London III

My dogsitting stint has begun. I have figured out how to upload photos and will do so either today or tomorrow; I'll include here a picture of Princess Basket. She is almost unbearably adorable. And for the first time, I'm sharing my bed with a dog. Usually they want nothing to do with me.

I'm adopting a new pace with the dogsitting, minding the gorgeous home where I'd been staying in London, going on walks several times a day with the pup, playing with and gathering up noisy dog toys, doing some cooking, even watching a bit of TV. This has been fun.

I returned to London on Friday night. Dilys and Tass took me for dinner to a nearby gastropub--I think it qualifies as a gastropub--and we had a really good meal. Then they took off the next morning. Among the exciting things I did: laundry, made soup, walked Basket, bought two books, and watched Will & Grace. Sunday I did some writing--I've resolved to do at least an hour each day that I'm here--and more cooking (I'm becoming slightly obsessed with Nigel Slater), and I also saw Babel. I'd love to talk to someone about the movie. I'm not sure how I feel, but I don't think I was too impressed.

Yesterday I did some of the same, and in the afternoon ventured out to Kensington. It's a very affluent neighborhood, obviously. I popped in Regent's Park, walked around, went through Harrod's, and then stopped at a cafe to do some reading. Last night I met up with my friend Erin's boyfriend's friends Markland and Ed. Markland has a band named Sleeping States (here's the band's website), which had a show at a pub in Shoreditcth. I managed to walk there from the house and really enjoyed myself. Markland is very taleted. You should check out the band. We might all meet up again next week.

Today I'm going to try to see another play, Amy's View, I think, and maybe make it back over to the Tate Modern.