Dear Followers,

Welcome back, or in the case of my class, welcome! If you have come to this site by accident, then read on since I assure you it's better then the site you were trying to get to. For the next week or so I, Simon David Ace Grossman, will be blogging about the trip to London that  me and my mother are on. Please note that I am writing this on the 25th of March 2013 so if you are reading this in the year 500,000 AS(After Simon) trying to find out about my early life, I am NOT still on that trip. Below i am going to post some photos from our 1st and 2nd days.

In the food court at Logan, we noticed that up on the wall were these signs for many major cities. It'f funny to think that America is wider then the Atlantic ocean.

In the Victoria and Albert museum  there was a very cool screen that allowed the user to create their own coat of arms. if you are in my class, then ask Ms.Adams to show you the one I made for the class. The motto in Latin means "through effort to the stars" I have the same motto on my coat of arms which you will see below.

This is my coat of arms. I worked hard on it so enjoy(or else, DUN DUN DUN).

These are pictures of models of the Globe Theater. They are, hilariously, IN the Globe Theater. Humans (snort). The Globe Theater we were in was the 3rd globe. It was where many of Shakespeares plays were preformed.  It was originally built for Shakespeare in fact - the the late 1500's.

I shall now tell you the great Chronicles of the Globe.

The 1st Globe, burned down. they were in the middle of a show, and the King of England was part character in the show. A cannon was shot to salute the king, but the technical people must not of positioned  the cannon quite right, and boom bang whiz ( or woop zoop sloop) the cannon hit the roof and the roof was on fire. Since the roof was made of thatch the Globe burned down quickly - with over 2000 people in the audience. Nobody was hurt but one poor mans britches caught on fire - but dont worry, he had a bottle of beer handy and used it to put out the fire. He ruined his britches but he saved his life.

Today we are off to the Natural History museum.  Keep reading as i will post about it tomorrow.

Dear followers,

welcome back! or in the case of my class welcome! if you have to this site by accident, then read on since i assure you its better then the site you were trying to get to. for the next week or so I, Simon David Ace Grossman will be blogging about the trip to London that  me and my mother are on. please note that I am writing this on the 25th of march 2013 so if you are reading this in the year 500,000 AS(After Simon) trying to find out about my early life, i am NOT still on that trip. below i am going to post some photos from our 1st and 2nd days.

in the food court at Logan, we noticed that up on the wall were these signs for many major cities. its funny to think that america is wider then the Atlantic ocean.

in the Victoria and Albert museum  there was a very cool screen that allowed the user to create their own coat of armor. if you are in my class, then ask Ms.Adams to show you the one I made for the class. the motto, in Latin means "through effort to the stars" I have the same motto on my coat of arms which you will see below.

This is my coat of arms. I worked hard on it so enjoy(or else, DUN DUN DUN).

These are pictures of models of the globe theater. they are, hilariously, IN the globe theater. Humans (snort). the globe theater we were in was the 3rd globe. i shall now tell you the great Chronicals of the Globe.
The 1st globe, burned down. they were in the middle of a show, but it required the king of england. so what do they do? they get the king of England! a cannon was shot to salute the king, but  he must not of positioned  the cannon quite right, and boom bang whiz ( or woop zoop sloop) the roof was on fire. for the low watt bulbs in the audiance the cannon hit the thached roof and bang in fire it went. we do know that every one was evacuated, b

How far is it to London?

Sign in Logan airport

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London - Getting ready to go

Getting ready to go to London, I'll be posting every day so keep watching! The plane leaves at 8:50 tonight
(March 22nd) and will be landing in London 7:20 AM, which is 2:20 AM here in Massachusetts. Hmm, not the party all night I was envisioning. I wonder if I will be tired...?

Getting ready

What I am Not Going to Tell you About – Italy

I am not going to tell you about all the awesome stuff I have been doing in Italy.

Like how we had to go on the six hour plane ride from Boston to Amsterdam overnight and also the 2 hour flight from Amsterdam to Venice. The airport in Boston is called Logan. The airport in Amsterdam is called Schipol. The airport in Venice is called Marco Polo. Marco Polo is a very fun game to play in the swimming pool. It is very funny how they named an airport after a swimming pool game. Marco Polo was actually a great Italian explorer but I didn’t know that until my mom just told me.

And I won’t tell you how the airplane company Delta left our check in luggage in Amsterdam. And that the courier broke the deal that they deliver our luggage in 24 hours to the hotel – so I had to stay in my stinky clothes for 2 days.

I am not going to tell you all the fun stuff I have been doing either…like going skiing with two of my friends from London and how we have an awesome skiing instructor named Lukas. He is awesome because he is a great Italian ski instructor and he teaches things like how to do perfect parallel, we learned how to ski backwards today and ski on one ski.

