Wimbledon Videos

The first video is from court 11 and the second video is from Centre Court.  Enjoy!

The Queue

On Thursday we decided to tackle ‘The Queue‘ at Wimbledon.  The Queue is for non-ticket holders who want to experience Wimbledon.  You aren’t guaranteed entry but the chances of you getting in are pretty high.  We got to the queue around 10:00am and were in by 12:30pm. Tips for the queue: -Bring a book, magazine, newspaper [...]

American?

What makes this American Ginger Ale and not Ginger Ale?

Stunning

One word to describe Kate Middleton this morning: STUNNING (Source) What do you think?

Climbing The Rock

You can read about our first day in Gibraltar here. The best way to see all of the Rock of Gibraltar is to take the cable car up to the top and then explore it on foot.  At the base of the rock there are a ton of “tour guides/taxi drivers” trying to persuade you to take [...]

A Weekend In Gibraltar

I gave a hint to where we spent our weekend here and if you guessed Gibraltar then you were right! We wanted to get away for the weekend and go to a plane neither of us have been to so we decided on Gibraltar.  Our hotel was in La Linea, Spain but it was a 10 [...]

Starbucks For Free

Did anyone else in the UK take advantage of the free coffee offer from Starbucks? I did!  I used my giftcard (which works in the US and UK) to purchase a tall iced coffee and received a full sized bag of coffee for FREE.  I was expecting a little sample size but nope….full size. =)   Speaking [...]

Yelp! Event: AvoHotel

Sara was invited to a Yelp! event on Monday and asked me to join her so we headed to Dalston to check out a new boutique hotel. Avo Hotel is located on a main street but seemed to be in a residential area. It is family run and was actually the family’s house before they turned it [...]

Exploring London

Wendy is a fellow expat living in Notting Hill and when I first moved here I emailed her about 53892058920352 questions and she was so helpful with every single one.  She really knew London and I trusted her recommendations. It’s quite fitting that she has just started her own company called……. London In A Day [...]

Museum of London

I saw this ad in various tube stations and wanted to check out the exhibit. Sorry for the blurriness, it’s a blackberry photo. Jon and I headed to the Museum of London Sunday afternoon for our first visit to this museum. I didn’t even check out the other exhibits on the website because I knew [...]