I like science!

I am a big nerd, I know. I love science museums, especially if they've got some interactive component. The Exploratorium was my preferred San Franscisco activity well into my 20s. So our trip to the Wellcome Collection this afternoon was a big treat. Wellcome himself was, in addition to being an early pharmaecutical baron, an indiscriminate collector of anything even tangentially related to medicine. There's the mummified person and the used guillotine blade, the glass chemist's jars and the lock of some king's hair. Bizarre yet educational and fun.

My favourite part of the museum today was a temporary exhibit called Life Before Death. It features photographs of terminally ill peple shortly before they died and shortly after, plus exerpts from interviews with them. Beautifully shot, and extraordinarily powerful. It's closing here, but if you've ever got a chance to see it, I recommend it.

One of their permanent exhibits is Medicine Now, which among other things lets you create an "ID" for yourself based on a few biometric details.

Like many museums in London, this one is free. Next time you come to visit, put it on your list!

thoughts from the absent Meg...

It's Sunday night on a lazy bank holiday weekend (that would be one of the 3-day weekends that the UK has periodically for some unknown reason) and I realized that I haven't blogged in ages. Sorry about that all. Life here is going well - working too much as always, and we're making plans for another busy summer of travel. Nothing earth-shattering going on these days though, so I'll post a few random thoughts instead:

We're happy here in London, but a new bar has opened around the corner from our place in Brooklyn. Must say that I can't wait to check out Beer Table. Sounds right up my alley...

We had a great visit to NYC in April, and got a chance to meet up with a several of our friends for a fabulous night out at Ginger, our favorite sushi place in the East Village.

Congrats to my mom on her retirement in a few weeks. Can't wait to open the "cabin" over Memorial Day!



If you are a reader of our blog, then you know that Megan just finished her first marathon last weekend in Blackpool. She did a great job, and it was awesome to watch her accomplish her goal!

The Glastonbury lineup was announced today. After going to Bonnaroo several times, I must say I'm excited to see the inspiration for that festival. The lineup is amazing, to say the least. We're renting a campervan and doing it "luxury style". Yeah right...

Lots of visitors lately - it's been great to see everyone! Nikki came for about 10 days and we took a side trip to Amsterdam for a music festival... good times! :) Then Teddy stayed with us while he was completing a med school rotation - I think Turbo was secretly happy to have some "testosterone time" while we were away in Blackpool at the marathon.

We hope to see you soon - either on one of our visits back to the US or over here in the UK!