Today was the Virgin London Marathon, and I had to head into town to collect some Pompeii photocopies that a friend had kindly got her husband to bring across as he was coming to run. When I decided to stay the first panic was what about my stack of Pompeii images that I had carefully [...]
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Tower Bridge
Posted: 04/25/2010 in travel, UncategorizedTags: London, tower bridge, virgin london marathon
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Forgive the random photo at the end of my last post as I am still trying to get to grips with the WordPress app on my iPad. After being cooped up in meetings for what felt like days I really needed lots of fresh air and a good walk. So today mum and I headed [...]
London
Posted: 04/17/2010 in Navel gazing, travelTags: ash, ashtag, Iceland, London, travel, volcanoes
I am currently trapped in London along with a fair number of my colleagues (and everyone else trying to depart this fair isle). I guess when the powers that be decided to schedule vision days they didn’t see as far as Iceland. A volcano goes poof in Iceland and the aviation industry grinds to a [...]
Six Degrees of Separation (The Old Vic, London)
Posted: 02/21/2010 in theare, travelTags: Anthony Head, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kevin Spacey, London, pompeii, Rothko, school, Six Degrees of Separation, The Old Vic, theatre
I birthed a 2,000 word essay on neighbourhoods in Pompeii yesterday. I know that is a regular sized essay but there was a lot of reading and throw in some traveling and a cold, and it turned into my Moby Dick. Whilst I’ve had it hanging over head I haven’t felt at liberty to really [...]
Things on Tuesday: Chicago Edition
Posted: 11/17/2009 in things on tuesday, travelTags: american gothic, art institute of chicago, chicago. enterprise 2.0, millennium park
Good Getting to mooch around the Art Institute of Chicago and Millennium Park taking photos American Gothic – the city is crazy for it! Architecture River Cruise was fascinating but freezing TWers are a fun bunch Enterprise 2.0 key note speech was surprisingly interesting Not-so-good They don’t call it the windy city for nothing Not [...]
It is always fun going back to the UK. Whether it be a flying visit trying to cram in as much as poss or just lazying about the old ancestral home. The last visit was the former. In five short days we managed to walk down memory lane in Manchester (or rather ride the number [...]
I am not sure if I left my heart in San Francisco, but I certainly left plenty of shoe leather behind. Let’s just say that in the past fortnight Alex has managed to out walk me and out read me. It was fun kicking back and being a tourist (I nearly ate my body weight [...]
beantown
Posted: 08/02/2004 in travelTags: Boston, Boston Museum of Fine Art, Duck Tours, Legal Seafood, travel
Alex and I have just got back from a mini-vacation in Boston. So nice to shaken up our routine – even if it was just for a few days. We stayed in the oldest hotel in the city Omni Parker House, very traditional with an imposing old world feel. Every time I entered the lobby [...]
letter from britannia
Posted: 05/19/2004 in daily life, london life, pop culture, sci-fi, television, travelTags: Enterprise, London, star trek, television
So, I am back in my ancestral home – which has been in the family since the turn of the century (alright the last one). My mother’s decoration style is more Tate Modern than Laura Ashley, which means it has a twist of art installation about it. This part of greater London is as rural [...]
