An Easy Weekend

Tracy and I are just wrapping up an easy weekend with the kids. London has been cold and blustery the past few days and we definitely kept it in low gear most of the time.

I just returned from Tokyo on Thursday night and despite my claims over rarely getting jet lag, on this occasion I was pretty knackered. No pics or anything from the Far East but I'll say (for now without further elaboration) that this trip might have finally been the one where I began to "get" that city. There's a feel and rhythm to that's hard to explain but once it begins to click, you do have a bit of an "aha" moment and see why certain people think that town is truly remarkable.

In any case, Friday was just a catch-up day at the office and it's great that our colleague/friend Lee is in from Chicago for a couple weeks. After the whistle blew, we grabbed a couple pints at the Punchbowl, the semi-famous Mayfair pub co-owned by Madge and Guy Ritchie. No sighting of either; supposedly it's going to be his in the divorce proceedings.

The kids were a blast this weekend, starting with the heartwarming site of all three of them literally jumping up and down and screaming Daddy! when I walked through the door Thursday evening. Seeing that little Sarah trying to catch some air with her brothers and then run into my arms is just awesome. Our traditional Shabbat dinner on Friday, strolling Soho and Covent Garden on Saturday (including a stop at the London Transport Museum, which I'd highly recommend to families with small kids), and the kickboxing routine on Sunday. All easy, all enjoyable.

Asian markets open in a few hours, so almost time to strap on the seat belt and see what ride we take this week. At least it ain't dull.