I will not tell you how we have a room just for skiing and it is ironically called The Ski Room.

Our view from the window is of the ski slopes. It is kind of boring except for the occasional Moose who races by. Here in the Dolomites it is fun! The Dolomites are mountains in the Alps. We hear people speaking Italian and German. We say “Ciao” a lot.

I will not tell you about the awesome swimming pool and how the management is very mean in saying “This is not a FUN hotel, it is a WELLNESS hotel.” BORING!

So far I have only eaten penne pasta for dinner but today I am trying a chicken schnitzel. I did not want Vienner Schnitzel because it sounds too much like Weiner Schnitzel. And I think most of the readers know what a Weiner is.

I hope you enjoy this blog in which I do not tell you anything.

Go Dog Go - A Book Review

Go Dog Do – A Book Review

I liked this book because it is just sort of fun to read it again because I read it when I was much younger and just learning how to read – so now it just felt good reading it again. I remember reading it in front of a fire on Christmas Eve at our old house in London. I think it was our first Christmas there.

The kind of words that use to give me trouble were “three” – because it looks like it should be pronounced “Ta” “Ha” “Ree” – which isn’t a real word. And the word “Night” because it looks like it should be pronounced “ni” “ga” “ta”.

I also think the pictures are quite funny – especially the one on Page 60, 61 and 62. The picture on 62 is of a funky and interesting party hat that a pink poodle is wearing. I think the poodle is trying to impress another dog and is also on the way to a fun dog party.

The pink poodle is a girl because it said “a girl dog” not because it is a pink poodle because I don’t think there are specific boy and girl colors. However, I do think girls tend to like pink more than boys. Sometimes I wear pink. I have a shirt with pink in it – a tie dyed pink shirt from Ben and Jerry’s that says “I Tied it. I Dyed it . I Buyed it.”

The reappearing “Do you like my hat” is funny and interesting because the pink poodle is always trying to impress the dog – and finally she does impress him. And sometimes in our family I ask them, “Do you like my hat?” but that is usually when I am in my parrot hat. I am referencing Go Dogs Go when I ask them that.

Mainly I like the picture of the dog party because it looks like a fun and silly time. I believe there are some dogs playing tennis, some are bouncing up and down on a trampoline, one is being blown out of a cannon, opening presents, hanging from a swing, jump roping. If I was in the picture I would like to be shot out of a cannon and end up having gone all around the world and back to the tree. Then I would open up some presents and eat some cake. I would like to eat chocolate cake – or maybe ice cream cake with Chocolate Brownie Brownie Becket from JP licks. JP Licks is a very good ice cream shop close by my house. We can walk there. And my father is the Mayor – on Four Square. It is called Chocolate Brownie Brownie Becket either after my summer camp in the Berkshires or for Josh Becket, a Red Sox pitcher.

Go Dogs Go was written P.D. Eastman and I think he is a funny author good for children of young ages just learning how to read. I would strongly recommend it to kindergarteners and early first graders. But even thought I am in 3rd grade I still like to read it sometimes for good memories.

Signing off for now, Simon

A Conversation with my Mom

Right now I am in the library in Memphis, Tennessee. Yes, it is true I am in the town where Elvis lived and yes I have seen Graceland but no we are not going to go there for the tour because my parents are just saying no, because it is too expensive.

And now here is:

A Conversation with my Mom!

S: Mom, what year were you born?
M: I was born in 1962.
S: Now tell me, how long has it been since you last had chocolate?
M: It was about 36 hours ago. We were in the RV and I had a chocolate covered macadamia nut.
S: Now mom, how many chocolate covered macadamia nut clusters are left?
M: I believe there are two.
S: Are those two for me and Josh?
M: Only if you eat a mess of carrots, milk and broccoli.
S: When was the last time you had something to do with chocolate in secret?
M: Do I have to tell you the truth?
S: Yes.
M: Alright. I bought some M&M’s in Scottsdale a few weeks ago, but it was just a small packet.
S: Now mom, are there any left?
M: No. Next question please.
S: When will you next get some chocolate?
M: I am not telling. Next subject please.
S: Have you ever met an alien?
M: Only your father.
S: Dad is an alien?
M: Well, you had to know sometime. He is from the planet Zorgulon.
S: Tell me the story!
M: Not until you are 18.

S: Do you like pie?
M: As a matter of fact, yes. Especially warm and with ice cream. Anything else?
S: All this is making me hungry what about you?
M: Absolutely.
S: Lets go have lunch!
M: Next stop – The RV Cafeteria!