Life in a London Start Up
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15 Aug 2008Last night was one of the best dance classes so far. It was the only venue I hadn’t seen yet and it definitely one of the most popular. It was a huge group for the lesson, and everyone ended up staying quite late to keep dancing, including myself which meant it was nearly midnight by the time I got home.
I first went to the class last week with my friend Sarah (who works at Spoonfed and whose bachlorette party I attended a few weekends ago) and her fiance Steven. I had told Sarah back when I first started at Spoonfed that I liked jive and swing dancing (even though I’d never done it before) and she spent a month and a half telling me to come along to this class she did three times a week. Finally, last week I made the time to go along and I’m so glad I did and that I’ve bought the 5-week pass (L30 for 5 weeks of unlimited classes). It’s good exercise after my increasingly long days in the office, fun, and social. Exactly what I needed.
I’ve also joined a book group and need to hunt down a copy of Slaughterhouse Five as that’s the first book on the list. I’ve never read it before and know it’s one of those books I have to read at somepoint so this should be a good excuse.
I took a bunch of pictures last week of my commute (it’s really not that exciting but I had a request) so I’ll be uploading those this weekend. I didn’t take any pictures of the Tube… you are allowed to use camera on the underground, but generally it’s groups of tourists taking pictures of each other. It might look a bit suspicious if I tried to just photograph the trains and stations. I’m not sure the officer would buy my excuse of trying to document my commute for a group of people on average 4000 miles away!
Meaghan Fitzgerald is an American ex-pat now living in London, UK and working for tech start up Spoonfed Media as director of marketing. While The Top Floor Flat initially covered London sites and scenes, European travel and recollections on living abroad, more recent articles focus on start ups, business, technology and marketing.