The weekend

I got my hair cut by a very friendly Japanese lady on Thursday, which was great because my hair was feeling so heavy and gross.  The best part was when she tried to get all the knots out of my hair for about five minutes.  I don't even know how those got there.  Regardless, thank you to the Danny Oh salon for such a great haircut and head massage. 

Friday, I took a brisk walk to Chancery Lane and met my friend for Korean food!  I hadn't eaten out all week, so I was super excited to try out Tohbang.  All the reviews were spot on; this place is extremely delicious.  I literally could not even talk to my friend in front of me because I was too enamored by the food.  We commenced conversation like twenty minutes later.  After lunch, we stopped over at Bubbleology, a bubble tea shop with a very scientific feel to it.  I think it was my first time going to a bubble tea place that didn't look/feel super Asian.  Everyone was wearing lab coats inside!  I want to go again.  Our bubble tea stop was followed by a trip to Portobello Market.  It has all your typical market things like clothes and cheap produce, but my favorite part was looking at all the antiques and vintage items.  The further you went down Portobello road, the more genuine it felt.  

Later that night, I ate at Franco Manca with some friends and was able to taste some very savory and fresh pizza made on sourdough bread.  The pizzas are very reasonably priced, especially for how good they taste.  We snagged some bags of popcorn and headed back to the tube stop to head over to the London Eye.  After going through the 4D London Eye experience (which was just bizarre), we hopped on board the London Eye!  It was exciting, but it was also not as dark outside as I would have liked.  It also started raining, so that didn't help anything (rain is pretty unhelpful at times).  After our thirty-minute go around the wheel, we walked over to London Bridge to see the Olympic rings.  It was quite a long and rainy walk, but seeing London lit up at night was worth it.  

Saturday was spent finishing my research paper.  It was painful.

And as of today, so far I have gone to church, eaten some sushi, and taken a trip to Hampstead Heath.  Also, it has yet to rain today!!  Yaaaay!