Tired Tootsies

As I mentioned previously, my backpack/wheelie attacked me on the jetway in Frankfurt on the way to Bangalore. I used bandages supplied by the hotel, which resulted by the fourth day in contact dermatitis on one side. By the time I got to the UK, it had gotten pretty bad. bohemiancoast and spouse found a drop-in medical clinic chain with a branch at Victoria Station and that's where I started my day today.

( At the medical clinic )

From there, I headed up to Baker Street to a famous kosher deli for a "salt beef" sandwich on rye. This turned out to be sort of like corned beef only milder and more tender. (I gulped a little at spending US$17 for a sandwich and fries but it was my only meal of the day, so...)

Then, it was off to the ( science museum )

My most anticipated museum trip was to the V&A, to see the collection of Princess Maud's clothes that I wrote about previously. It did not disappoint!( Style and Splendour )

Fortuitously, some email this morning on one of my lists mentioned a monthly get-together that Pat Cadigan does at the Borders Books on Oxford Street so I went there afer the museums. Tonight's guests were Liz Williams (whom I'll see again Wednesday night at the BSFA meeting) and Richard Morgan. It was fairly routine until towards the end, when a question about Morgan's work with Marvel segued into a 10-minute discussion about the excessive patriotism of Americans! I popped in briefly at the pub gathering afterward but the smoke drove me home.

Tomorrow I think will be a rest day: laundry and my finally starting the manuscript that I should have started working on today!

Tired Tootsies

As I mentioned previously, my backpack/wheelie attacked me on the jetway in Frankfurt on the way to Bangalore. I used bandages supplied by the hotel, which resulted by the fourth day in contact dermatitis on one side. By the time I got to the UK, it had gotten pretty bad. bohemiancoast and spouse found a drop-in medical clinic chain with a branch at Victoria Station and that's where I started my day today.

( At the medical clinic )

From there, I headed up to Baker Street to a famous kosher deli for a "salt beef" sandwich on rye. This turned out to be sort of like corned beef only milder and more tender. (I gulped a little at spending US$17 for a sandwich and fries but it was my only meal of the day, so...)

Then, it was off to the ( science museum )

My most anticipated museum trip was to the V&A, to see the collection of Princess Maud's clothes that I wrote about previously. It did not disappoint!( Style and Splendour )

Fortuitously, some email this morning on one of my lists mentioned a monthly get-together that Pat Cadigan does at the Borders Books on Oxford Street so I went there afer the museums. Tonight's guests were Liz Williams (whom I'll see again Wednesday night at the BSFA meeting) and Richard Morgan. It was fairly routine until towards the end, when a question about Morgan's work with Marvel segued into a 10-minute discussion about the excessive patriotism of Americans! I popped in briefly at the pub gathering afterward but the smoke drove me home.

Tomorrow I think will be a rest day: laundry and my finally starting the manuscript that I should have started working on today!