One thing Japan needs: free newspapers. Those of you that have lived in New York will know all about this, but in London there are at least three free daily newspapers that I’ve seen. It seems there are two guys outside every station passing them out in the morning and in the afternoon. These are [...]
Monthly Archive for March, 2009
Hamsters
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 24th, 2009
Props to MBH for spotting this while on the bus and having the presence of mind to snap off a picture from her iPhone At first glance, it just looks like a bunch of tubing. Until you notice the writing on the middle rung:
Anyone who’s spent anytime in Japan has heard of engrish.com. You know, the site were people upload pictures of the weird English sayings that you see on t-shirts, cups, billboards and menus all over Japan? Well, it turns out the Japanese can get their revenge. The MBH found this crazy clothing store in Covent Garden, run by some [...]
By football, I of course mean ‘soccer’. Having moved to London, the better half and I figured we owed it to ourselves to learn a bit more about the national pastime in Ol’ Blighty. Actually, to say football is popular in London is a bit like saying college football is popular in the southern part [...]
Housing update
Posted in Life on Mar 18th, 2009
After about a month or so, we have finally decided on a place to live. We’ll be living here: The nearest Tube station is Woodside Park, about a 7-minute walk away. Woodside Park is about 30min from Moorgate, where my office is. The building itself is about 80-years old, but the inside has been completely [...]
I just thought ‘tally ho!’ was the cry of a foxhunter in ol’ blighty. Nope, turns out it is a bus stop: …and also a pub: