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Magic Continues

March 10th, 2016 at 11:15 am

Yep, another wonderful week here. I was getting a little restless last weekend, but this week has been great. Monday saw my British Lit class on a little walking tour of literary sites. Tuesday the British Women Writers class was on fire with a fabulous discussion and then all students (and me) went to see The Lion King. I think they loved it more than me, but the spectacle was very good. I couldn't sleep after all that, but classes went fine. The best part, however, was the surprise invitation from a colleague to the British Antiques Dealer Show. He'd bought things there before and had free tickets--complete with a champagne reception. So, I got to rub shoulders with the fancy antique types, look at some fantastic paintings, silver, ceramics (oh the Art Nouveau bowl), and furniture, have a lovely (and cheap) dinner, and several glasses of free Taittinger champagne. I spent 12 GBP on dinner; my colleague wouldn't let me buy him dinner, had a magnificent crab salad and a wonderful evening. Someone remind me of this when I'm decluttering and selling crud from my basement this summer.

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7 Responses to “Magic Continues”

  1. VS_ozgirl Says:
    March 10th, 2016 at 11:48 am 1457610525
    1457610525

    Glad the magic continues, in three months I will be experiencing some magic over there Smile

  2. creditcardfree Says:
    March 10th, 2016 at 12:05 pm 1457611542
    1457611542

    Wonderful...will try to remind you! Experiences over stuff, right?

  3. CB in the City Says:
    March 10th, 2016 at 12:54 pm 1457614467
    1457614467

    Magic experiences are what it's all about!

  4. Carol Says:
    March 10th, 2016 at 01:04 pm 1457615058
    1457615058

    You made me think--fancy antiques--even the rich have to declutter--chuckle.

  5. My English Castle Says:
    March 10th, 2016 at 01:22 pm 1457616126
    1457616126

    Carol--I had an interesting discussion with a dealer about a painting and about how they buy when rich folks are moving. He had a fabulous painting that they found rolled up in a spare room of a stately home. He bought it cheap, framed it, and was exhibiting it now to great interest.

  6. LivingAlmostLarge Says:
    March 11th, 2016 at 11:04 pm 1457737495
    1457737495

    Sounds wonderful.

  7. FrugalTexan75 Says:
    March 12th, 2016 at 12:53 am 1457744016
    1457744016

    Ahh ... living vicariously... Smile

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