London Highlights

I'd love to write all about my visit in London, but as I am on the computer only an hour or so a day, I must economize on my words.

I am happily playing with my creative travel tools and filling my illustrated book. I am wandering the streets, riding the double-decker buses and meeting new friends.

Here are the top ten highlights of my week in London:

1. Visit to the Tate Modern, where I had an explosive and delightful insight about my work in the bookstore.
2. Meeting new and old friends: Jenny, Antony, Jacqui and her creative tribe, Catherine, and Chris.
3. Fish and Chips at The Fryer's Delight. (You gotta do it at least once!)
4. Riding the city from East to West on the ~#23 bus, seeing all the sights from the top front window.
5. Filling my accordion notebook with color and drawings. Wish I could include a picture!
6. Sunday (Up) Market on Brick Lane. Loved the creativity of the vendors and the delights of world cuisine.
7. Walking Southbank for hours, gazing upon the Gherkin, the Tower Bridge and the panorama of London.
8. Drinking cider in pubs. Yum!
9. Finding Cass Art, a discount art supply store. Yes, I know, how many art supplies does a creative nomad need? Well, my Muse is very demanding and wants all the colors and notebooks. I must indulge her.
10. Taking hot baths in my house in Bloomsbury to fend off travel ache.

I could write a low-lights list, which would include the near-fight I had with a London thug, but I'll save my time for more positive pursuits.

I'm having fun, looking forward to the Design Your Creative Life conference this weekend (still room open!). After that I have a whole other week in London where I will be planning my sketch crawl and making more art and meeting more friends and enjoying life as much as possible without a computer!

Comments

[Alyce Barry]

I haven't been to London since 1980, more's the pity. My favorite memories are of low-cost tickets to see high-quality theatre. At the time my job in the States was for a stage theatre, and I wanted to pack in as many shows as possible. I also remember walking along the Strand feeling safe even late at night, and a sidewalk art sale somewhere near the Green Park, I think. Wished I'd made it to more museums.