{"id":1212,"date":"2010-04-24T10:43:45","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T14:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2022-01-12T08:25:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T13:25:57","slug":"saturday-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/24\/saturday-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Had too much work to do yesterday, unfortunately. That&#8217;s the Blackberry curse, of course.<\/p>\n<p>After a lazy morning reading the Financial Times, we went to a French bistro, Racine, 239 Brompton Road, www. racine-restaurant.com, for a nice lunch before Mr. Joseph, Lara, Roo and I spent a few hours in the Victoria &amp; Albert Museum, www.vam.ac.uk, for a spin around their collection of arts and design. An special exhibition on Grace Kelly&#8217;s iconic fashion was, unfortunately, sold out. There was another on quilts over the centuries but we took a pass on that one and simply wandered around the main galleries.<\/p>\n<p>For a restorative on the way back, we paused at Hotel Chocolat, w<a href=\"http:\/\/hotelchocolat.co.uk\/\">ww.hotelchocolat.co.uk<\/a>, and then back home, had a serious power nap. (All of this was fine for Roo who had had a 10k or whatever run today; not so fine for me.)<\/p>\n<p>For dinner, we headed to our fave Indian resto in London, Zaika,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/zaika-restaurant.co.uk\/\">www.zaika-restaurant.co.uk<\/a>, about a 10 minute walk from here. I think we may have ordered too much.<\/p>\n<p>Cabbies weren&#8217;t as friendly today as yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1212 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/24\/saturday-in-london\/196_1060\/'><img width=\"190\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/196_1060-190x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1214\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1214'>\n\t\t\t\tRacine\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/24\/saturday-in-london\/196_1061\/'><img width=\"190\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/196_1061-190x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1215\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1215'>\n\t\t\t\tSt. George &#038; the Dragon from V&#038;A Museum\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/24\/saturday-in-london\/196_1062\/'><img width=\"190\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/196_1062-190x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1216\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1216'>\n\t\t\t\tHotel Chocolat\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/24\/saturday-in-london\/196_1063\/'><img width=\"190\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/forbesgrant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/196_1063-190x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1217\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1217'>\n\t\t\t\tRoo\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Had too much work to do yesterday, unfortunately. That&#8217;s the Blackberry curse, of course. 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