A glass of champagne, (or in my case a very nice chilled Rothschild’ Chilean Roja; I forgot to buy the bubbly yesterday and being Sunday and living in a country where enacted Blue laws still exist there was no chance of getting any today), to you all for a happy, prosperous and successful 2007. I […]
Filed under: englishness on December 31st, 2006 | No Comments »
Recently watched Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, the hilarious Adam Mckay movie starring Will Ferrell, that came out in the cinema in August of this year. It was one of Keith’s Christmas presents and for this I am extremely grateful. The film is a total riot. Of course it helps that I border […]
Filed under: popculture on December 29th, 2006 | No Comments »
I forwent the annual Christmas letter this year, partly out of I couldn’t be bothered and partly because I just didn’t have time. At least not if I wanted to get my Christmas cards sent off in time, which I’m pretty sure many didn’t reach their destination prior to Noel anyway. So instead I have […]
Filed under: englishness, famille et amis on December 26th, 2006 | No Comments »
Something I miss about England, however I’m very glad not to be travelling to/from Heathrow right now.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2514143,00.html
Filed under: englishness on December 21st, 2006 | No Comments »
On Sunday I decided to put my typically very dire baking skills to the test and made mince pies, being the festive season and all. I followed a recipe my mum had given me entitled “The best ever mince pies…with brandy butter from a chef at Windsor Castle”. I was extra careful with my measuring […]
Filed under: indiana, englishness, famille et amis on December 20th, 2006 | No Comments »
…having inherited his vast fortune from an uncle whom had shown a fondness for his handsome and entrepreneurial nephew…
Being a budding romance novelist, (I am rather wary of calling myself a writer being that I’m not entirely sure impassioned scenes of rising bosoms and nervous lip chewing can be classified as writing per se), this […]
Filed under: writing on December 14th, 2006 | No Comments »
I know, I know, I’m only just writing about Thanksgiving and it’s almost Christmas. Call it serious lack of inspiration, or procastination or just too damn lazy…
One year I will spend Thanksgiving in Colorado and actually go ski-ing. Seeing all those estate cars and SUVs driving around Denver with their ski racks and boxes makes […]
Filed under: famille et amis, travel on December 13th, 2006 | No Comments »
