02 Mar 2004 | bah said...

go so you can hang out with me!!!

02 Mar 2004 | Garrick Van Buren said...

Harrod's will hold your bags for a pound while you shop....or wander around downtown. That was good enough reason for me.

02 Mar 2004 | CM Harrington said...

If you really want to go, go.

..besides, you can say "hello" to my old flat in Hampstead =)

02 Mar 2004 | Nick said...

APPLE Computer is planning to open a giant flagship store on Londons Regent Street, its first flagship store in Europe.

02 Mar 2004 | SimbaV said...

... to loose weight... the food over there is terrible... and let's not even mention their beers...

02 Mar 2004 | Merkin said...

1. Be appalled at how expensive, slow, dirty, uncomfortably overcrowded and early-closing the Tube is!

2. Be amazed that pubs still have to close at 11:00! " Time gentleman!" Haw haw that's -- oh my god they're serious. Oh well there's a war on. Sort of.

3. It's cheaper to get to Europe from London than from the US.

4. El Greco -- on now

5. Philip Guston -- on now

6. The Weather Project is nice. The rest of Tate Modern is suprisingly dull!

7. Chapman Brothers -- on now

8. Bizarro food science chef Heston Blumenthal at The Fat Duck

9. London Drinker Beer and Cider Festival
Wednesday 17th to Friday 19th March 2004

02 Mar 2004 | shayne said...

do a couple book signings or free workshops (where you sell your books) and write the whole trip off on your taxes.

02 Mar 2004 | Jake Walker said...

Julian Opie exhibition starts at the Lisson Gallery on March 18.

The Weather Project leaves the Tate Modern on March 21.

And the one way see through toilet won't be around for ever, will it?

02 Mar 2004 | Rik said...

Fabric (www.fabriclondon.com) is a fairly wonderful club, if you are into that kind of thing.

02 Mar 2004 | David B said...

...and let's not even mention their beers...

The British make some of the best beers and ales in the world. American beers have most of the flavour extracted from them as part of the manufacturing process (note that I don't call it brewing). British brands to try include Adnams, Abbey Ales, London Pride and Hopsback.

St Patrick's Day in London would be a good oportunity to sample beers from Ireland.

B.

02 Mar 2004 | Joshua Kaufman said...

Do really need a reason? It's London! It's like needing a reason to go to San Fransisco, Seattle, Chicago, or NYC. But if you really need a reason, so you can have simulating converations about the Web, interaction and design over a pint with me. Seriously, let me know if you decide to make a trip over the pond. I'd love to meet you and show you around a few London sites.

02 Mar 2004 | Matthew Oliphant said...

Because you are here and London is there. It's like the reason for climbing a mountain, "Because it's there."

On the geeky side you could visit the Interaction Design Centre at Middlesex University.

*sigh*, yes that is what I would do...

You could go see many reduced things.

Tickets are hovering around to 250$US from ORD.

02 Mar 2004 | but that's just me said...

Go because I can't and you can.

02 Mar 2004 | Don Schenck said...

I enjoyed Sunday at Hyde Park, Speaker's Corner to be precise. That and the original Hard Rock.

Go.

02 Mar 2004 | brian said...

you already speak the language

02 Mar 2004 | Fredclef said...

Hell, you have already been there! Do you really think it has changed much since you last visited? If you have the resources to plan a trip to the UK, go someplace in the UK that you haven't been, like, somewhere other than London! I have some friends that have travelled to a overseas' destination more than once and they always say with regret, that they wished they could have gone somewhere other than destination, again.

You should go back to the UK, let London be your jumpoff, just don't go to LONDON to visit LONDON. From what I understand, its just like New York, only people talk funny and wear alot of black. London is like number 11 on my places to visit before I have kids! You want a destination: go to New Zealand and Austrialia.

Okay, a reason to go back to London: Bitch-slap Tony Blair for being duped by bad US intelligence and President Bush and the New American Century Republican agenda.

