WICKED good time ;)

yesterday (Friday) i went to London (where i havent visited in quite some time..) with my friend Alexandra. We left in the morning and spent the afternoon touring the London Tower, which was pretty cool, but not as interesting as i thought it would have been....but still ok.

then we walked around Trafalger Square, hopped over to Picadilly and searched thru Soho for a chinese place to eat. luckily, when we were almost out of hope at finding a place i had eaten at before, we turned the corner and VOILA! there it was! so we loaded up there and then walked down the street to the Haagen-Dazs......that was beautiful and delicious! i got 2 scoops: vanilla caramel brownie and chocolate midnight cookie....topped with fudge. yeah, i know. hippo crossing but it was marvelous!!!!

theeeeeeeeeeeeeen, we headed back towards Victoria station where we saw the musical WICKED!! our seats were ok, it was kind of high up and off to the side, so we had to kind of move our heads around to catch certain parts of the play depending on where they were located on the stage...but overall it was a really great experience! For those of you who dont know, Wicked was a book written by a guy who made up the background life of the Wicked witch (who's name is apparently Alphaba). she went to school with Glinda, they became friends, then she met Oz and he ended up being kind of a D-bag, and Alphaba got a spell book and had the power....but the ending will surprise you!! its not what you think (or maybe it is, but you'd have to be pretty smart to guess the end..its REALLY great!).

so, the music was good, the acting was stupendous and Alexandra and I really enjoyed our night!! especially not having to wear scarves or coats walking out in the night.....i love that london is warmer than Eastbourne..even if it is because of pollution and the dense city air ;p

OH. and i also showed Alex Bond Street (financial district of London) and we stopped in Alexander McQueen ( if you dont know him......shame on you.) and we 'shopped' around, and i drooled over his genius designs.

so anyways, that was my day in london. it was fantastic!! now, time to finish up more of my dissertation! i have a meeting with my prof on Monday, and I truly HOPE that after that, i can just finish it all up and hand it in by the very end of August...(so i get some free time to hang around england and not study before i leave!)