PARIS: Settling In
In this world, there are many places that I adore and love with an irrational passion. I could walk through San Francisco until my feet fell off. I could relax in Sarasota until the world ends. I...
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LOVE: Cornish Pasty: When I went to London to attend the royal nuptials of Prince William and Katherine Middleton a few years back, I stayed at a hotel very near to a fast food joint called the Cornish...
View ArticleTHINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #88
LOVE: Graham Norton Show: I’ve long had a fantasy of living in London, which I’ve told you about frequently enough. It involves working at the British Museum, having a flat near Kensington Palace,...
View ArticleTHINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #96
LOVE: Magic in the Moonlight: I am well aware that Woody Allen is problematical for one million and four reasons. I also find the word problematical…problematical, but that’s for another time. Even...
View ArticleTHINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #99
LOVE: Victorian Britain by The Great Courses: I have always felt that a person should know everything. Clearly this is an impossibility and will never be accomplished in one lifetime, but there’s still...
View ArticleThe Story of My China Cupboard
At heart, I’m a minimalist. I crave empty rooms with tastefully chosen furniture, the perfect paintings, and golden accoutrements. I think it would be the height of luxury to live in a beautiful white...
View ArticleBRIGHTON: Back By The Sea
I was far too excited to sleep. In all my memories, I can’t think of a time when I was honestly more turnt. Life was ecstasy and it was mine, and so I got myself up at two o’clock in the morning and...
View ArticleBRIGHTON: Still By The Sea
Fake Banksy. I’m feeling pretty guilty for taking forever to write these blogs. I had the bright idea before I left to pack light, to carry next to nothing with me, to be burdened by so little that I...
View ArticleFrom Manchester to Home
Did you know that you can get Cheesecake Factory to go and then decadently eat it in your bed at a four-star hotel? I didn’t until I did. This discovery was astonishing. It was life changing. It...
View ArticleTHINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #205
LOVE: Coronation Documentary: I still clearly remember when I first started longing to travel. I was in eighth grade, and in my social studies classroom, I was sat very close to an old map of the...
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