a cure

Well I did it.

I found a cure for the hiccups.

Forget teaspoons of sugar & drinking water upside-down, 

this is the real deal: 

1st - Get yourself a fiance and a diamond ring.

2nd - He needs to be the one whose has the hiccups.

3rd - Put your ring in your pocket and tell him his 5-year-old niece took it and you're not sure where it is...

I promise his hiccups will go away,

right after he has a heart attack.

a good weekend

reason #1:

David and I got to drive down to California

with lots of cheek-kissing/ 90's pop songs to make sure we were awake and fabulous desert sunsets

reason #2:

We got to hang out with my family and booked a (tentative) venue for the reception

 which feels awesome

and reason #3:

Both David and I interviewed for internships this summer and...

we both got the job!!

you can imagine our excitement.

my summer will be spent planning gorgeous weddings (including my own) in San Diego with these fabulous folks,

and his will be spent doing debits & credits in LA with these guys.

life is pretty grand right now my friends, pretty grand indeed.

hope your weekend was just as fabulous!

oh dear...

really?  am i so hair brained here that i didn't blog about st. pauls or les miserables? i'm a little embaressed.

ok here are my 5 best things about st. pauls:

#1 - it's HUGE, and had they let me take pictures inside i would have snapped a shot of the inside of the dome for you, it makes you feel like an ant.

#2 - you won't have to exercise the day you visit the cathedral because, no joke, it is a whopping 1060 steps to get to the top, i promise you'll get some cardio.

 this your progress halfway to top

see those black specks?

those are people

#3 - you don't have to do your hair the day you visit st. pauls either because once you get to the top no one will be able to tell if you did or not anyway.

#4 - the VIEW from the top is absolutely fantastic, highly recommended and definitely worth the ridiculous amounts of stairs

and #5 - if you feel so inclined you can definitely pull a Mary Poppins and feed the birds on the steps of st. pauls, this is not only appropriate, but encouraged

and 5 tips for the best london les miserables experience :

1. get there an hour early and buy fabulous student seats for under 30 pounds

2. wonder about the theatre district and perhaps accidentally come across china town

3. sit next to the most darling elderly Australian couple that asks you after every act, 'now isn't this just fabulous?'

4. have the most amazing actor play jean valjean and hang on his every word


and 5. come out after the play to buckets of rain, but don't care because you're in london and you just saw les mis and your still stupidly happy about it

a midspring play production

{disclaimer for all posts made while i am abroad}
blogging is done in between classes, before bed and whenever other times i can find to squeeze in a post or two, so i apologize upfront for posts of events and goings on being out of chronological order

with that said...

we went to Shakespeare's Globe a bit ago (two weeks ago) and saw A Midsummer Night's Dream and it was fabulous, highly recommended, and if you get groundling tickets get there early and please, for goodness sake, wear good shoes

portobello rd.

good rule of thumb: if you're trying to be anything close to frugal while in london avoid portobello road at all costs, it may just be best to skirt temptation all together

on the other hand: if you want to see the hugest, most fun, darling collection of shops, antiques and what-have-yous this is your market
with everything from high end to second hand portobello market is definitely the bee's knees, but getting there early is also definitely recommended as the crowds set in pretty quick and very thick after about oh, 9:00 AM

favorite stands = the vintage cameras and old school telephones

oh and the glasses, less vintage, but after haggling them down to 4 pounds i don't feel too bad about that purchase

 also good rule of thumb #2: when in london never go anywhere without your {umbrella} - you never know when you might happen upon such a cute wall to take a picture in front of...or, you know, when it might rain or something

 great success.

tips:

while accidentally driving on the wrong side of the road may sound exhilarating, it is not recommended for those with a low tolerance for ear splitting screams coming from the back seat.