The London Film Museum

Abbey Road

The Beatles prepare to cross Abbey Road, 1969. Photo by Linda McCartney

It is not so easy to cross Abbey Road. It is a busy intersection. There are a good number of families risking the lives of their children by forcing them onto the zebra crossing for the photo opportunity. Me? I didn't even plan to cross the road. I was walking Michelle to a photo shoot in St. John's Wood. We were consulting the google map to find the photographer's studio and I noticed we were 1 block away from ABBEY ROAD. Sweetness, I am literally at the most famous crosswalk ever...rock n' roll history sightseeing with no prior planning.

With Michelle gone making modeling magic, I had resigned myself to the fact that I would not have a friend to photograph me crossing the road. I forged ahead fully fine with the photo-less experience. Turns out I did have my photograph taken - creepy surveillance-style - thanks to the Abbey Road Studio's Web Cam. They keep a log of people crossing the road for 24 hours. I watched myself cross that road a few times. Turns out I swing my left arm violently. Why didn't anyone tell me?

My beautiful sister is here

Life is more beautiful when Michelle is around. She is so funny, so sweet. She makes everything good. Roo was here in London hardly over 24 hours when she took me to the most beautiful place. We rode the District Line tube to the end of the line - Richmond. We walked through town to the river, through a meadow with grazing cattle, down a narrow footpath through berry bushes, up a hill for a picnic and then to perfect Petersham Nurseries for tea and coconut cake. Too good to be true - flowers, cake and my Roo.