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Monthly Archives: December 2011

Best of 2011: Places

12.31.11 – 20:12

The five best places I visited this year: Windsor Castle. Mt St Helens (from the Johnston Ridge Observatory). As far as I know, only the second time I’ve been to the north side. Chatsworth House Bonfire Night. It was not this cloudy, and the fireworks were amazing. Jökulsárlón (glacier river lagoon), Iceland Every other place [...]

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Best of 2011: Books

12.31.11 – 12:12

The five best books I read this year: Bess of Hardwick by Mary S. Lovell Biography of the matriarch of the Cavendish family (today the dukes of Devonshire). A fascinating, shrewd, and incredibly wealthy Elizabethan woman (second only to Elizabeth herself), Bess was involved in all the political intrigue of the day: she and her [...]

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Best of 2011: Movies

12.30.11 – 18:12

The five best movies I saw this year: The King’s Speech (2010) A reluctant king (George VI) conquers his stutter with the help of a speech therapist. We accidentally saw this at the Odeon Leicester Square, the super fancy London theatre that usually hosts movie premieres. Neither of us could figure out how to operate [...]

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Best of 2011: Words

12.29.11 – 19:12

Five excellent words brought to me by England: Oi \ˈȯi\ interjection. Used to attract attention or to express exasperation or dismay. Almost exactly like American hey. Scarper \ˈskär-pər\ intransitive verb. Flee, run away. Spice \ˈspīs\ noun. Derbyshire for sweets (British for candy). Plashy \ˈpla-shē\ adjective. Like splashy, but different: “Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the [...]

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