The Elephant House Cafe

Authors, Dogs, & Closes

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June 27th 2007
Alrighty I've got four really cool things to tell you about today so hold onto your seats. 1) The first thing we did today *drumroll please* was we visited The Elephant House Cafe, where JK ROWLING SAT AND WROTE PARTS OF THE FIRST HARRY POTTER BOOK!!!!!!! yeah! i think it's where she thought of the idea, too! its just SO COOL! and i sat there and wrote y'all postcards! from that cafe! ahh i ca ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more