8 April 2016! More from the V&A’s Theatre and Performance galleries - my personal favorites because that was what I studied in undergrad. Some beautiful costumes and set models are there as well as some great poster design and rocker outfits. Half of the galleries are updated and they’re beautiful - the other half is …
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Guess Who Went to the V&A Again
8 April (and a little of 30 May) The Victoria and Albert Museum! Honestly one of my favorite museums in the world. I love design and the collections there are superb. Furniture, silver, iron, glass, theatre, portraits, stained glass….amazing. The clothing and textile collections are pretty much unparalleled and they have collected pieces from all …
My Dorm Room
Hey! This was my dorm room. It was a bit weird to live in a dorm room at 28 but it was the most economical for an international student. I had my own bathroom but shared a kitchen. I knew I wouldn’t be there more than a year even if I stayed in the UK …
That da Vinci Guy Had Some Good Ideas
30 March 2016 Quick trip to the Science Museum (and one of the Grant Museum of Zoology)! Went to the Da Vinci exhibit, the inventions were pretty cool and they had working models of most of his engineering.
National Maritime Museum: Admiral Lord Nelson Edition
26 March 2016 So yeah, Admiral Lord Nelson is an obsession for a lot of the English people (or at least they’re forced to learn about him in school). He’s on the top of the column in Trafalgar Square, the ship he died on (and won the battle of Trafalgar with) is preserved in Portsmouth, …
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National Maritime Museum #PepysShow
26 March 2016 National Maritime Museum! The museum was pretty cool, lots of engaging exhibits. Also a ton of stuff about Admiral Lord Nelson who everyone in the UK is obsessed with basically. They had some interesting allusions to colonialism but did not go into it in as much depth as I would have preferred, …
Greenwich: Old Royal Naval College
26 March 2016 Visited Greenwich for the first time! I wandered around the campus of the Old Royal Naval College, and went into the National Maritime Museum (next post). It was an overcast but beautiful day. Walked by the Cutty Sark but I didn’t pay to get in. Also I never made it up to …
….Who Would Make These Drinks
More random end of March 2016!
Charles Dickens Museum
25 March 2016 Visited the Charles Dickens Museum! The house was pretty cool and it was a beautiful day. Dickens permeates a lot of English culture and also he wrote A Christmas Carol which is what Muppet Christmas Carol was of course based on and therefore he’s indirectly responsible for one of my favorite movies. …
I Guess America Loves BBQ and Other Grilled Meats
PS. I just want everyone to know based on my research all grills and smokers in the UK are named after US cities or states. I only went to one hardware chain but I can only assume they’re all the same and refuse to think otherwise.
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