This is why I love the Britons: Dozens hurt in cheese roll race.

EJ (eddiejensen)

New favorite Classical piece: Lv Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Major, op.61. Why? (1) It's cool and (2) First exposed tympani solo in an orchestral work. Woo-hoo! And the opening tempo indication is cool: Allegro ma non troppo. Translated from Italian: Allegro but not too allegro-y. My recording is from London--'tis one of the three CDs I ( Read more... )

Here is the long-anticipated A Photographic Recap: London Edition. To save on space for your friends' page, it is organised into several LJ cuts.

This is a different entry than the first A Photographic Recap: London Edition. Unfortunately, all of your comments were deleted. If you did comment, please accept my humble apologies for erasing your ( Read more... )

24 hours after I left the London Marriott Hotel at Marble Arch, I have arrived back to Phoenix/Glendale. The trip was rather uneventful, and there will be a comprehensive A Photographic Recap for the entire trip shortly.

I do apologise for the lack of A Photographic Recaps during this week. When I said that I would post A Photographic Recap for ( Read more... )

As promised, I'm gone. The SuperShuttle arrives in three hours' time, and British Airways flight #288 bound for London Heathrow (terminal 4) leaves in just over six hours' time. And if everything goes as planned, I'll be in the London Marriott Marble Arch in under 20 hours' time ( Read more... )

Good morning to all those waking up ( Read more... )

I had originally intended this entry to be posted tomorrow, but tomorrow is going to be too busy to post anything. So if you're going anywhere, have fun wherever, and have safe travels. If I don't see you before the school year begins, enjoy the remainder of your summer. And if our paths cross in London, then that's just odd ( Read more... )