Rebecca Yang and Adam Caper have visited us before in Paris, Rome, San Miguel de Allende, New Orleans and now London. Sandy and Rebecca were colleagues at Lahey Clinic where they forged a bond and friendship based on their mutual professional respect for each other. Rebecca and Adam married before we all became friends and we first met Adam at the wedding of another colleagues son. We then became much closer friends when they lived for a few years two doors down from us on Beacon Street in Boston. They now live in The Upper West Side of Manhattan New York City.
They arrived early in the morning of September 2 after a red eye flight from NYC.Day one was low key with a short train ride to Barons Court to pick up these beautiful T-bones at HG Walter Butchers. Adam performed his wizardry on the grill and we had a lovely al fresco dinner on the garden patio. The tee shirts were a gift from them.After dinner we played our favorite card game, Burraco. It has become a traditional evening past time with our guests.Day two we took them to Richmond as they are fans of the Apple TV series Ted Lasso. This is the Pub where many segments of the series were filmed.While the men wandered the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, Sandy and Rebecca took in the “Naomi in Fashion” exhibit at the museum.The exhibition displayed many of her iconic outfits that she wore on the runway. It also highlighted her life and was a celebration to the skill and contribution of an individual to the fashion industry.Naomi Elaine Cambell is an English model, actress and media personality. She began her career at the age of 8 and quickly catapulted to fame. She was the first black woman to appear as a model on the covers of Time and Vogue France. Our dear friend Katiti Kironde was the first black woman to grace the cover of Glamour Magazine when she was a freshman at Harvard.Our friend Rebecca is a skilled breast surgeon in New Jersey. She is also a talented dancer and performs with Alvin Ailey in NYC.Beautiful and talented RebeccaWe took them to the Sky Garden for dinnerSunset view from our table at the Sky Garden Brasserie.Known to locals as the walkie talkie due to its unique shape, this skyscraper is London’s highest public garden and offers spectacular 360 degree views of the city.The Fenchurch Building aka walkie talkie.On Adam and Rebecca’s last Day with us Sandy and Rebecca went to Hampton Court.
This video shows the expansive medieval courtyard where I caught Rebecca walking towards me at the end. The original Tudor Hampton Court Palace was begun by Cardinal Wolsey in the early 16th century, but soon attracted the attention of Henry VIII who took it over and brought all of his six wives here.Queen Victoria opened the Palace to the public in 1838 and it has been a magnet for millions of visitors drawn to the grandeur, the ghosts and the fabulous art collection. Below are portraits and info of Henry’s wives and their fate. Most British school children learn the following rhyme to help remember the fate of each; Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived. Another way to remember their order is the mnemonic; “Arrogant Boys Seem Clever, Howard Particularly” which indicate the last names of each; Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleaves, Catherine Howard, Katherine Parr.DIEDHenry married Katherine Parr in her Priory Closet June 1543.Replica of King Henry VIII crown.There are 60 acres of magnificent gardens on the grounds of the palace.The Great Vine of Hampton Court is just over 250 years old and is the largest Grape Vine in the world.After a brief few days visit with us in Kew they moved on to a hotel in Central London to finish their sightseeing.
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