And now, for something completely different...

I went out to dinner at Mai Lee last night with a friend of mine from college, who moved to St. Louis in the spring. There are pictures, b...

When I was at school in London six years ago (whoa! Six years!), I read The Secret Battle . I was going to read it again while we were the...

I finished Inkspell on the plane on the way home from London, and, just like Inkheart , I loved it! It does seem rather unfinished, but it ...

Ahh, London. Lovely to be back. If only the getting there had been a little easier. J and I left St. Louis on Monday morning, 8/10. We dr...

Lots of pictures! Our second day took us all over the city, which was impressive, because we slept the first half of it away! We had a lunc...

This day didn't work out quite how we planned, but it ended up being fun anyway. We (once again) didn't get as early of a start as w...

Saturday took us first to Westminster Abbey (picture 1). We didn't take the tour (long lines, expensive tickets, and we'd both alre...

We started out Sunday at Speaker's Corner, and some of the same speakers from years ago were still there! I guess it's a regular Su...

Our last day was the only day we got outside the city, and we sure did a lot of walking. Last time I was in London, my uncle alerted me to t...

After 10 hours and 15 minutes in the car, J and I returned home this afternoon. So far, things have been less than fantastic: the place whe...