November 2010

A farewell letter by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

November 29, 2010

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, famous writer from Colombia, and Nobel Peace Prize winner for literature, has retired from public life for reasons of health. He has a form of cancer, which is terminal. He has sent a farewell letter to his friends. One day, I’ll know enough Spanish to be able to understand the original, untranslated […]






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Giving thanks

November 26, 2010

For the sweetness of family on a cold Fall night. For love, for health, for abundance. But most of all, thankful for Mom’s second life here on earth.






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When things get tough…

November 21, 2010






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Home

November 21, 2010

This was home for us over the last 10 days. It seems we’ve been making nests all over the map these last two years, and all of them equally comfy. Home is where your heart is.






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Date Night in SOHO

November 20, 2010

Espresso martinis, veggie burgers, caviar and champagne, in leather diner booths and gold trim tables. The strangest shi-shi, somewhat-Russian, tacky turn, over-priced dining experience ever. Well worth the shock and confusion factor on a cold Friday night. PS: His baby pink pastel sweater matched perfectly with the pink placemats, pink waiter outfits, pink menus. And […]






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Beautiful Bermondsey

November 19, 2010

We’ve been living in East London this past week and wow, do I love it here. Compared with the congested tourist hubs of the West End (Notting Hill, Kensington, SOHO), this place feels like a gem. There are small green squares and playgrounds. Corner pubs and flower shops. Restaurants and coffee houses in converted brick […]






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Tower Bridge Approach

November 19, 2010

A very November week in London. My first real winter in two years.






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A rockin’ Tchaikovsky of a time

November 19, 2010

Last night the boy surprised me with a night at the Royal Albert Hall to see Classical Spectacular, a classical music concerto on steroids. Lasers, smoke, fireworks and 3000 fellow senior citizens clapping and singing to British military tunes. It was the strangest, most enjoyable display of cultured art I’ve ever experienced. I want to […]






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