Welcome To London!

In March, my wife and I spent a few days in London, helping a friend celebrate her birthday….and we did all the things you are supposed to do there, like this:

Yes, the iconic red telephone booths still exist: mostly for photo ops, and there are parts of the London skyline that will never change, like this:

One morning, we headed to London’s Famous Borough Market, near London Bridge – as always it was bustling:

After wandering around looking at all of the cheese stands, meat pies and fish’n’chips we could eat, I noticed a long line by one of the produce stands:

They were all waiting for “chocolate-covered strawberries”, and after they bought them, I saw a lot of this going on:

Apparently, this produce stand is a viral sensation, with people buying these chocolate covered strawberries in a cup just to take pictures of them to post!

I shared that story on my “Bite! Eat! Repeat!” food blog, so if you want the whole delicious story, click here for it:

While we were in town, we got to see the real “Abbey Road” for the first time, the road made famous by The Beatles!

This is the iconic cover for their masterpiece “Abbey Road”, so we replicated it – with Ringo’s help!

Hey, There’s Ringo!

As you can see, Alex is leading the way, followed closely by Ringo himself! WOW!

Ummm…..well, actually NOT Ringo but a great bit of AI-inspired photo manipulation: note that Alex’s right foot is on top of Ringo’s: but it was fun to imagine this sighting!

After that “almost” sighting, we needed a drink!

The Connaught Bar in London was voted one of the ten best in the world, thanks in part to this amazing Martini Cart – and watch when he makes a “sky high Martini” for us:

Of course, we loved it, and it reminded me that my friend Audrey told me about a very unique Martini she had seen:

A “Dirty Deviled Egg Dirty Martini!”

Wait…what? Yes, it’s a Dirty Martini with a “dirty martini deviled egg” perched on top – so I made it!

Yes, it was the most unique Martini I’ve ever attempted and see how I did by clicking on my story here!

We had such a great time in London, but didn’t manage to get to Harrod’s for this:

It’s A $28 Sandwich!

Yep, you read it right – and what a controversy it was – see that story here!

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