Still catchup

Not this weekend, but the weekend before:
Firstly, I lost my cell phone in unfortunate circumstances. By ‘lost’ I mean ‘left behind’. Felt like a complete moron, and I’ve lost all of my saved contacts, but there is some silver lining: I haven’t lost my cell number because I still have my US sim card, and we are re-subscribing for cell-plans in Sept, which gets one a discount on cell phones.

Otherwise, spent time with Juliet, visiting Baker st. and Regeant's Park, primrose hill overlooking London, and then we had dinner at a small, nice Russian restaurant. Spent the evening out at Camden bars (Barfly). Unfortunately no bands, just DJ, but it was good nonetheless. Took forever to get back because although we caught the last tube it died at Pimloco, forcing us to continue our voyage by bus.

Sunday morning we explored more of London, including a visit to speaker’s corner, where a whirlwind of crazies (fundamentalists, anti-Semitic nuts, god-saves-preachers) give sermons, attacking a mixed crowd of curious, hecklers, and devotees. It’s a rambunctious living marketplace of ideas (albeit screwy ones). Lunch was our usual favourite, food at Marks and Spencer. Evening we spent exploring a hip Indian-Asian area of East London (Bricklane and Spittalfield's market). Then we cooked some risotto for dinner, throwing in a few interesting herbs for fun.