Something simple to ease myself back into blogging after my wee break (thank you Kimbofo). The instructions are as follows:1. Grab the book closest to you.2. Open to page 123, go down to the fifth sentence.3. Post the text of…
There is a hard stop in Britain at 5pm on a Sunday. Shops close and people scatter. After three days on the go I was thankful for early closing and to be heading back to Mum’s to veg out (and…
Oh, and I turned 30 yesterday. We had a quiet family meal at a little place in town… Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s. It surpassed expectations and raised the spirits of all who attended. The food was magnificent, and the service…
Whilst queueing in a lower circle of hell yesterday for twenty overseas stamps* I decided to compile my to do list for the week (in an aggressively Christmassy manner):One farewell dinner to attend,Two presents left to purchase,Three rooms to be…
We got home late last night very tired but contented after three days of what felt like perpetual motion around the mean streets of Chicago. Lots of things to post about in the coming days. I wish we didn’t have…
I meant to write this yesterday, but too busy sightseeing and celebrating Alex’s birthday. I put “December 15″ into Wikipedia and here are my twisted highlights:Events1939 – Gone with the Wind premiers in Atlanta, Georgia1965 – First space rendezvous as…
I’ve been umming and ahhing all week over whether or not to bring my mini-me to Chicago. It would be nice to cut loose and not be drawn to the little shiny box of temptation on the desk, but it…
I am off to the hairdressers tonight to get my roots done and I remembered something one of my anuties said to me many years ago in relation to my faux blondness: Auntie S: ” Eiron, you are betraying your…
I had a David Lynch Twin Peaks moment in the subway yesterday. There was no space in my bag for my yoga mat so I was forced to cradle it in my arms; I caught a glimpse of my reflection…