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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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Rainy Saturday Entertainment

August 14, 2010

I think that despite my wishful thinking, summer in London has officially come and gone.  The last week has been markedly cooler and wetter than June and July.  We purchased an umbrella and the shorts and dresses have been hanging in the closet untouched for weeks.  The only reason I’m not moping about it too […]






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London on a budget: Museum Guide

August 11, 2010

This past weekend I wrote about the ridiculous extravagance of this city (and just last night I found this article on a flat selling for £140 million) but I have to admit that there are many ways to enjoy London on a small budget.  We’ve spent the whole summer discovering affordable, beautiful, London.  And I’m […]






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A little bit of Venice in London

August 8, 2010

Sometimes, there are moments of such beauty in this city that you are caught completely off guard.  It has so much to offer.  Layers upon layers of surprise and delight.  This taken on a walk through the Little Venice canals in Maida Vale / Saint John’s Wood.






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Obnoxiously expensive London

August 8, 2010

A well traveled friend stopping by London a few weeks ago described this city as obnoxiously expensive.  And that it is.  I remember when I first transferred here back in 2007 how hard it was for me to adjust to the prices.  A box of cereal converted to $5.  A litre of milk $3.50.  A […]






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Staying sober in London

August 7, 2010

I’ve consumed more alcohol in the last month in this city than I have over the last year. The drinking culture here is intense. Not only have I been to more bars and pubs in the last few weeks than at any other time, but I’ve never been more busy. It seems there is an […]






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