Sweet Home Chicago

Just stumbled across a new pizza place in Draper. Haven’t been there in person yet but it is on our list for upcoming evaluation. Their menu incluldes thin-crust chicago style pizza, stuffed crust pizza, Chicago dogs, salads, and sandwiches. Sweet Home Chicago Pizzeria 1442 E. Draper Parkway Draper, UT 84020 801-545-0455 www.sweethomechicagopizzeria.com

The Chimi Project: Bajio

My brother and I continued our survey of chimichangas available in the greater Salt Lake area. Today was stop number 2. See our first stop in the previous post on Su Casa. Today was Bajio Mexican Grill. For those not close to a Bajio, it is a regional mexican chain that started here in Utah. [...]

Big City Soup

At this time of the year, you have to love a place that specializes in soup. One of their three locations is just around the corner from my office and I was in a bit of hurry today so I ordered some to go. Although I was only in the store briefly, I had a [...]

The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey

The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium: An Englishman’s World by Robert Lacey On my to be read list.

Elizabeth’s London by Liza Picard

Elizabeth’s London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London by Liza Picard More reference material than anything else, still quite fascinating to get a feel for how people would have lived in 1500s in London. Especially those not part of the monarchy or royalty or aristocracy of the day.

London: The Novel by Edward Rutherford

84 Charing Cross Road

I just saw this for the first time a week ago. Beyond some annoying cinematic effects (like having your characters speak at the camera), I’m surprised I haven’t seen this before. While half of it is set in New York, it creates a good atmosphere of London in several of the scenes that are in [...]

Bend it Like Beckham

Vivid in my mind, beyond the story itself, are the Hounslow tube stop and the scene on Carnaby Street in Central London.

Pride and Prejudice (BBC 1996 version)

I can’t really add to what some people have already written. For now, for me, on this site, it’s just on my list of London films.

Notting Hill

The first in my collection of London-based movies. This one has Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts and is set in Notting Hill, which is the neighborhood I lived in when I studied in London.