02 Mar 2004 | Mike said...

My Dad was recently in London for a Camp Director conference, and ended up going to clubs and poppin' Cristal champagne with Christina Aguilera and her posse after they met in a hotel bar.

No, seriously.

If that's not a reason to go to London, then hell, I dunno what is.

02 Mar 2004 | Eamon said...

I just got back from London and highly, highly recommend the El Greco exhibit. I suggest you visit the rest of the museum first, however; if you make the same mistake we did and see the El Grecos first, you're guaranteed to think the rest of the gallery is for crap. Also, the reconstruction of the Globe is fantastic, and we got a kick out of The Old Operating Theatre Museum.

That said, go to Dublin instead. Cheaper, friendlier, and much much easier to wander around. Plus, fantastic Thai food. $228 round trip on Aer Lingus.

02 Mar 2004 | Swami Prem said...

If you are into yoga, you should go there to meet my guru. He's currently living in the London area.

02 Mar 2004 | Chris from Scottsdale said...

Practice driving on the wrong side of the road. Never hurts.

02 Mar 2004 | Brad Hurley said...

Practice driving on the wrong side of the road. Never hurts.

Especially if you're driving standard. Lots of Americans chicken out and get an automatic, but that's just wus.

Roundabouts are fun, too.

Of course, if your're in London you don't want to drive in the city anyway; I think there are fees for that now, at least during rush hour.

Another reason to go to London: eat at Wagamama (great cafeteria-style Asian noodle shop).

02 Mar 2004 | but that's just me said...

you already speak the language

The best one yet.

02 Mar 2004 | ~bc said...

Perhaps the question should be "why not" go to London. If I were in jolly ole, I would go up to Newcastle and try and see the Magpies at St. James. All I get to do is watch it on TiVo. Then get laughed at by all the Brits for calling it "soccer."

Two other things: *liked the book tour thing. Clever.

* try BaseCamp from Overseas. It's QA.

* It'd be cool to time it with the opening of the store on Regent. But of course, that's not announced, so we're all just assuming that....

02 Mar 2004 | Ruth said...

Because you only live once.

02 Mar 2004 | oliverw said...

How about dropping into London on your way to HCI 2004 in Leeds?
http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/hci2004/

Well that's my excuse for going to London this year.
Oh and it's Tax Deductible :-)

02 Mar 2004 | Jamie said...

Bangers and mash. Or just Bangers.

02 Mar 2004 | Andrew said...

...because your money doesn't evapoate fast enough in the US, so you want everything to cost 2x as much?

Buy some ipods and sell them at a huge American-joe type discount to some Londoners for a nominal profit. They will still save money and you could pay for your flight.

03 Mar 2004 | MegaGrunt said...

No one can resist coming to a country that brought us this (the finest moment of TV ever)...

Rainbow

Also a couple more years of rule by "The Dear Leader" (as Patriot Act IV will require you to call him), and the dollar will be to weak for you to afford to actually leave the country - visit now, while you still can!

03 Mar 2004 | Brad Hurley said...

So you can pick up a copy of Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure, which I don't believe is available yet in the United States. It's a great read.

03 Mar 2004 | graham said...

The hot English women, man!

Some action this side of the pond isn't a bad incentive, init?

03 Mar 2004 | Paperhead said...

the beef's safe to eat ;)

03 Mar 2004 | but that's just me said...

No one can resist coming to a country that brought us this (the finest moment of TV ever)...

That was like a puppet version of The Osbornes.

03 Mar 2004 | andrew said...

ministry of sound.

03 Mar 2004 | depressed said...

Because the US is a facist state.

Why are deported war criminals, death squad leaders and former dictators better for Haiti than a democratically priest?

Do the people of the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere have to suffer more?

Does Disney really need to produce Pocahontas pajamas, at the rate of 11 cents per hour?

03 Mar 2004 | depressed said...

correct link for death squad leaders

04 Mar 2004 | lee said...

To hold a workshop...

05 Mar 2004 | Rob said...

Jerry Springer the Opera..nuff said.