Today we continued the search for decorations and markets by heading to St. Pancras station and a wonderful, novel Christmas tree.  It’s...

Essentially, I’m retired.  I have a couple of side hustles, though. I make jewelry, purses and clay animal ornaments.  I also do...

After our wonderful concert last night we stayed up pretty late and so had a very lazy morning. After brunch at the flat, Bruce went out...

As predicted, I awakened very early, my internal clock not yet adjusted to the eight hour time difference.  I lay awake for a while...

When we got back from England on November 2, we started thinking about when we could go back. Our usual vacation time is autumn; the...

While I was traveling, my dear friend Brenda celebrated her birthday. Since we missed it, Bruce & I wanted to take Brenda out for dinner...

One thing I have always appreciated about the British is their whimsy and sense of humor, especially when it comes to advertisements....

It’s Halloween. According to Wikipedia “From at least the 18th century, ‘imitating malignant spirits’ led to playing pranks in Ireland...

It’s the last gasp – we’re flying out in 3 days, so there’s a kind of desperation in the air. There’s so much more to do! There’s so much...

I joined the Royal Oak Association a few years ago after visiting a couple of National Trust sights. Royal Oak supports the work of the...

Note to self: don’t always pay attention to notes to self. Fabian had sent all the folks on his tour a list of great markets in London. ...

If yesterday was about the offbeat, today was about a true tourist experience: a visit to Shakespeare’s New Globe Theatre. I hadn’t even...

We’re staying in an Airbnb and, as you may know, when you confirm a booking you’re sent lots of recommendations of things to do in town. ...

We ate at Bibendum in 2018 at the recommendation of our friend RJ. It was wonderful. The evening before we had done the ultimate...

We enjoyed the Paris Brest pastry so much that we decided to go to the bakery for a carb-loaded breakfast. Chai Latte for me, cappuccino...

All good things must come to an end, as they say, and our sit in Brighton was now over. The four of us had breakfast together and Graham...

10-21 I awoke as a pretzel. Dear Monty, the kitty I’m sitting for, has decided that his favorite place to sleep is at the foot of my bed....

Woke up to a beautiful day with the weather guessers (as I like to call meteorologists) predicting only a small chance of rain, so off we...

The forecast today was for 90-100% chance of rain, so it seemed like a good day for an indoor activity. What better choice than the...

We’ve been in Brighton for about a week now and have been blessed with mostly beautiful,, if chilly weather. The forecast has been...