Renewing Acquaintances With Old Friends

After attending St. Bartholomew's we made our way back to the tube station where we met a friend of Scott's and his lovely fiance and their newborn. This young couple are both bankers in a town which is decidedly anti-banker at the moment, but they are as delightful a couple as you could want to meet--if somewhat tired as new parents tend to be. We enjoyed catching up, it having been 12 years since our young friend borrowed a room at Scott 's when he visited our northwest town with the youth group Up With People. We also enjoyed discussing the state of the world as viewed from two sides of The Pond and learning of their plans to be married in May. The girls, especially Olivia and Cecily, loved playing with the 2-month-old and all three positively preened at the chance to show off their newly green-painted nail polish (in time for St. Patrick's day) and their Sunday dresses. The newborn's Mum was a font of information about the British view of the world and made us laugh at her incredulity upon finding out that Americans actually go shopping on Saturday nights--something unheard of here where the shops close early on weekend nights. We wish them both well on their upcoming nuptials, and we hope to see them on the West Coast again soon.