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A summer in London

July 12, 2010
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A summer in London. The latest pit stop on the road of this here adventure. If you had asked me a year ago if I thought I’d be in London this summer, I would have told you no. But life has an interesting way of working out just a little different from your expectations and, […]






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Full Circle

July 1, 2010

Back in February when we went to Vancouver for the Winter Olympics, the Boy and I were talking about the idea of progress.  It had been a while since I’d been back to Vancouver, my university town, and I was so pleasantly surprised to see such great improvements in transportation.  Obviously the city spent millions […]






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Live in London once and leave before it makes you hard

March 9, 2010

A few nights ago over dinner, the Boy and I were talking about cities and their personalities. Places are like people. They have their own quirks, faults, assets, mannerisms. They can be moody and giving, beautiful and bland, intoxicatingly intriguing or tragic. And often times, like the most important people in our lives, we can […]






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My Imelda Marcos moment

June 17, 2009

We were cleaning out my closet last week and low and behold – I had 40 pairs of shoes in there! My favourite: the space-boot on the left. I had to wear it when I thought I broke my ankle last summer. I got hit on in that boot, on my way out of the […]






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London on a summer Sunday

June 15, 2009

And I’m back. Six airports in the last 3 weeks – 5 countries, 15 cities and many many cones of ice cream. It has been a busy few weeks of traveling, of family, of friends and of my crazy crazy mother! =) I am back feeling so energized and refreshed that I don’t know what […]






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In search of home

June 9, 2009

Today, I'm craving quiet nights in, lounging on my own furniture, in an apartment that I can call my own.  I crave candles and music and wine with old friends.  I want a closet that houses the clothes I love, not the clothes I managed to fit into two suitcases.  I want photographs on my […]






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Laughter

June 9, 2009

This was taken in Shunt – one of my all-time favourite venues anywhere. It’s beautiful, well lit and tucked away under London Bridge. Sometimes there’s great music, other times a fantastic exhibit. It’s the perfect place to sit in a dark corner, drink wine and chat away with good friends.






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Warm beautiful London

June 2, 2009

It is 9pm and 24 degrees C outside. The windows are open and it is HOT in this flat. London has never been so beautiful.






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