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Friday, July 16, 2010

Natural History Museum and Hyde Park - Jack's First Ride in a Taxi Without Being Tied Down


Jack's first "car seat free" ride

Harry and Lulu at Rolling Stone Bill Wyman's "Sticky Fingers Restaurant"

Harry first saw The Rolling Stone on November 26, 1969 - in the Spectrum in Philadelphia - now he had lunch at their place in West London.
Mum Mum - Jack - Mom on a taxi ride.

Jack loves the dinosaurs at the Museum of Natural History - next to Victoria and Albert Museum.
An animated dinosaur has the attention of my three sons.

Keith arrived at 1 PM - then we all went out for a day of touring.

Jack enjoyed riding in a cab without being tied down. Safely rules are a little less restrictive here - sitting 6 in the back of a cab seems less restricting without car seats and seat belts.

Our first stop was lunch at Sticky Fingers - a small restaurant owned by Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones. It features the best smoked ribs in London - and I had them. The walls are covered with pictures - poster - albums - and instruments of the Rolling Stones - even though Wyman left the group in 1989. Included were 12 gold albums for records selling over $1,000,000 worth. This was a big deal in the 60s - when I purchased new albums for $2.39.

The Natural History Museum in South Kensington provided a glimpse of the past with tons of dinosaur fossils.

After that - we walked part way home via Hyde Park where we played and fed the ducks. We finished with a short tube ride home.

Keith is already zonked out but Robin and Drew are going out to Marlborough Arms - our favorite pub. Lulu met her class there for supper this evening - but now she is home to watch Jack --- with me.

What an great ending to such a beautiful day.

"Goodnight Jack Boy."