London Sour II: Trader Vic's Boogaloo
Just got back from the UK last night. I had an interesting visit, to say the least.
Highlights included watching the entire south of England grind to a halt early this week, due to less than 2-inches of snow, the heaviest fall of the white stuff for 18 years. Lucky for me, it cleared up just in time for me to catch my flight out of Heathrow on Saturday morning. As a hardy Wisconsinite, I can only laugh at the wimpitude of this former world empire, brought to its knees by such tiny amounts of frozen water.
Unfortunately, I was unable to hook up with the Cartoonist this trip, thanks to my dodgy mobile phone not relaying his messages to meet him last Sunday, but I did manage to meet up with Tiki Chris and quaff several cocktails at the London Trader Vic's, including an authentic London Sour, shown here complete with Union Jack and a 3-sheets-to-the-wind Mr. Bali Hai mugging for the camera. It was good, but I prefer my version in the previous post.
More photos of TV at Tiki Chris' joint.
Comments
i guess that's why the empire included india instead of russia and iceland...
Posted by: johnny dollar | February 8, 2009 1:42 PM
It's not like Britain doesn't get snow. They had 30-ft drifts back in 1947, that buried the country.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | February 8, 2009 2:24 PM
Hey! Did you make it back alright? This mobile phone thing still mystifies me...
Posted by: The Cartoonist | February 8, 2009 4:49 PM
Yes. I got home last night. No problems at the airport, but the Heathrow Express bus from Reading stalled on the M4!
Posted by: MrBaliHai | February 8, 2009 4:59 PM
That's why it's called an "Express" bus. The ordinary bus would have taken a week to arrive.
Posted by: The Cartoonist | February 10, 2009 3:49 PM
I blame the one-eyed Scottish bastard.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | February 10, 2009 4:19 PM
The reason 2 inches of snow bring the country to it's knees is because it's so rare, there's nothing in place to prevent the problems it causes. What's the point on spending millions on snow ploughs that will only be used every 18 years?
Posted by: Narc | February 12, 2009 10:53 AM
My comment was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, Narc, but considering how many millions of pounds of lost productivity England suffered as a result of the recent snow, I think investing in a couple of extra plows might not be a such a bad idea...;-)
Posted by: MrBaliHai | February 12, 2009 11:06 AM
I would just like to point out it was the effete, bourgeoisie, decadent South of England that ground to a halt at the sign of the first snowflake. Us hardy, efficient, stalwart northern Brits (both English and Scots) just got on with it.
http://anotherjunkmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/02/just-watched-tv-news-for-first-time-in.html
Posted by: Junk Monkey | February 13, 2009 3:54 AM
Exactly, Liam. Here in Wisconsin, we experience the same feelings of Schadenfreude whenever the southern US or California has to cope with any weather not involving constant sunshine and balmy temperatures.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | February 13, 2009 6:46 AM