I’m starting to figure out the busses. A whole bunch of them stop at the Liverpool Street Station and I took one to St. Paul’s today so that I could go to the Tate Modern. I was going there to join, so I can see the new Pop Art exhibit that opens next week and because it may be my favorite museum in London. I also went for some personal inspiration. More about that below. On the way back, I strolled through Borough Market which was a bit of mob scene at lunch time on a Friday. There are some interesting cooking possibilities there. Grouse (which I had at a restaurant the other night), quail, pigeon, partridge in the bird family, and things like ostrich, zebra and some other exotic meat. I took a picture of the mushrooms that I meant to take the other day. See right. Then having been inspired by the Tate, I took the bus back to Shoreditch to the nearby art supply store.

I’ve been fiddling around trying to paint. It is all part of my goal to spend some time every day doing something creative. I haven’t really been inspired to write anything in a long form and sometimes the internet is so bad that I can’t even write on this blog, so I end up turning to visual art. I’ve been waiting around for deliveries quite a bit, so I’ve had some dead time (and I can’t watch baseball), so I’ve done two small paintings. I’m not sure that I really like them and I might go back to them at some point in the future (although I don’t really see what I can do to them). Anyway, here they are, for better or worse.

I went to the Commercial Tavern this afternoon for an ale and ended up talking to Barry from Perth. He is over here for a few months and was searching for a good pub in Shoreditch. We exchanged ideas. He was stunned to learn that I had not only been to Perth, but to Margaret River and Albany as well. Nothing earth-shaking, but it was pleasant sitting out on a bench on Commercial Street, sipping a beer, watching the world go by and chatting.

Judie is on her way back from Paris and the European Lawyer’s Retreat. I’m thinking finding an interesting place to eat tonight.

Let’s Go Mets! (Have I mentioned how incredible they are playing? Their sweep of the Nats was probably the best series they have played since the 80s.)