Boat Race

The annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race (rowing) took place on Saturday. In typical fashion, the weather was miserable to say the least. high winds, heavy rain, and grey skies all day long. This, however, did not dampen the spirits of the revelers who came to the river banks to watch the race by hammersmith. I got home late from the football game and between showering, changing and going 2o mins north of town, I almost missed the race. as a matter of fact, I arrived just as the bell was rung to indicate that the rowers were about to pass where we were camped out. Overall, I thought the whole thing was a bit of a letdown (the weather contributing significantly to this assessment) but I did enjoy the tea and biscuits we had after the race at a local pub!

one of the other things I have enjoyed while been here is getting introduced to new music. I had the privilege of seeing Eric Appaoulay play last night at the halo lounge in battersea. 2 weeks earlier, I had gone with some folks to see a friend of a friend, Iona Mclean (fantastic voice), and she had Eric Appapoulay on guitar while she was on vocals. I remembered walking away and thinking how awesome it was to have a human being make a guitar talk and that I had to see his next show, hence Saturday night at the halo lounge. I highly recommend this fantastic musician if anyone comes through London.

I forgot to explain why I don't tell people I live in Chelsea anymore. Well, basically, I get 2 sort of reactions from people I tell. My friends here and coworkers always say "oh, that's very posh" to which I just kind of smile and nod stupidly or strangers look at me and think I am actually in finance or a celebrity. ok, maybe not always but often. When I got assigned to Chelsea by my work, I didn't realize it was like the Greenwich village of Manhattan but hey, I am not complaining. I just keep my mouth shut.

Today was excellent weather. blues skies, warm dry winds, a laziness in the drift of the clouds. My plan was to catch up the national geographic photo exhibit at the natural history museum but I ended up reading the Sunday papers in the park and that was so worth it! I cant wait for the weather to change. Granted, I have always been a four season's person but I don't think I have looked forward to spring this much in a long time. I am especially reminded about this when I wake up to birds chirping outside my window every morning.

Exciting!