Category Archives: ENGLAND

London: A Dickensian Day with Pubs Aplenty

Posted on March 11, 2017 by cara

IT WAS MORE THE HOUSE — a late Regency row house in Holborn that I knew would have similarities with the two mid-19th c. houses I own in Brooklyn — than any particular connection with Charles Dickens that brought me … Continue reading →

Posted in LONDON, TRAVEL | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

A Sunny, Art-full Day in London Town

Posted on March 10, 2017 by cara

SUNNY AND IN THE 60s…I can’t complain about yesterday’s weather in London. And there’s something about the sky. When it’s not gray (as it so often is, and is again today, Friday), it’s particularly, poignantly beautiful. I visited two of … Continue reading →

Posted in LONDON | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

London: St. Paul’s to Fleet Street to Waterloo Sunset

Posted on March 9, 2017 by cara

YESTERDAY I LET MYSELF BE LED THROUGH the multifarious heart of London by two lifelong Londoners. First by bus, where I appreciated the classic proportions of St. Paul’s Cathedral, above, from the top deck of the swaying red leviathan on … Continue reading →

Posted in LONDON | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Around London in 22,000 Steps

Posted on March 7, 2017 by cara

I SET OFF EARLY YESTERDAY from my friend’s house in N.1 with a rough list of goals and my most comfortable shoes. I wound up wandering longer and farther than intended, into areas I’d never been and was curious about. … Continue reading →

Posted in LONDON, TRAVEL | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

London: Slinging Thru Islington

Posted on March 5, 2017 by cara

ARRIVING IN LONDON YESTERDAY MORNING for a late winter sojourn, I had none of the sense of disorientation and dislocation I normally do when landing in a foreign country after a semi-sleepless night on a plane. No, I just got … Continue reading →

Posted in LONDON, TRAVEL | Tagged , | 15 Comments