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Category Archives: America

2010 Closeout: US Excellence

12.21.10 – 22:12

Five excellent and highly underappreciated things about the US Reading in the car Because the roads are straight so you don’t get carsick. Imagine the efficiencies! Broad radio programming Granted, I don’t listen to the radio much, but as far as I can tell, the stations here go like this: BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio [...]

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“Maintenance Issues,” Indeed

08.14.10 – 18:08

So there we were at John F. Kennedy International Airport waiting for our flight back to Manchester. It was ordeal enough to find a cab driver who would actually return us to JFK at 4:30 in the afternoon (something about rush hour and lucrative short trips around Manhattan versus mandatory flat fees to the airport [...]

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Holidaisical

08.01.10 – 11:08

I know what you’re thinking: where have I been all your life? Well, first there was the Chesterfield move, which took much longer than absolutely necessary, probably because there is less incentive to get everything shipshape squared away when your new house actually has enough room to function in without bothering to unpack. Then there [...]

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On April

04.11.10 – 11:04

Whoever said “O, to be in England, now that April’s there” was not kidding.* I’ve never really had a favorite season. This is probably because Portland only has two of them: 1. Mild and rainy [Labor Day until the day after the Rose Parade] 2. Sunny and humid [whatever is left] Neither did I develop [...]

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2009 Closeout

12.29.09 – 15:12

And now, really more than you ever wanted to know, 2009 Closeout Edition Five excellent places I visited in the UK: —Peak District —Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow —Edinburgh Military Tattoo —Summits of most of the Three Peaks [Snowdon (highest point in Wales) and Scafell Pike (highest point in England)] —Natural History Museum, London Five excellent words [...]

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Thanksgiving Myths Dispelled

11.26.09 – 13:11

Of course this is what Thanksgiving looks like! This just in: England doesn’t actually celebrate Thanksgiving. A tragic oversight that only serves to introduce all sorts of problems, such as Christmas decorations appearing in stores in early October and people having their trees up already (the horror!). To help our British friends understand it all, [...]

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Shortlisted

10.06.09 – 17:10

Top 5 reasons being in the US for the month of September is AWESOME: 1. Super nice people we know have not yet winterized their boats. And then let us ride in them. 2. A Starbucks to sell me cinnamon dolce lattes on every corner. 3. Ability to wash all laundry for the week in [...]

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The Classics Never Die

09.05.09 – 00:09

Surprise, America! We are back to visit! Lots of fun so far, including this trip down the gorge, in which my sensitive eyeballs were bombarded by the rays of the sun, which, although large, is so far away that it appears small. This is what it looked like for normal people: And this is what [...]

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And Crown Thy Good with Brotherhood

06.30.09 – 13:06

It’s that time of year again: approximately 6 months since I’ve last been in the U.S. (and 6 months until the next trip), so all of my American food cravings are hitting. Luckily, I keep a list so I don’t forget anything during the long, long year. Things like: Bolthouse Farms vanilla chai smoothie (So [...]

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