The first night Caitlin was in town, all of us went to Brick Lane to show her and the girl she was traveling with a bit of East London. The food was delicious (as usual). I'm getting better at handling spicy things, I think... but that's not to say that I'm not a wimp anymore. I'm just less of one. ;) Anyway, Haider got us a great deal (he's definitely the best at haggling) and we decided on a nice place. I'm also starting to get a bit better at ordering food at Indian places. I've discovered that my favorite thing (so far) is Kabahi Kosht. It's basically lamb marinated in spices with peppers and onions. I have to make it more mild by adding lots of rice and naan, but it's delicious! I'm also a big fan of mango lossi, which is kind of like a very sweet, milky fruit smoothie.
After dinner, we grabbed bagels at the Bagel shop (what trip to Brick Lane would be complete without it?) and then got dessert at Cookies and Cream, our favorite dessert place. Once we had finished, we walked to Hayfield's and met up with Damien and his friends for his 21st birthday party. Having Caitlin there made it 10 times more fun. We were joking around and laughing the entire time. =)
Caitlin and I definitely used the pool cues as microphones, haha. We played pool, too... (and the two of us won!).
After Hayfield's closed (of course we stayed until it closed!), Caitlin, Haider and I decided to continue the merriment by hanging out by the canal and then lighting off some fireworks at the park right by campus. It was hilarious -- Haider misplaced a stand for one of htem so he held it at arms length (away from us, of course), lit the fuse, and lost hearing for a second or so as it screamed away, haha. =)
The next day was St. Patrick's Day! I spent most of the day working on a paper (booo), but Caitlin went out and did touristy things in London with her friend. We met up that night and decided to go out to an Irish pub in Leicester Square.
Vanessa and Caitlin took the advice on my button. ;) I ended up taking it off in the tube after a few sketchy guys passed by me (as a side note, a hobo had come up to Vanessa and I a few days earlier, blown both of us a kiss, given us what he thought was a seductive look, then smiled and walked away. The worst part is that my instint is to smile, "catch" the kiss, and put it in my back pocket... luckily, I caught myself that time and -- just barely -- didn't do it, haha).
The pubs at Leicester Square were ridiculously crowded (although probably not near as crowded as Dublin was -- Kevin spent St. Patty's Day there), and a ton of people were wearing green Guiness hats. I was jealous. We ended up leaving Leicester Square after about 45 minutes or so and headed back to campus to have a drink at the New Globe. I ordered an Irish car bomb with a few friends and went to bed early (hey, I was still tired from the night before!). Despite my lack of energy on St. Patrick's Day itself, I think the Irish car bomb was a significant tribute to my heritage. That, and I also wore a bit of orange. ;)
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