Woo! Big London fan myself. If I can be there in 7 years, that’ll be awesome to see.
As for the IOC celebrations, things have been crazy around here. Basically traffic’s in town was a mess for a while. Hillary Clinton was apparently a great schmoozer, but the word on the street was that it would be Moscow to go first, followed by New York, followed by Madrid, and then it was a tossup with Paris initially ahead but London gaining ground. Guess the street got it right.
Did the Parisians think of putting up free postcards everywhere telling me how many bars there are in Paris, the way London did? Noooo…..
As for the other numerous celebs and luminaries in town - Bloomberg and Nadia Comeneci and the rest of the NY delegation spent the Fourth of July at the American ambassador’s house. Raul and the rest of the Madrid team ate in Via Mar, a crappy Spanish restaurant that managed to fly in chefs for the occasion. Everyone was trying to see David Beckham. The rumour was that Muhammad Ali was eating in the branch of Morton’s here, but I’m not dropping that kind of money on steak without a guaranteed sighting.