Hey there, it’s another Tuesday and because of the long weekend it actually feels like a Monday.
So even though your work week is just beginning, we have a few things to help you start it off right.
On today’s edition of Dollars and Sense we have got some things that you can do if you happen to reside in London, England but also if you may have taken the long weekend to visit the UK and you still happen to be there. Don’t worry, just because we are talking about London, we haven’t changed today’s installment of Ten Pound Tuesdays, these are all things you can still do for ten US Dollars.
Have tea in the British Museum
You could have tea in one of the museum’s many various cafés, but if you have time why not enjoy the free ‘Way of Tea’ session instead? This demonstration of the Japanese tea ceremony takes place in Room 92 roughly once every two weeks. There is also a terrific program of free gallery talks focused around the museum’s current exhibition. Many of them are 45 minutes long and timed just right for a lunch break.
Address:
44 Great Russell St
London, WC1B 3DG
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Listen to a Lunchtime Recital
Listening to live classical music in London can often be an expensive pastime but there are several churches around town where astonishingly good recitals can be heard and you’ll come away with change from your $10 bill. The Church of St James’s, Piccadilly offers a holy grail of free recital programming with free 50 minute concerts every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. At St Giles-in-the-Fields Church there are free concerts every Friday from 1:10pm while around the corner at St Martin-in-the-Fields a donation of £3.50 will get you in to a free lunchtime recital at 1pm every Monday, Tuesday and Friday with works from the likes of Franck, Parry, Mozart and Gershwin.
St Martin-in-the-Fields Church
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Financial Tip Of The Day
Get The Generic Brand
We know that some of you are loyal to your brands when shopping at the supermarket, but even if you start with getting the generic version of something regular like napkins or aluminum foil you can save money. Any small amount that you save can add up especially if you are shopping for a large family. Also, sometimes the generic brand isn’t so bad, and in some instances it’s even better than your favorite name brand items.
