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I think Spring has finally arrived!!!

The weather is finally changing...for the better.  It has been a horrific Winter and Spring.  Let's see...the most snowfall in the winter EVER and the coldest Spring since 1899......oh yes, it's been fun. I was so very lucky to get away for four weeks...I am very grateful for that but then again I worked hard, saved and made it happen. It's Spring in my heart anyway....Paul McCartney (my hero!) is coming to Regina in mid August and yesterday I managed to snag a third row centre seat...closest I've ever been.  They came at a premium price but it's once in a lifetime for me.  I got a Hot Sound Package which could pay for a return trip to England (in high season) but who cares....I am happy.  I get to attend the sound check as well as other little bonuses.  I am absolutely thrilled to bits.   On top of all the other things going on in my life at the moment it means tightening my belt (a bit painful when you are chubby like me!) and watching every penny but it will al

London's East End

Anyone who knows me (or reads this blog!) is aware I am totally obsessed, in love with and gaga about London.  Ever since I arrived for the very first time on January 10th, 1975 I lost my heart to this city.   I have covered a lot of London but until recently I had never visited the East End.  It just wasn't on the "tourist map" and just not somewhere tourists went...until recently. Now it is being revitalized and is becoming a "trendy" place to live as well.  I make at least one sojurn there during my time in London.  As most everyone knows the East End had the sh*t bombed out of it during the Second World War, is home to that particular breed of Londoner called the "Cockney", was Jack the Ripper's hunting grounds a century ago and was the domain of the notorious Kray brothers gang in the 50's. So come along with me and get to know the Brick End/Spitalfields part of the East End (but there is so much more to the East End and I can't wait