The weather could not have been more perfect for exploring Dublin today. Sunny, warm, a light breeze. Completely unlike the chilly rain so typical for this part of the world. Trinity College is just around the corner from my hotel, so I started there. I joined a student-led tour and learned, among other things, that […]
We’ve got a three-day weekend in the UK, and I wasn’t about to sit around at home doing the same old weekend routine. So I hopped on a Friday night flight to Dublin in search of adventure! I got in fairly late, so I didn’t see much of the city (that’ll have to wait until […]
Having just traveled through Egypt (and visited the Egyptian wing of the British Museum), I couldn’t not make a pilgrimage to the Met Museum’s famous Egyptian collection. In particular, I wanted to see the Temple of Dendur. I remembered feeling awed by it when I visited years ago, and I wanted to see it again […]
As impossible as this may seem given my youthful glow, it has been ten years since I graduated from law school. Ten. Time for a reunion! Never one to pass up an excuse to spend time in New York, I took the day off work and flew out this morning. Weirdly, it takes nearly as […]
I went to work on Friday fully expecting to work late that night and then continue working all through the weekend. There’s more work to be done than I can accomplish during the week, and I don’t like waking at 3:45am with a ball of anxiety in my gut. But the weather has been incredible–sunny, […]
Springtime finally got to London! The past few days have been absolutely gorgeous. There’s something about warm air, late light, and green living things that makes the heart glad. And even if you mostly see it from inside the office, at least the window are large and the views of the sunset unmatched.
Started with brunch in South Kensington with a friend from my mission who I haven’t seen in ages, but who is also American and also expatting in London. No pics of brunch, but it was fun to catch up. In many ways we’re still the 20-year-olds we were in Brussels; but in other ways those […]
Nicholas Hytner’s production of Julius Caesar at the Bridge Theatre has gotten strong reviews — and it’s one I still needed to cross off my list for my goal of seeing all of Shakespeare’s plays before I turn 40 — so Friday night after work I went down to the south bank of the Thames […]
Back in Brussels for a night. Meetings start in the morning and then I’m on the train back to London — so I took tonight for a lovely walk around the old town center. The amazing Grand Place, the cathedral where I went contacting–jet lagged–on the first day of my mission, the little pita shop […]
Two good things from today: Daffodils on my dresser, an exuberant reminder that spring is finally here . . . . . . and the Royal Opera’s production of Coraline, a new opera based on Neil Gaiman’s creepy novella about a little girl who learns to appreciate her boring, annoying parents after she’s nearly snatched […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 