airplane timelines } to london and back

{ Saturday, April 15 }

I arrived on a Friday afternoon and slept until Saturday morning. This is the first thing I saw. Well, not the first thing, but I like to think it is.

This is definitely the first place I went: Green and Stones of course. This time I brought Eve with me. Later that afternoon I met an Irishman called Corway (but really Peter) and lastly dinner with Sarah and Matt.
{ Easter Sunday, April 16 }

Sarah gave me this Easter bunny, who made friends with Eve, and who I ate two days later. This was the beginning of a day that would’ve ended wonderfully if I hadn’t fucked it up so royally.

Here we posed together, on the way back. In a couple hours I’d meet my friend Filwa for a late lunch. In a few I’d meet James.
{ Easter Monday, April 17 }

Full of regret from the night before (I can’t tell the story), I indulged myself in an elevator mirror selfie.
{ Tuesday, April 18 }
{ Wednesday, April 19 }

Wednesday morning I got my hair cut at the George Valossian salon. They always do such a nice job. Nice hair, no one to share it with. So as always, I spent the afternoon with Eve.

And I painted a portrait of her, which I gifted to Naz, who I met later that night in Soho (sans Eve).
{ Thursday, April 20 }

Thursday morning I met Ayesha at the riverside walk. As always, we had to take an Iconic London Selfie (ILS). This time by an ice-cream truck. She even bought me an ice-cream cone, because I didn’t have any money on me.

I went back to the hotel for my usual scone/chamomile tea combo. That’s when I received the message that ended any possibility of me seeing J again. Needless to say I lost my appetite and couldn’t finish the second scone.

At night it was back to being Eve and me. At least I had Sarah and Laura to look forward to on Friday.
{ Friday, April 21 }

I met Sarah Friday morning for a very, very delicious brunch at Eggbreak in Notting Hill. I swear, when the company is this nourishing and the food this good, it makes you forget your woes.

Around 2 that afternoon I met Laura at the station. We went for lunch, dessert and drinks in the evening with her friend Kim who I LOVED. Girlfriends really are the best.

Laura and I had a proper girly talk on the bed. Here she is with Eve, who she created a few months ago.
{ Saturday, April 22 }

Saturday I stayed in all day. It was a waste of a gorgeous day but all my friends were busy and I was extremely tired.

So I stayed in and dabbled with paint. Later on I had a date with Chris. But after J, this was just…alright. I was back in my hotel room by 9:30.
{ Sunday, April 23 }
I actually had a pretty busy morning. I was given a late checkout time of 2 pm, which was awesome, since I got to say good-bye to the neighborhood. Yousef came up from Egham and I had a wonderful time with him. Of course the London Marathon was happening, as were the French presidential elections, so South Kensington was teeming with Frenchfolk.
While I packed, I filmed this outside my window: French citizens voting at the adjacent Charles De Gaulle school.
And later on, a boy on a bus. I miss my boy already. I think I missed him even then.