top of page
Search
Very short rotation of Christmas songs…
Okay, we are listening to VH1 or MTV and I can’t handle the very short rotation of songs here in the UK. How much Wham can one woman take?...

Leah Jones
Dec 24, 20032 min read
Two days, two great restaurants.
Last night was the end of year faculty and staff party for the London Center. I wound up at the kid’s table, but it was a lot of fun. The...

Leah Jones
Dec 23, 20031 min read
A personal victory.
I know that I have been sort-of quiet about doing Weight Watchers over the last three months, but today I would like to annouce that I...

Leah Jones
Dec 22, 20031 min read
Reposting–Double Decker Buses
Below is an email I sent when I first arrived, but it was never posted on the blog. Since some people weren’t on the original email list,...

Leah Jones
Dec 22, 20032 min read
The Marble Arch
A woman walks under the marble arch and there is almost a rumble as the pigeons fly towards her. She is nearly doubled over, her back is...

Leah Jones
Dec 1, 20031 min read
Victoria and Albert Museum
Wow. Wow. This was one of Avery’s recommendations, a must see in London, and I have to say that it is indeed. The V&A contains clothes,...

Leah Jones
Nov 30, 20031 min read
oops, what does that red light mean?
Today I walked and walked and walked and walked all over Picadilly Circus, Hyde Park, and apparently the Red Light District of London. I...

Leah Jones
Nov 29, 20031 min read
Things I think make the internet worthwhile.
I sit glued to a computer minimum 5 days a week, but toss in a sprinkle of email and surfing on the weekends and it is rare to find one...

Leah Jones
Nov 28, 20032 min read
“Top 46 signs you are a Londoner” or “Leahs Goals”
1. You say “the city” and expect everyone to know which one. 2. You secretly envy cabbies for their driving skill, till you go to Tokyo....

Leah Jones
Nov 28, 20031 min read
Horses, horses, horses…
Sometimes at night, I hear a horse going down King’s Rd. Somehow, it didn’t bother me in the slightest to hear a horse passing by my...

Leah Jones
Nov 27, 20031 min read
Its a small world… or a big family!
Today I hear from Mom that my cousin Anna stayed here a couple weeks ago. She saw me floating around the building or at the front desk...

Leah Jones
Nov 27, 20031 min read
After 8 or 9 years…
My Spanish professor at Millikin gave me the address of a student studying english in Spain. Susana and I became pen pals and were the...

Leah Jones
Nov 27, 20031 min read
The Shipping News
There is a clock radio in my bedroom, tuned to BBC4 radio, tuned by the man who lived in the apartment before me. At 1:00 AM, just before...

Leah Jones
Nov 26, 20031 min read
Getting Ready for Thanksgiving
Two more days until Thanksgiving, which is (shockingly) not celebrated here. I mean, it is just the celebration of surviving the first...

Leah Jones
Nov 26, 20034 min read
teeny tiny things
i just wrote a fantastic list of things in london, which were summarily eaten my our server dragon. the highlights. $200 fine for making...

Leah Jones
Nov 25, 20031 min read
World Cup of Rugby–England Wins!
Okay, I overslept and didn’t make it out on Saturday morning to watch the face off between Australia and England’s national teams. Too...

Leah Jones
Nov 24, 20032 min read
Make do or Mend
“Make do or mend.” That is a British axiom. (Only if I properly used the word axiom, if not, consider it a saying.) One that got them...

Leah Jones
Nov 24, 20032 min read
The Diner Search–part one of ???
Face it Leah, the Durango Diner is in Durango, Colorado. It’s not in Chicago and it is certainly not in London. There is no green chile,...

Leah Jones
Nov 24, 20031 min read
Once upon a time, okay, last month.
I clearly remember a time, a little under a month ago, when I knew how to do simple household chores… Like laundry and dishes and...

Leah Jones
Nov 24, 20031 min read
Anti-american Assault at Oxo Tower
And to top it all off, I was punched in the face at Oxo Tower by some British guy. Who then immediately apologized and was even more...

Leah Jones
Nov 24, 20031 min read
bottom of page