Finally!

I'm off for two weeks, traipsing around London and Paris. British food is slowly overcoming its reputation of boring and bland, while guidebooks warn that it is becoming harder to find a decent restaurant in Paris. We shall see, as I go in search of steak-and-kidney pie and fish-and-chips in London, and the perfect steak frites in a Paris bistro. Oh, and what would a trip to England be without a real high tea, that national institution?
I had wanted to visit one of Gordon Ramsay's restos in London, but an email requesting reservations that I sent six weeks ago went unanswered--perhaps I'll try when I get there.
Toodle-dee-doo, and au revoir!