"Pick and Mix"

. . . is what Londoners call the candy you scoop out of bins and place in paper bags to weigh by the pound. Usually I just call it FREE CANDY but not all of us are ruthless candy thieves. (Hint: I am.)

Anyway, I figured it was also a good title for today's photos because of, you know, the "pic" in "pictures." Such a clever girl!

Burlington Gardens, just off Regent Street in the West End.

Arched passageways called "arcades" house lovely boutiques inside. No "Mrs. Pac-Man" here!

We stopped for coffee and cupcakes at Bertie & Boo in Balham.
(Yay for alliteration!)

Dan's "artistic" photo composition. 

"Tea or coffee? Tea or coffee?!"

Tower Bridge at night. You can't tell here, but it's the loveliest shade of blue.

Marble Arch.
Here's what you didn't know about this famous monument: prisoners that were on their way to be executed here or at nearby Tyburn Gallows were accompanied by guards who would stop at pubs on the way for beer and gruel. Often, the barkeep would offer a beer for the prisoner to drink on the way to his death, hence the saying "One for the road . . ."