Andrew J. Lederer

of instant coffee today. It was dreadful.

I was responding to the sign, on a Shepherd's Bush market stall, that said "Arabic coffee". But I guess I should have asked for it specifically. I threw what I got away.

So, this was to be the nature of my day?

I stepped in dog shit again. Why is there so much dog shit in the street here? How selfish are you guys?

Why, as I asked my audience last night, do Londoners stand next to the door of the tube once inside, blocking the entry of others, even when there's plenty of room in the rest of the car?

Why are your public works so cheap-ass and stingy in execution, costing large sums of money but delivering less than is logical? I saw today that the new Wood Lane tube station is maybe a block from White City station. They're building the new station now, but will there be a connecting element allowing free transfer between the Central and Hammersmith & City lines (easier to do now than at any time in the future)?

I bet not.

These are some things that happened or I thought of as I walked from Notting Hill through Shepherd's Bush to Hammersmith and back in the February sun.

The sun was shining. People were out in front of their houses.

Truly, it was a lovely day