London Calling

Sunday with Charlie

Brian's buddy Wayne and his fiancee Claire are the proud parents of a 7 week-old baby boy, Charlie Tritton.

On Sunday 11 March, we wandered about Islington for a couple of hours. The weather was gorgeous and is starting to demonstrate what a wonderful place this is to be in the spring and summer. We hopped a train out to Windsor in the early afternoon and spent a few hours among the hordes of tourists (damn foreigners!) walking by all the shops in the shadow of Windsor Castle.

After a fruitless effort to find the perfect gold shoes for Kirsten to compliment her bridesmaid gown (for our friend Cate's impending wedding) we decided to treat each other to the perfect Sunday afternoon activity...

So while Kirsten enjoyed a pedicure, Brian sat in a pub and watched England beat France in the 6 Nations Rugby tournament, thereby keeping Ireland's hopes of a championship alive, at least for another week.

We finally made it over to Wayne and Claire's and our first meeting with little Charlie. I'll say this for the kid, he's got one set of lungs on him! We each took turns holding him, it is possible he liked Kirsten better, not that you can blame him. After baby time was over we decided to let Wayne and Claire resume normal activities without the added distraction of 2 childless Americans with no real responsibilities...

Before leaving Windsor we hit up a new sushi place on the high street, our first proper Sunday sushi dinner since the States, and it was very good. The host was very welcoming and provided us with glasses of plum wine to finish off our meal. With that we hopped the train back to London, belly's full and cheeks aglow from the sun and drinks absorbed throughout the day.

We could definitely get used to this sunny lazy weekend activities, here's hoping that the trend continues...

posted by Brian and Kirsten Hennigan @ Saturday, March 17, 2007