Jonathan Ross Show, October 13-18, 2014

Looking back on this week, it was really action packed!

Monday was Columbus day but that is not observed in London. I met with one of the wives, Rachael and we ventured out to Ikea. It's a bit of a journey from my flat so I met in her neighborhood for lunch. We ate at a cute little place called The Elgin in Maida Vale, and both decided to get the pancakes with bananas and bacon. It was pretty yummy! I have always liked pancakes, but have become a huge fan since moving.

After lunch we jumped on another bus to Ikea. I appreciated Ikea so much more than I did in Dallas. So many great inexpensive things, I felt like I needed! Ummm did you know Ikea has the cutest wrapping paper? I told Rachael how I had so much back in Dallas that I had to get rid of so we decided this is was not a necessary purchase. I did get some cute napkins, a napkin holder, a big pan, baggies with zippers, and also tested out some chairs for when Baby K arrives. We both enjoyed a delicious milk shake for only £1 and headed over to a big Tesco (grocery store). We roamed the aisles then headed back home.

On Wednesday I met up with a "small world" connection! We were friends in 9th grade but after that our high school was over crowded and got split so we ended up going to different rival schools. She lives in London and reached out for us to get together. We met at a trendy little bakery called Rose Bakery at the top of the Dover Street Department Store. We had a fun time catching up and chatting about London. She is very hip and works as a stylist and is in graduate school for photography.

Friday, Rachael had tickets to see The Jonathan Ross Show but at the last minute her husband couldn't attend so she asked if I wanted to go with her. I have never heard of the show but I was all excited. It turns out he is a late night talk show host like Jay Leno and has guests come on and a music performance. We met at Waterloo Station and walked to the itv Studios to get in line. Just because you have a "ticket" doesn't guarantee you get in so we wanted to get there early, about 5:30pm to get a good spot in line. There were already lots of people waiting! Turns out we got in...but we still didn't know who the guests were!

They hype up the crowd and we are so excited to be there! Turns out the guest tonight are Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Mel B (Spice Girl) from The X Factor, Sir David Attenborough (who was actually very interesting!), musical guest Paolo Nutini, and wait for it...Steve Carell!!! We were excited to see everyone but over the top for Steve!!! He was promoting his most recent movie, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. It was really cool to see them mess up and re shoot different scenes. They actually were interviewed for a long time and we heard some great stories. It ended around 9:15pm and I headed home. The show is recorded on Friday and airs Saturday night.

Rachael and I in the studio

Steve Carell, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini (an X Factor judge and formerly in a girl band Girls Aloud), Jonathan Ross (host), Mel B (an X Factor judge and formerly in a girl band Spice Girls), Sir David Attenborough (an English broadcaster), and Paolo Nutini (musical guest)

On Saturday, Josh and I had to search for some birthday gifts for our November birthdays! It's hard to get something small that is easy to ship. I had been to Harrod's but I wanted Josh to get the experience as well. It was crowded as always but I love just walking around and looking at all the stuff. They had their Christmas section set up and I was so overwhelmed with all there was to look at! It was wonderful. For dinner the wives had wanted everyone to get together so we could all meet. Not everyone could come but turned out that 8 of us were available and in town. We met at Whyte and Brown in Soho. This reminded me so much of Whiskey Cake in Dallas. Such a fun area, and the restaurant had a beautiful patio area! I need to go back and walk around some more. I have hung out with the wives a couple of times so it was great to meet the husbands too! After dinner we walked over to Scoops for some gelato, then headed home. Josh and I were sad about Baylor's first loss of the season. 

Sunday was our tour of The Portland Hospital. Only 10 weeks left! The tour was nice and the hospital seems very organized and equipped. After the tour we had lunch at a new to us place right by the hospital called Ask Italian. It was good but the honey cheesecake was amazing! I want to go back soon just for another slice! Oh and it's a Taste Card restaurant so win-win! We watched the Jonathan Ross recording which was so cool! I told Josh all the parts that were edited and stories that were cut. I'm sure he was very interested. Here is the link if you want to watch the episode: https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/the-jonathan-ross-show