I need to post again to say thank you to everyone who posted their reccomendations! My mother and I are visiting in September, her second visit,my first. This thread has already been copied into my trip guide.

ThinGorjus, I would love to catch up with you for that pink gin(?) You sound like fun! And I promise I don't own any stretch pants and God Bless America t-shirts, and I only wear my white sneaks when working out~~~

abby.

You can borrow some of mine! They have clotted cream and cadbury chocolet stains on them, but at least you won't stick out in a crowd. I can wear my "I love Tony Blair" shirt.

wow....what a post!

Did anyone mention the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London (as a "must do")?

I would add the London Zoo as not worthwhile, especially compared to zoos in other cities.

And another vote for the London Dungeon as the "least worthwhile" visitor venue in London.

What not to see in London? West Ham FC.

What not to wear? Oh, wait, that's a TV show...

Also, don't go to Ivy and google at Posh & Becks. I have heard from a reliable source that if you meet Posh's stare, you will turn to stone.

Actually, I would rather receive Old Nick himself in my home than some of you. If you do decide to visit, please use the side entrance and DO NOT rub up against my walls!!! And do not wear last season's Balenciaga. Ta.

I'm sorry, KT, I didn't realize the English weren't allowed at Dartmouth. Maybe you need glasses???? In the above posting, I said I WAS BORN IN LONDON. I didn't say I LIVE THERE NOW. I haven't lived in England since 1979.

I prefer the sweatpants and "trainers" to staring at a set of those poorly maintained teeth.
Ha.ha. What, no sense of humor?

So, you are living amongst the fat and stupid? ASGAAD - "We embrace diversity by celebrating individual uniqeness and fostering communication between constituencie." It appears that you need to re-read your Dartmoth handbook. - Vox Clamantis in L.A.

Yes, I know that Barry Humphries is Australian. Dame Edna, the character, is English. Just like Barry Humphries is a man and Dame Edna is not.

And of course I know that Dartmouth allows English people. But perhaps somebody who has lived in the US for 24 years could drop the gratuitous English expressions ("fancy goods vehicles"!?) and stop talking about "you Americans" "coming to visit."

Sorry, on second thought I remembered that Dame Edna is a Melbourne housewife who, through her own pretentious efforts, has risen to great heights. Anyway, I wasn't originally referring to her nationality but to her wit.

KT, I'll gently tell you that Dame Edna is a Melborne housewife who, quite to her own astonishment, has found herself a Megastar. Unlike John, who is a microstar. Hummm, not even a star...more like a Black Hole.

ThinGorjus........
My big a_ _ nearly fell off the chair....you are one funny Brit!!!
Hey, loved StCirq response!
KEEP 'EM COMIN'

Bailey, if you do the math on John (Thin what's-it), you'll find he was a child when he emigrated to the bad ol' U.S.

He is now a middle-aged poseur of impeccable snobbery and somewhat shaky spelling, who loves to drop names. But I'll agree with you that he is funny.

Thingorjus is a MAN???? Are you sure??

UGH...I am so disillusioned now! So drinking pink gin alone sounds good, if anyone has been in London RECENTLY, where can I get a good one? And by the way, what exactly is pink gin?

ThinGorgus AKA Quentin Crisp - As the Sting song goes:

'I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in Phildelphia'

(however the hell you spell philidelphia!!) ;)

Hi all,

Did anyone mention the British Museum as a must see?

Pink Gin is gin and bitters. Those of us lucky enough to get to New Orleans use Peychaud's not Angostura.

Abbynoxious ~ I think that the pink gin remark was Thin's poor attempt at asserting that all Americans drink slo gin. Which of course, we all did as teenagers. The slo gin right of passage. Ahhhhh memories..........

That said, I think we could make some pretty good pink gin martinis without slo gin. Besides anything served in a martini glass is considered a martini nowadays ((d))

Gin & bitters, ahhhhhhhhh.

Now that's a scary thought...a thread of postings listing what we drank as teenagers based on where we are from.

The British Museum then off to a pub for pink gin, that sounds like my kind of afternoon!