London!

Two huge days to report on... HUGE.

Firstly, Independence Day. Finally! An opportunity to let my Americanness out in full-force with a bunch of other young, drunk, eager Americans. BUNAC held a 4th of July cruise for us on the River Thames which slightly reminded me of the NU Senior Week Booze Cruise on the Charles River... but not nearly as crazy/emotional :) All in all a good time with dancing and singing and the whole nine yards with my new friends. Walking down the pier to the ship, I spotted someone I went to high school with who is also living in London - small world! Once on the ship, he grabbed me & said "Someone else from East is here!" (someone I didn't know) but I was still surprised and we took some Doylestown-crew pictures. Hopefully I'll get those from him soon.

Second - more celebrity encounters. They just keep getting better. The day after the cruise, I had a 12.5 hour-long shift which I wasn't looking forward to at all. They drove us about an hour away to Berkshire for an Audi Event - Polo & Dinner. When we got there, they told us that Prince William would be playing polo...!!!!!! Alright, so I'm a huge dork, but I felt all 13-year-old-girl gitty with that maybe-he'll-fall-in-love-with-me-and-I'll-become-royalty-or-something hope in the back of my mind... Not gonna lie. So the guests began arriving and various celebrities were sprinkled throughout the crowd - Jimmy Choo (famous shoe designer, super expensive shoes made even more popular from their frequent appearances on Sex & The City), Pharrell Williams!!! (One of the most popular/talented producers in the Hip-Hop world, also has some music of his own, and quite the looker), Lemar (apparently the Usher of Britain), and some actor from Love Actually who I didn't recognize cause I fell asleep while watching that movie (oops, regret that now). So my job for the reception/polo-viewing part of the day was to guard a door and ensure that guests knew where the "loos" are... I stood behind Pharrell for a good half-hour and watched socialites throw themselves at him in a very discreet mid-afternoon Polo match kind of way. I watched Prince William win a polo match and then accept a trophy... I served water to Lemar & cleared Jimmy Choo's half-eaten duck & bok choy... Haha, hilarious. Really though, for having to do such crap work with a college degree on my belt and plenty of "real-world" work experience on my resume, the celebrity sightings really make it all well worth it.

Anyways, I must get ready for dinner & drinks with the British boy, hopefully I can understand what he's saying through that thick thick accent... he now refers to me as "treacle" (According to a girl I work with, it's a term of endearment - the British equivalent of "sweetie" or "sugar"...) After that, I'm meeting up with the girls and going out dancing. Great Friday night planned... And to Ireland next week!

Have a great weekend, everyone!!

posted by Stacy @ 15:54