A nice visit

For the past week and a half Leo's parents have been in London. So we've gotten to show them around, told them of interesting places to visit (when we, unfortunately, had to work) and we've taken them to some of our favorite restaurants. What's really funny is that when they would come and visit us in New York, we'd always take them out to eat and they were never impressed. Typically, something would go wrong with the meal (rude waiters, wrong meals served, bad food) and it would sour the restaurant experience.

When they came to London, they weren't expecting much in terms of good food. English food is the butt of many jokes in the US. Living here, however, we've learned there is a lot of really good food, and some which should still be avoided (don't get steak and kidney pie from just any pub). But Leo's parents enjoyed nearly every meal they had while they were here (aside from last night's meal at Quality Chop House which made us all ill). Some really good ones were our dinner at St. John, eel pie and mash at F. Cookes,
and a Sunday roast at the Royal Oak, which Leo's father said was "the best."It's nice, now that we've lived here for a couple of months, to be able to recommend activities, sights and restaurants to people coming to visit us. It almost makes me feel like a local. And it was wonderful spending time with Leo's folks. We miss you already!