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Margaret Pilarski
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i'm a feminist, and if you're reading this then you are too, you just might not know it yet. i like to eat cheese and travel, but i'm usually broke and/or spending my money on shoes and cocktail rings. i love dogs, rain, and driving offensively (and putting the last comma in a listed series). i'm se...
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i'm back!

Friday, August, 22, 2008

hello dear readers!

i have returned from the land of tea, the queen, wrong-side-of-road-driving, and a sport known as cricket.

i have returned with many lovely purchases like my dream boots, cheapie primark finds, a little zara and topshop and some fcuk sale schwag (that i forgot about until i recently unpacked that stack in my suitcase – it’s like christmas!).

i had a wonderful time, especially because by now i know my way around some places! i often get new-place anxiety which is a bit stupid for a person who says she likes to travel. the problem is that i like to travel and see new places, but i get tourist-phobia BIG TIME. i loathe taking pictures of myself in front of landmarks, talking too loudly (how american), asking for directions and mispronouncing things. i know. i’m a weenie.

having been around england a few times now, i was more than happy to go back and walk the streets tourist-style in two of my favorites places – bath and oxford.

here i am in bath, finally getting in touch with my tourist photo-posing side:

bathpic2.jpg

in oxford, in an arcade stall, i picked up something fabulous – and learned a new word: fascinator.

here i am at the wedding sporting my fascinator (and matt in tails!):

weddingpic2.jpg

i’ll be going through more photos this weekend – stay tuned for the circus :)

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krrobi
krrobi
Welcome back from good ol'
Posted Fri, 08/22/2008 - 13:18
Welcome back from good ol' England...a place I looove dearly, especially London, ohhhh- I say it's the pulse of the world. I will be going next August with an entire soccer club to London and Chester. By the way, where's hubby from (cute)...mine is from Liverpool :)
getaclewis
getaclewis
Purty as a picture
Posted Fri, 08/22/2008 - 13:20
Retire your aversion to touristy pix, because you are so photogenic! Those are gorgeous! My favorite town in England is York. I saw an original, homespun production of "Wuthering Heights" there and was enraptured. "Trust Life's unfolding..."
margaret
margaret
ha, thanks! matt is from a
Posted Fri, 08/22/2008 - 14:29
ha, thanks! matt is from a teeny village near bristol in the cotswolds and i loooved york, too - the minster and the shambles! the lake district is also soo nice
krrobi
krrobi
Yes, the Lake District,and I
Posted Fri, 08/22/2008 - 18:03
Yes, the Lake District,and I am sure I must have been to Bristol...I need to ask my husband. Don't you just loooove English men!!!!????? I have my husband go back often to keep his accent intact! :) His accent is now 3/4 Liverpudlian and 1/4 American. I hope you had a great time!
alison skirtboston
alison skirtboston
learned something new
Posted Fri, 08/22/2008 - 13:32
your photos are really great, and thanks for the new word I can use with my anglophile daughter (who's announced that she's leaving forever for the UK as soon as she's done with high school). If you need a fascinator fix here in the states check out this artist's goods: http://www.galvinizedhats.com/lookbook.htm when I visited her workshop I had an immediate urge to attend polo matches and to find a large handbag and matching pumps.
margaret
margaret
thanks for the tip - that's
Posted Fri, 08/22/2008 - 14:34
thanks for the tip - that's dangerous! and tell her she'd better start saving her money, i changed some money upon arrival and it was slightly more than a 2:1 exchange rate, ughhhh. when i was there for a semester, i just couldn't shop or anything, no excessive drinking, no dinners out with friends, i really had to pinch my pennies... on second thought, probably a good lesson to learn!
Aleigh
Aleigh
Demand.
Posted Fri, 08/22/2008 - 14:51
Please send me your bag from the first picture. Or at least a link to where I can buy it. I think I am in love.
margaret
margaret
it's from primark - this
Posted Fri, 08/22/2008 - 15:01
it's from primark - this slightly icky store with piles of clothes that you have to go digging through! unfort, you can't buy online, but i will keep checking ebay for you :) i have gotten so many compliments on it, i feel bargainlicious.