubs and he helped me track down where I will be working in Ealing! Such a cute little town, adorabel little buildings, and great pubs and shops. I've got my interview tomorrow at 11 with Huge Design and I'm definitely a little nervous but I think I'll be ok! Miss yall!
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