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Week 4 | Recap

· Hackney Wick, Kensington + Greenwich ·

I was on top of my game for the first three weeks.  And then.  I fell off the wagon.  It nagged at me, knowing my faithful followers [hello mom + dad] would be devastated by the lack of updates. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well. – Mark Twain Wring your […]

Week 3 | Recap

· London opens its door ·

I’m laying on the bed looking at a wall of books.  Hundreds of books. The personal stash of the Imperial College librarian’s flat we’re staying at this week.  Art and music, philosophy and novels, history and travel.  At home this was my nirvana.  I could be still,  escape for hours, wandering through the pages of the […]

Week 1 | Recap

· First impressions ·

The first full week is in the books.  Somewhere in the neighborhood of 47 more to go. Some observations. ⇒ There is no half and half in London.  Not even at Starbucks.  Should you desire milk, you must ask for your coffee white.  I invite you to imagine the horror when the Jojo requests a “large white American” […]