March 2009

Home sweet home

March 18, 2009

I'm back in London, after a two week hiatus.  And I have to admit, I've missed this city!  It feels so good to be home!






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Katie Melua

March 17, 2009

Listening to her both calms and saddens me.  This song is so hauntingly beautiful.  I’ve been plugged into my ipod for the last hour, listening to this on repeat. Isn’t she exquisite?






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Dublin Top 10

March 17, 2009

Miss. M. This is the first time that I’ve been able to spend an extended amount of time with Miss. M.  Our home life has been so nice this past week.  Sometimes we make dinner in, sometimes we go out, but everyday, we hug and kiss each other goodnight and laugh about how crazy the day […]






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Fires, films and more of the metaphysical

March 15, 2009

Tonight, I stayed in by the fire and watched a TV movie:  About a Boy.  What a fabulous film!  I <3 Hugh Grant.  He is so charming and good looking and witty in this film!  The grumpy, single Englishman who, against his will, ends up opening his heart to the human beings in his life. […]






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Irony in Dublin

March 14, 2009

We walked by this restaurant last night and I had to take a picture.  






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Lisbon Top 10

March 14, 2009

The hills. It feels like an older, prettier, friendlier, more colourful San Francisco. Lisbon is a super hilly city, which makes for some dramatic views. I loved coming down cobblestone streets and looking up from the main squares towards castle-topped hills and terra cotta roofed houses. Very Mediterranean (even though it’s on the Atlantic Coast). […]






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Gaelic

March 12, 2009

Seriously – how can a country that is a half hour plane ride from London have such a gibberish sounding language compared to English???






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It ain’t always a perfect daily dream

March 12, 2009

I’m not sure how much of this is reflected in my last few posts but my life is really insane at the moment. The pace with which I’m going through my days and the amount of stuff that I have to do within each 24-hour pocket boggles my mind. It’s no wonder that, on top […]






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