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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 and phrases brought to me by England:
—give [...]

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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, I [...]

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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 one giant load [...]

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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 it looked like [...]

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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 good [...]

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