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Santa’s Pub

Christmas is coming! Christmas is coming! Most of you probably knew that. Since Santa will be visiting us soon I thought I would review one of my favorite holiday pubs. You can’t visit this pub year round. It’s part of … Continue reading

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Come on Red Sox!

Before I begin, I would like to apologize to my New York readers. This isn’t personal, I promise. There’s always next year. For those who don’t know much about the rivalry between the Red Sox and the Yankees let me … Continue reading

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Review: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Before I get to my review I would like mention that we survived the big storm that hit England, France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark.  Luckily for us, we didn’t experience any damage. Our boys were not happy about … Continue reading

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The Hand and Racquet Pub

We had to run an errand in Wimbledon a couple of weeks ago. It was a frustrating errand that didn’t end all that well. As you can imagine, I was annoyed. So what did I do? If you guessed went … Continue reading

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Geysers, Horses, and a Giveaway

After sharing my experience of trying to get the perfect shot of Strokkur, a geyser at Haukadalur, and my failure to do so, today I want to talk about the geyser park in general. When I first read about it … Continue reading

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Street Snaps

My buddy at Lady of the Cakes has a feature on her blog called street snaps. It’s pretty simple: take photos of people when you’re out and about and link it to her weekly post. I said I would try … Continue reading

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The Adelaide Pub

Now that I’m settled into the new flat (mostly), I think it’s time to return to the pub reviews! My last pub review was The Green, located in Shepherd’s Bush. And today’s featured pub is also from Shepherd’s Bush. The … Continue reading

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Geyser Watching

I mentioned previously that we recently traveled to Iceland. While there, we went on the Golden Circle tour. One of the stops is Haukadalur. This is where you can see geysers. I’ll show more of the geysers in another post. … Continue reading

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People Watching at the US Open

Many of you know I’m an avid tennis fan. Each year we attend the US Open. And now that we live in England, we’ve added the French Open. So far we’ve struck out getting tickets to Wimbledon, but I haven’t … Continue reading

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I really did try

Earlier this year I shared some photos of Rafael Nadal changing his shirt during a tennis match at the French Open. For those who aren’t familiar with Nadal, he’s extremely superstitious. Seriously you have to watch and see. After each … Continue reading

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