London Arrival!

So I have landed safe and sound in London and had a pretty good flight. Somehow, I managed to sleep most of it but still woke up groggy. My flat is good, not as charming as the one I had last year but it’s in Marylebone and a few steps away from a tube stop, has a gym in the building and plenty of space. The only downside is that it is a little quiet around here. I didn’t have any hot water and the bedsheets were horrendous but that’s all been taken care of.

My first course of action for the day was to get my place stocked with the necessities such as soap, food, wine, etc., so I headed out to take care of everything. I just love the Whole Foods here, if I was interested in actually cooking meals from scratch the various ethnic ingredients they carry here are amazing. I ended up running into someone I knew believe it or not so that was nice.

My day would not have been complete without a visit to my favorite place – La Fromagerie. The thing I love about it is that it’s all locals – perhaps a smattering of visiting Europeans but it is way off the the tourist radar. So imagine my surprise when I was seated next to two American woman who looked straight out of Walmart in Nebraska. Since it’s communal seating, I couldn’t help but overhear their conversation – the cadence of their voices and the things they talked about reminded me of something – and then it hit me, they sounded JUST like Anna Gaysteyer and Molly Shannon’s skit with Alec Baldwin “Schwetty Balls”. If you haven’t seen it before, you definitely should watch it because it is hilarious.