Monthly Archives: June 2018
And I also went to Paris
Sure, I had just been in Copenhagen, but it was a bank holiday weekend and I needed to be in Paris for work on Tuesday and Wednesday anyway, so I went early and maybe ate some delicious Israeli food at Miznon (oh man, that cauliflower!) and went shopping in the Marais (why can’t I just […]
Wait a sec, there was more to Copenhagen
I just realized I never wrote about the rest of my time in Copenhagen! Let’s see what I can remember… First, the towers were weird. Well, not “weird”, but definitely different from what I’m used to seeing in France and the UK — more Eastern European feeling. Gave the town a more exotic feel than […]
Back to Kew
A couple of years ago, when I was in London on a work trip — before I ever thought I would live here — I took the train out to Richmond to see Kew Gardens, one of the major botanic centers of the world. I remember being impressed (mostly by the size of the water […]
Midsummer garden weekend
This morning I skipped regular church services for a slightly more secular outing — though the first stop was actually a Medieval church that happened to be next door to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s palace. The church is where the famous 17th Century gardeners John Tradescant Sr and Jr are buried, and is now the […]
Sharing with family
Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette”is hands down the best comedy routine I’ve ever seen. It’s wildly funny, powerfully furious, and deeply personal. I may have snorted milk through my nose more than once (in retrospect, watching over a dinner of cold cereal might not have been the best idea), but I definitely came away with something to […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 