A few other random things:
- London went smoke-free on July 1. No more smoking in pubs, bars, restaurants, offices (I guess they used to smoke in the workplace here), etc. Anyway, a fair amount of backlash/complaining here. A lot of pubs had smoke parties on June 30. We went out with Tiffany's U.S. boss' sister - Heather who is moving back to Seattle after a dozen years in Europe. She introduced us to a great place in Chelsea called Sophie's Steak House. We now have a Sophie's ashtray because they were giving them away. We actually had really good wait service here. Of course, the waiter was from the U.S. - Pasadena. On the way to the restaurant I saw a guy coming out of a flat with his wife and baby. Instantly recognized him. Turns out he went to GU with me - Rick Che - we actually went on a recruiting trip to Charlotte for NationsBank. He took the offer and ended up staying for a whopping 7 months down South. Did I mention he's Asian?
- I really wanted to go to Wimbledon this week. Someone told us that you can go around 5-5:30pm and people who have been there all day turn their tickets back in and you can get them for 15-20 pounds. Unfortunately, the weather has been pretty bad, especially in the afternoons. One of Nadal's matches took 5 days to complete due to rain delays. So, I've been watching on TV.
- Speaking of the weather...we had a big storm blow through this week. It started hailing and raining. It only lasted 10 minutes or so, but it was enough to cause the roof on Tiff's office building to collapse/leak. So, she spent the next day cleaning out wet cardboard from the office. Sounds like fun eh? This whole episode will likely cause our apartment refurb to be delayed because the SBUX office manager now has other priorities, but we've gotta get out of this corporate apartment.
- The Tour de France starts in London this year. I'm gonna drag Tiff to go watch. I'll see if I can get some good photos.
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