places I will be in August and September

[seldear]

Attention, US friends reading this journal! I will be in your country come summer (your summer) and would love to catch up with you if you happen to be in the localities that I'm visiting!

Chicago from Wed 26th Aug to Thurs 3rd Sept.

Atlanta from Thurs 3rd Sept to Tues 8th Sept - at DragonCon.

San Francisco from Tues 8th Sept to Fri 11th Sept.

I understand that not everyone has the spoons, or the inclination, but if you do, I'd love to meet you in person!

I'm also going to be in London from the 22nd-26th Aug if there's anyone in the city then. I'll probably be hostelling it, hopefully in the middle of the city. I have to work out who and what I'm going to see this time, or if I'm going to venture out of the city and possibly...elsewhere? (the UK is one of those unexplored spaces that I never really have the chance to wander about, and which I want someone to wander about with.)

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[adafrog.livejournal.com]

I'll wave as you fly over on your way to San francisco. :)

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Aww, I'll be in Colorado next year with some Stargate SG1 friends!

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Still will have to wave. lol I'm in the Texas panhandle. :)

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Ahh... I'll let you know when I make it back to Houston, then? :)

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

I live kind of in the middle of nowhere. ~5 hours each to Dallas, Oklahoma City, Albuquerque. Wheeee!

[missyvortexdv.livejournal.com]

If you want any visiting UK advice/suggestions feel free to ask me.

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

I've been before - several times, although never for very long. I guess, what would you recommend seeing in and around London?

[missyvortexdv.livejournal.com]

I suppose in order to answer that best it'd be good to know what sort of places/attractions you like to see best e.g. historical, art, more touristy.

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Hm. Historical, art, museums, clothing...

Places to eat. Places to sit and contemplate.

[missyvortexdv.livejournal.com]

I know you have cats at your place so I did wonder if this might interest you for a dose of cats on your travels - http://ladydinahs.com/

This website probably a good place to check out for historical sites to visit - http://hidden-london.com/index/

For a (part of the) day trip, possibility of - http://www.mountfitchetcastle.com/ - which isn't your usual stone castle but Norman bailey + randomly also a toy museum on site.

Other London places I know of that might fit the bill:
http://highgatecemetery.org/
http://www.templechurch.com/
http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/
http://www.kew.org/
http://www.soane.org
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/eltham-palace-and-gardens/
http://www.derelictlondon.com/authors-guided-tours-of-london.html

Camden is recommended for the market but also there's quite a selection of food places around Camden Lock, including a decent sushi place Hi Sushi (possibly now called Sushi Salsa) that offers all-you-can-eat set menu that is great for a group meal.

Also for food/drink:
https://www.barnightjar.com/
http://loadingonline.co.uk/ (if gaming is of any interest)

I can ask London friends for more recommendations too.

[missyvortexdv.livejournal.com]

Further recommendations...

Museums:
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
http://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern
http://www.britishmuseum.org/
http://www.vam.ac.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Royal_Naval_College - was a filming location for Thor 2. Also is in Greenwich, where Greenwich Park is meant to be quite nice + you can find GMT line to stand on if that interests you at all. And same area there's http://www.rmg.co.uk/cuttysark

I forget if you're a Who fan or not, but if so
http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/sightseeing/london-attraction/doctor-who-in-london

I'm told Hyde Park and St. James' Park are good sit and contemplate places. As is Kew Gardens apparently, because Kew being a bit pricy to get into means less visitors to it.

Covent Garden as an area I'm told is a) good for sitting people watching + street performers and b) lots of food locations. Anything else interesting in the area may well also show up on here http://www.coventgardenlondonuk.com/whats-on

Foodwise I got a specific recommendation for this place if you like meat - https://www.stjohngroup.uk.com/spitalfields/

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Did I say thank you the first time? Because if not, THANK YOU! :)

I'll look through these for sure - it looks like London will be 'relaxing' time since my father wants to DO THINGS while I'm in Vietnam...

[missyvortexdv.livejournal.com]

No worries, glad if it helps.

I also got a few more food place recs from friends:
Pierre Hermé for a patisserie
China Life in Camden for tea
http://www.yumchaa.com/ for tea and cake (one in Camdem but also elsewhere)

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Yaaaaaayyyy!

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

I'll be staying at Amy's for the week, and hopefully I'll get to see you and Tina, too?

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Cool. I'm sure I can manage it at some point during a week! :-)

[cailetr.livejournal.com]

*waves*
Let me know if you can fit me in before/after DragonCon stuff! I'm still not sure if we'll be in town the sat/sun (we might be at a tournament), but I'm guessing you're doing DragonCon-ish things those days anyway! I'll let you know if we'll be in town closer to the date, but my guess is that we'll be here