The Adventures of Sarah and Paul
Dec 9th 2007sarahBritain & Bromley & Life
Out of the UK for three weeks, I’m back now and have already experienced 3 distinctively British things in the last hour.
1. The woman at my corner shop called me “love”
2. I had a nice cup of tea for the first time in three weeks
3. And the weather. Rainy and cold and typically London.
I do have to say it’s good to be back in my own flat – no matter how much I miss the States.
Oct 25th 2007sarahLife & London & Photos
I used to see Big Ben every day on the train into London. It’s just a link. Very disappointing, I’m sure. For some INSANE reason, I don’t seem to have a decent picture in my gallery. You would think after almost five years I would have a solid collection of digital images of one of the most popular structures in London. But I don’t. I’m off this weekend to take some. With my new camera. At least, that’s the plan.
Anyway, enough about that.
Now, I see this:
Kinda gray at the moment, but it’s not a bad change, really.
Oct 14th 2007sarahMusic & Scotland
So, at the weekend Paul and I went to see the The Proclaimers. I can’t even BEGIN tell you how much that rocked.
We saw them at the Hammersmith Apollo. Not a bad venue, really – a good size. I’m not sure what I expected, I guess. It’s an old fashioned type theater, with a ground floor and balcony seating. The ground floor was all standing – Paul and I were upstairs in the balcony. We actually had seats! Craziness, at a concert.
Seeing The Proclaimers live was pretty awesome. For as big a venue as it was, it was a surprisingly intimate show. It was very much like it was a small gig, and their performance was great. It was a good crowd too – a different type of crowd from that which was at the Franz Ferdinand concert we went to what seems like ages ago now. First of all, there was no pushing and hassle from the crowd, but I guess overall it was a much older crowd. Fair enough, I suppose. We heard all the favorites, from I’m On My Way, to Letter from America, right down to I’m Gonna Be.We even got to hear Sunshine on Leith! What more could you ask for?
Even with that extensive playlist, the night seemed really short. We could have done with them playing a bit longer, but I guess if we didn’t want to turn into pumpkins, then the timing was quite right.
Great concert, really. And I don’t think Paul was too embarrassed. I mean, he did get up and dance and sing. And he wouldn’t have done that if he was dying of embarrassment.
I told you they were his favorites! We’ll have to see if we can get tickets to another Proclaimers gig. I think he’d really like that!
Oct 11th 2007sarahMusic & Scotland
Today is almost over, and I can’t help but think of the coming weekend. Guess what we’re doing? Anything? Anything? Nah, I didn’t think you could guess.
We’re headed out on Saturday to see The Proclaimers. They are Paul’s number 1 favorite band, you know, being Scottish and all. 😀 It is going to be excellent.
Well, all’s right in the world in the Rudders household. Scotland has triumphed over France tonight in the soccer (football?? nah, don’t really want to get into that right now).
Clearly this isn’t a common occurrence. Ok, not too common an occurrence. It does happen every now and then, as tonight proves. Needless to say though, the Scot in this household is quite pleased with the performance of his national football (soccer?) team.
Here’s the match report for those who are interested.
