Archive for December, 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me…
Seven swans a swimming, six geese a laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree
Happy new year!
As throngs of tourists head into Times Square to watch the famous New Year’s Ball drop [...]
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Monday, December 31st, 2007
On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me…
Six geese a laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree
Jessica got back from Detroit this morning and we went out to breakfast at a diner up in Brooklyn Heights. It was [...]
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Monday, December 31st, 2007
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me…
Five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
I’m posting this a day late since I was out until late last night, drinking pomegranate margaritas and eating fresh spicy guacamole dip with tortilla crisps [...]
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me…
Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
My rendezvous with Rema has been postponed until tomorrow so I had the day to myself. It was a lovely clear, blue day, at least in the morning, so [...]
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Thursday, December 27th, 2007
On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me…
Three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
Today was a quiet day. I felt like relaxing after all the busyness of Christmas and our trip to Washington. My boyfriend and our host Mike left for Boston this morning so [...]
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Thursday, December 27th, 2007
On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me…
A partridge in a pear tree
Our Christmas in Brooklyn was wonderful. It was just the two of us but that was all the company we needed.
On Christmas Eve we first called our families - it was only 5pm in New York but Christmas morning [...]
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent me…
Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
This morning I was up bright and early to head into Manhattan. I had been invited on a Context Travel tour whilst in New York as a travel and food writer and I elected to do [...]
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
I can hardly believe it’s almost a week into our American holiday already. I haven’t even scratched the surface of this city - there is just so much to do!
We are staying with friends in Brooklyn, in an apartment building in a converted former school. There is even a blackboard running the length of the [...]
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
It was great having our friend Jann from Amsterdam as he is a skater and was keen to come out on the Santa Skate. Picture 400 Santas skating down the major shopping streets of London like Kings Road and Oxford Street. Lots of silliness and lots of fun 0 much like last year. Jann and [...]
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
We have a friend, Jann, staying with us at the moment. We know him from Australia but he has been living in Amsterdam for almost four years now. He is in London for some exams but his last one was today so now it’s play time! It’s been great catching up with him.
Last weekend we [...]
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