Friendship

The blessing of girl friends

March 24, 2009

A lot of things have happened in my life over the last 1.5 years I’ve spent living in Europe. I needed change, I needed to get away from some pain I had with A, I needed a shake up. I had planned for my time in Europe to be short – a year – and […]






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St. Patty’s paella brings some inspiration

March 19, 2009

On Tuesday, to celebrate St. Patrick’s day in good ol’ Ireland, we went out with the Arabic team. I know it’s not politically correct to refer to your friends as “the Arabic team” but since we work with country teams all the time, we really do refer to them as the Arabic team. =) Dublin […]






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BCN with Maria

February 1, 2009

What a funny weekend we’ve had in Barcelona!  It has poured cats and dogs for two days straight.  My boots haven’t had a chance to dry yet and I’ll be flying back to London in two hours.  =)  What a laugh.  It has been a weekend of fantastic food, great conversation, lots and lots of […]






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LON —> BCN

January 30, 2009

Barcelona for the weekend!  Me, Maria and sangria!  =)






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Aphrodite Taverna

January 11, 2009

I know I’ve said this a million times before but again, I will have to say it tonight.  London is like a magical little tickle trunk of people from every corner of the globe.  Tonight, we went to Aphrodite Taverna, a tiny little Greek restaurant just up the block from my flat.  There were 19 […]






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Cooking with Gordon Ramsay

November 11, 2008

We launched this new YT series called “Cookalong with Gordon Ramsay”.  With the recession upon us, there are stats that suggest people are choosing to eat out less and eat in more.  The point is to watch Gordon cook a recipe in one hour and then go and do it yourself.  We’ve been asked to […]






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Eurostar nonesense

November 3, 2008

Paris to London 20:00






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A text from my friend J

October 8, 2008

He holds the record for the best text message I've ever received thus far: "Chica, next time you random-dial me and leave a consciousness-stream's worth of conversational gossip on my answerphone, speak up a bit…" I am tickled pink by the wit and the structure of that sentence.  Add to that the fact that Cynthia […]






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