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Sweet dreams are made of these

July 14, 2014

MONDAY:

I had classes all day at the Institute and afterward met up for dinner with a friend at a restaurant on King’s Road in Chelsea. We’d seen that My Old Dutch Pancake House had a £5 special on Mondays and had been meaning to go forever but hadn’t gotten around to it until that night. I ordered the Apple & Cinnamon Pancake with ice cream and my friend ordered the Compote of Berries Pancake with cream. The pancakes ended up being very similar to crepes and they were absolutely gigantic; we laughed at the thought that we would be able to finish everything until it became obvious that they were too good to allow to go to waste.

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Tennis, Food & Art

June 30, 2014

On Friday, I had classes per usual throughout the morning and into the early afternoon. My first stop after being let out was Masterpiece London, which is an art fair that’s being held in the Chelsea area for the next week that Sotheby’s got tickets to for us. The entrance was pretty neat—I felt like a celebrity walking down the red carpet—but overall I wasn’t very impressed by what the fair had to offer. It almost felt cheap, almost like they sold out compared to other art fairs I’ve attended like Art Basel Miami. There seemed to be more of an emphasis on luxury goods, such as expensive cars and yachts, rather than on the actual art objects and I got the impression that people attended Masterpiece London to show off how wealthy they are rather than to appreciate an artist’s handiwork.

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I died and went to burger heaven this weekend

June 5, 2014

After my night in on Friday, I was ready to head out on Saturday morning bright and early. I knew I wanted to visit a museum and at the last minute I decided that the National Gallery would be a wonderful place to spend the next few hours. While it was cloudy when I left Earl’s Court, it ended up being beautiful when I stepped out of the Piccadilly Circus station. I admit that I got a little lost trying to find the museum but I did somehow manage to find my way.

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