What a Week

The Beer for Douchebags

Well, we learned a few things this week.

Eating is Cheating: Dave and I planned to meet up after work at a pub for dinner last week. He was a little late so I made friends with some lovely Brits. Well, Dave arrived and one pint turned into several with these dudes. I was starving but WTF, why is no one eating in the pubs. I had noticed this strange phenomenon earlier in the week. Not wanting to look like a total tourist in my new town, I asked our new friends why food is advertised on the menu but no one eats. They point blank told us "eating is cheating". Meaning just what you think it does, if you eat - you don't get appropriately drunk...... Good lord, at about 10:00 I was about to die of hunger when we all jumped into a cab and made our way to "Brick Lane", where Jack the Ripper killed his victims *and* there is lots of Indian food. They insisted on buying us dinner there. It was such a cool experience, and totally worth the mild beer/Indian food hangover.

Borough Market Rocks: Saturday we went with CNL, and JL (who were visiting from the US) to the Borough Market, and it was quite possibly the coolest thing ever. I'm sorry, but it beats the crap out of any U.S. farmers market I have been to (yes, even in the haven of homegrown and local - San Francisco). This is probably because of the USDA and our lameass corporate-controlled food system (really, do NOT get me started on that).

The market has any meat, cheese, yogurt, wine, pastured eggs, baked goods, seafood, prepared meals - whatever you can imagine, it was there. After wandering around, we had a traditional fish and chips lunch, complete with mushy peas. Then on to some more shopping around, wine tasting, and a final stop in a pub for the above mentioned Deuchars beer.

CNL and JL also Rock: We had a great time with this weekend with CNL and JL and their friends. We'll post some pics when we get them. Thanks for sharing the last two days of your vacation with us and introducing a few new spots, like the bar at the top of the Hilton next to Hyde Park - super swanky and what a view of London.We miss you guys, come back soon!

JS - this closing photo is for you!