- Visit Tate Britain and get one of their reduced-priced canvas tote bags with Francis Bacon studio paint design;
- Take a boat up or down Thames on a sunny day, which could be combined with a visit to Tate Britain - there are shuttle boat services between Tate Modern and Tate Britain;
- Visit Victoria & Albert Museum and buy a Bunny Blossom print by LA-based artists;
- Make a final trip to the bookstores on Charing Cross Road and hopefully bag more cheap buys; and silently wish them good luck in surviving the economic downturn and competition from internet and big chain stores;
- Weather permitting, picnic in Richmond Park, the largest park in London covering 25oo acres of land. Time permitting, visit the Kew Garden in its vicinity (and run into ethnobotanist James Wong, the host of the newly-launched BBC series "Grow your own drugs" :)
- Stroll through the Portobello Road market on a Saturday and pick up a cheap antique toy or a Londor tube/street sign;
- Complete one of the 20 great walks in the British Isles recommended by Times. The one we did recently in the Cotswolds country was so immeasurably relaxing and satisfying that we want to replicate the experience, this time, with more time and better planning;
- Dine at one of the celeb chefs' restaurants - preferably not a pricey one. I admit I much prefer British celeb chefs to US ones. I am not a fan of any of the US celeb chefs; in a few instances I even find them quite annoying. But I like all the UK celeb chefs, only to different degrees, although I only know four or five. I find them all uniquely talented, intelligent and entertaining;
- Watch Britain's Got Talent on telly for two more weeks: if lucky enough, witness another Susan Boyle moment; if not, at least get to sit back and enjoy Simon's brutally honest yet high entertaining judging remarks - Simon never disappoints!
More to come....
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