London Calling, Post 2 – I saw the Queen! (Well, kinda…)

Cheerio from merry olde England! (All right, that’s enough of that…) Landed this morning after a delightful flight over in Business Class – I slept (kinda) comfortably on a trans-Atlantic flight for the first time ever. Bless you, British Airways, and your full-reclining little pod-thingies. In preparation for the week, I watched “My Week with Marilyn” on the way over. Kenneth Brannagh is the male Meryl Streep when it comes to accents – he totally…

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London Calling, Post 1

Hey, friends! Greetings from the Business Class Lounge at O’Hare Airport, where I’m kickin’ it as I wait for my flight to start boarding. Thank you, Dad’s travel expenses on my British Airways credit card, for giving me the points to take the flight with an upgrade! When I first arrived, the middle-aged British couple next to me toasted each other with their glasses of wine, saying “Cheers!” and I nearly giggled out loud at…

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