Hello Londontown

Sorry for the long lull in no postings....but I have recently relocated from the beautiful city by the bay, San Francisco, and have arrived in what most may argue is the capital of the world, London. It incorporates the best of both Europe and America. I've found myself living just southwest of the city, which feels strange to me since I've always been in the heart of cities. It seems as though that the south of the river Thames is a mythical land that those on the North talk about in nervous whispers, but it actually isn't that bad and is fast becoming the only place in the city besides cardboard boxes that is affordable to live in. So, for now, farewell to my beloved San Francisco with its' California coffeehouse lifestyle and 'Summer of Love' hippie subculture that listens to psychedelic rock, embraces the sexual revolution, and uses drugs to explore alternative states of consciousness, and, hello, London-town.

For today's post...I figured I'd give you a few random things to check out this weekend...easy from any city in the world!

cool photo manipulations

flu season

Heaven and Hell Cake - delicious and not hard to make!

And in honor of Northern California wine country...If 10,000 San Franciscans buy a locally produced bottle of wine instead of an Italian import, we'll save enough fuel to drive from SF to LA and back 18 times. ... thats a lot of fuel

and while sipping on that Napa Valley fruit, some cocktail facts:

The oldest bottle of wine was found in Germany in a sarcophagus that dates back to 325 A.D.; instead of a cork closure, there was a layer of olive oil floating on the surface of the wine that kept it from evaporating.

At $3.2 billion in net assets, the American Red Cross is the 6th-richest charity in the nation, after Salvation Army, Shriners Hospital, the Nature Conservancy, Mayo Clinic, and Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Botanically speaking, tomatoes are considered a berry.

and after Cinderella, Hamlet is the world's most filmed story.

Hello Londontown