Third Times the Charm, Pimlico Road, and Breaking the Rules

This morning we finally found a fun antique market, Portobello Road Market. The shops along this road are all quaint and interesting. If you saw the film Notting Hill, you get the idea. On Saturday all the antique stalls open which means you walk into what looks like an antique shop, but then you see aisle after aisle of stalls within the shop. We should have followed the advice of others and arrived early, but we got a slower start and as a result, joined throngs of people who were browsing too. It was strange that we are in England and yet I rarely heard English.

I found a silver napkin ring to add to my collection, and the dealer was really fun to chat with. The name engraved on the ring is Monica, so he told me that Bill Clinton had sold it to him. We talked American politics and bit, and fortunately we agreed on everything (or he might have just wanted a sale).

We rested a bit and then went back to the Leicester Square ticket office for theater tickets for tomorrow night. Another huge throng of people there. Saturday is not a great day to be in the heart of the city. Trafalgar Square was having some kind of festival, and it was nearly impossible to walk on the sidewalks. We grabbed a bus and headed to Pimlico Road.

This is a section of London that I learned about from my friend, JK, lover on all things British. She had read about this road in the New York Times. The section we walked down was not that long, but very cool and it was a relief to get away from the crowds. And we found the chocolate shop of William Curley. (Pay attention here, JK) I believe this is the shop that Ina Garten visited in her show about London. Of course, we had to buy a sample. Something called A Millionaire that was shortbread topped with caramel and all coated with dark chocolate. Heaven. Again, no picture as we choked it down too fast. I need to get better at this posting-pictures-on-the-blog thing. So to make up for the lack of the chocolate Millionaire photo, I'll add a few from yesterday at the Borough Market along with a few Greg took on Pemlico Road. A woman stopped as Greg was shooting the laundry sign and said she walked by there several times a day and never noticed it until she saw us there.

And tonight we break one of our rules and we plan to return to Mediterraneo, the Italian restaurant we went to our first night. Just too good not to go back.