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How to Charm Your American Paramour

December 12, 2007

Picture this... It's your girlfriend's first trip to London. Or maybe you hooked up with a visitor and you've been roped into the role of dashing tour guide.

You want to show her some interesting, photo-worthy sites for the folks back home, but the last thing you want to do is subject her to the queues at the London Eye, the gawkers at the Tower, or the drooling masses at Madame Tussaud's. (In fact, if you take a lover to any of those, you should have your Casanova Card revoked, and your head duly examined.)

How about a walk down the canals of Little Venice? It's pretty. It's charming. It's uncrowded. It's full of Kodak moments. And there's almost nothing in the way of your gal throwing you down on a park bench and doing unspeakably lascivious things to you in a swirl of romantic urges.

But before I get ahead of myself - and before the lovin' begins - breakfast is in order. And there's no better place for brekky than Cafe La Ville. Straddling the canal and affording a view you usually only see in travel brochures, the cafe is a splendidly romantic little place to fuel up with a full English and a pot of tea.

Service can be a bit brusque, and possibly a bit absent-minded at times. And the food is average at best. But the location and the view cannot be bested on a sunny day.

Just don't let your companion see the bill - this is a very cheap date.

There. Now that you know how to get into an American girl's pants, I expect you to trust me in everything that I say.

Tags: cafe, breakfast, Little Venice, canal, romantic