london bridge is better without kids

part 3 of our weekend getaway culminates in a trip to london to check out a show at the tate modern and go handbag shopping for yours truly.

we park the car at osterly station and take the tube into london so we don't have to withdraw from the peanuts' college funds to cover weekend parking fees in the city centre.

making our way to the tate modern is hard work & we are hungry for lunch. it's sunday and not quite the holiday season yet, so there isn't much open in the way of eats on the way to the tate modern. my stomach just hopes there is a cafe at the museum that serves more than muffins and snickers bars.

we are in luck as the tate modern boasts an award-winning full service restaurant that is packed to the gills today as the lunch options the the surrounding areas seems to be a bit nil on a sunday. with yummy burgs & fries filling our tummies, we are now ready to check the exhibit, featuring damien hirst, andy warhol, murakami, keith haring and jeff koons to name drop a few.

the exhibit was fairly good as far as exhibits go but joe was a tad disappointed as it was not what he was hoping to see from these artists.

murakami had a music video looping with kirsten dunst that had the vapors' song, "turning japanese" churning in my head all day long and part of monday too. it was interesting to see all the covers from interview magazine that warhol had painted during the 80's. one artist featured identical twins reading the same book on identical chairs and otufits as they flanked a painting hung on the wall. i so wanted to talk to them and to find out how they had scored this art gig.

after getting our fill of art for the the day, joe promised some handbag shopping. i had done some recon on the internet and determined the whereabouts of balenciaga, longchamp, mulberry, and lancel as well as their opening hours. being sunday and not quite the holidays, most shops were closed but luckily mulberry (a london based brand) was open, so we headed there straightaway where i scored a cute yummy little ledbury handbag in chocolate leather.

london trip=full success!!!