Before I left for London I had a meeting with a teacher who goes to London often. She suggested I visit The British Library and check out their Treasures Gallery and exhibits, specifically the original handwritten manuscript of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures Underground which eventually became Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The British Library turned out [...]
221 B Baker Street
As a kid I loved mystery novels, so being in London I couldn't leave without a trip to 221 B Baker Street, the home of Sherlock Holmes. 221 B Baker Street is currently a museum and gift shop, and an expensive and packed one at that. I just wanted to visit, take photos and look [...]
Moody’s Pub
Moody's Pub is located at 5910 North Broadway Street, a short walk from Thorndale red line stop. I went with my aunt and uncle hen it was freezing cold and we were just wanting a fire and some hot chocolate and somehow managed to get exactly those two things. The bar wasn't super busy but [...]
Mitsuwa
Mitsuwa is a Japanese marketplace in the suburbs of Chicago at 100 East Algonquin Road in Arlington Heights. There are several other Mitskwa's spread out in California and one in New Jersey. Mitsuwa includes a bookstore, video shop, grocery, food court, and bakery. On weekends they tend to have special events. Books Kinokuniya I always [...]
Beatles walking tour
Out of all the tours my cousin and I went on we agree that our favorite was this one. The Beatles walking tour wasn't on our original itinerary. Instead while we were on the Hop on Hop off Bus tour we were give a piece of paper for a free walking tour, then at the end [...]
Watkins Books
After spending some time drinking tea and still too early for our tour my cousin and I wandered around for a bit and decided to check out a bookstore, since we had passed a few. We ended up at Watkins Books an old esoteric bookshop. The independent bookstore opened in 1893 and focuses on the [...]
Chicago Botanical Garden
The Chicago Botanical Gardens are located in the suburbs of Chicago at 1000 Lake Cook Road in Glencoe Illinois. The garden is free and open daily but parking is $25. My Aunt use to bike there from the city, you can also take the Metra Union Pacific North Line to the Braeside stop. It's about a 15 [...]
Comfort Station
In the middle of Logan Square is the Comfort Station located at 2579 N Milwaukee Ave. It's a art building, usually whenever I go by it's closed off but recently while walking past I noticed the door was open and inside the walls were covered in art. The building looks like a little cottage [...]
Pompidou
On our last full day in London we only had one tour on our list and ended up with too much time to spend standing around outside waiting for it to start but too little time to go do something else. Since it was cold and we were tired we decided to kill time in the cafe Pompidou [...]
Crussh
After wandering around the street fair in London for a bit we stopped into Crussh since we hadn't gotten anything to drink at Greggs and my cousin had been disappointed in what he'd ordered and needed something to chase the drink. Plus as a newly pregnant woman she needed to take a rest. So Crussh [...]