Plaque(s)

Chuck had a cap come off one of his teeth while at Karissa's wedding. A few days after our return, we began the process of getting it replaced. One of the first things we learned was that our medical coverage here doesn't include prosthedontics -- and the replacing of a cap is defined (by the Navy) as prosthedontics. After several more false starts, we did find a nearby dentist who did the job.

The moral of the story for us is: "Dentists may be hard to find, but not plaque(s)".

See: http://chuck.smugmug.com/gallery/247090/9/9646918 Make sure you go all the way to the last picture.

I guess the question of who is a "patriot" depends on your point of view.

If you looked at the pictures, you realize by now that this is really about historical plaques -- not dentists. London, of course, has been the site of a lot of history -- after all, for several centuries it was the capital of the largest empire on earth. History is everywhere here -- and historical plaques are equally ubiquitous. It sometimes seems as if there's at least one on every block. With the passage of time, though, the honored individuals have faded into obscurity -- at least for these visiting Americans. (Did anyone know who William Wilkie Colllins or F. Paolo Tosti were?)