Happy December Everyone!
This cold weather has certainly helped me feel more Christmassy! Believe it or not both Ireland and New York were reporting warmer temperatures than LA these past few days!
I know lots of you are planning to go back to the UK for the holidays, Craig and I are not this year, so please send us lots of pictures of all the Christmas lights in your city centres and make us jealous with all your gift shopping at Marks & Spencer, Selfridges, Harrods and (of course) Primark! Last year, Oxford Street had giant lit-up Marmite signs!! You can tag us on Instagram @BritsinLA or just post on our Facebook page.
I am sure some of you have already started thinking about your New Years Resolutions. I decided many years ago that rather than give something up I was going to do something new every month. Sometimes big things – like sky diving or learning how to ski – and other times something more simple like going to dinner alone or trying a new hair color. This past weekend I managed to check off another item from my ‘try something new’ list – I went to my first same sex wedding! It was a lovely affair, and particularly touching as this was only fairly recently made legal in California. We would love to hear your New Years Resolutions, you can tweet them to us @BritsinLA or perhaps you have a suggestion for me for my ‘new thing’ for January?
One of our favorite restaurants, Bedford & Burns in Beverly Hills (369 N. Bedford Drive), are hosting a Christmas Eve dinner, so if you are at a loose end, it is bound to be a lovely evening. For the Scots amongst you, you may be pleased to hear we are also planning a Burns Night there on January 25th Rather apt as Bonnie and Bobby Burns (the owners), are descendants of Robert Burns – all details will be up on our website Britsin.LA by the end of the month.
You may not realize it, but the last day to send presents back to the UK in time for Christmas has already passed. To be honest if you are planning on sending anything to family or friends back home, you are better off shopping online at places that ship within the UK – it avoids high customs charges and at this point it is your only option! moonpig.com is a great website for personalized greeting cards – and they can ship from within the UK or USA so all your cards will arrive on time! They have a buy one card, get one free offer on at the moment, so it’s worth checking out. Particularly handy when you only remember it’s your Mum’s birthday 24 hours prior!
We have one last Pub Quiz at the Pikey this year. Tuesday, December 17th – if you are planning on attending get there early as we do fill up by about 745 pm. Wear your best/worse Christmas jumper as we will be giving a prize for our favourite!
For full details on all our events, including our weekly Tuesday Breakfast Club sponsored by NextStopLAX, please visit our website Britsin.LA
Don’t be afraid to attend alone – lots of people do it and always say they are glad they did. You can also send us a message to info@britsin.la to let us know you are coming and we will make sure to look out for you.
Cheers!
Eileen
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