Especially for Auntie K.

We had a great but busy weekend here at the WTF household. The kids had a swim meet outside of London on Friday. The next day, Snake was taking the SAT at another high school outside of London. (No, we haven't been gone that long - he is taking the test in connection with a special program for middle schoolers.) Chizz & I decided it would be a good idea to rent a car,go watch them at the swim meet, stay overnight out in the hinterlands and then take Snake to the test. Then after the test we could take a drive out to see Stonehenge and Bath. I will write more about those visits probably tomorrow but I wanted to quickly mention something we saw when we were out in the hinterlands. I needed to choose a hotel near both the meet and the test so we wouldn't be driving all night or alot the next morning. The midway point? Slough. Now, those of you in the know, know that Slough is where the UK show, "The Office" took place. As a reference point, Slough is sort of the South San Francisco of the London area. As Chizz says, Slough combines the excitement of Benicia with all the charm of Los Banos. "The Office" originated in the UK and the US version of the show liberally "borrowed" story lines from the UK version when it first started. In fact the first few episodes of the US show are pretty much the same word for word except for a few minor changes for the US audience. Auntie K. has been a big fan of the UK "Office" for years. I remember that she used to record it on PBS all the time. The opening credits show various pictures of Slough and the surrounding areas. One picture sequence shows a sign that says "Slough Trading Estate". Trading Estate is an English term for office park. The Slough Trading Estate sign is synonymous with "The Office". When I was speaking with Auntie K. the other morning, I told her I was going to Slough, she asked if we were going to "Slough Trading Estate" and we giggled about that for a minute. Guess what? When we were taking the freeway exit for the hotel, I saw this sign:



It is the sign from the opening credits!! I was very excited and made Chizz drive very slowly so I could take a picture. Our hotel was right down the road from the Slough Trading Estate. I guess I can come back home now, I have seen all the important things.