Hippies - Trash Cans = Carnival!

This weekend was the annual Notting Hill Carnival, which celebrates something important to someone. As best I could tell, it was celebrating garbage and hippies, because that's 98% of what I saw in the 5 hours I was there. There were honestly 4 foot piles of trash at every corner. Imagine a cross between Mardi Gras, Woodstock, and Burning Man and you'll have a good idea. At some point I'm told there was a parade, but the closest thing I saw was a couple flatbed trucks with ridiculously large speakers blasting ridiculously crappy music. All in all, I'd say it was a horrible waste of my time and I would like to never mention it again.

Editor's Note: The festival did re-unite me with the best cupcake in London, the Hummingbird, easily the high (and cleanest) point of the afternoon.

On to a brighter note. This coming weekend we'll be traveling to Paris to celebrate Labor day the way it was meant to be celebrated, by doing no labor whatsoever (I've had enough of that since I got to England; in fact this will be the first US or UK holiday I haven't actually worked). So look forward to some picture goodness next week, and enjoy the remainder of your bank holiday (don't worry, it's a UK thing, you wouldn't understand).