lara simmons

Taking what we learned on Day 2 with us into Day 3, we got a slower start this morning and took things a bit easier - only 6 miles (plus that pesky 0.2) walked today. Starting at our hotel, we made our way towards “the flat” in the City of Westminster where Mark lived from 1991-1994. Happening upon a few things along the way… This is either the Houston Church or the Euston Church, two churches right next door to each other that look confusingly similar. At first we thought “Houston” was a typo for Euston, but nope, there are two of them. If you know which one this is, let us know.  The Telecom Tower.  The flat in New Cavendish St where Mark once lived thanks to Sister Christine.  Turns out Mark is not the only VIP to have lived in the flat. Wilkie Collins, father of the police procedural, was born here in 1824.  Dry British wit on display at the local coffee house.  A thumb drive of tech bros (our made-up collective pronoun of the day - to see more fabulous coll...

"I want to thank my wife...for working on our marriage, for ten Christamses. It is work, but it's the best kind of work. There's no one I'd rather work with." -- Ben Affleck in his Best Picture acceptance speech for Argo One of the best Oscar acceptance speeches EVER.