I've been a couple times but wasn't charmed by it, despite the lovely accent. This time was different. Cork, Inch, Dingle, and Killarney with a local. He took us to a restaurant on Inch beach for Guinness and oysters. We saw his old primary school. We went to the pub across from the old Beamish brewery. We drove around Dingle peninsula to the ( Read more... )

As usual, we went away together for our anniversary rather than exchange gifts. Much better to celebrate our marriage making memories with one another rather than scrambling for a trinket as a token of our love.

Starting with a day at the cricket on Friday. Third day of the third test against India, with a couple of momentous achievements. Cook ( Read more... )

Neglecting LJ again! I've been up to loads of things, and last weekend was amazing - one of those days that really hammers home why I live in London. I'm rarely good at brevity in these posts, but I'll give it a shot:

So last weekend we had friends down. He came Friday night to be joined by his gf Saturday. Drew loves his Japanese food and it' ( Read more... )

Ah another 4 day weekend, this one with two royal celebrations. Friday was the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Being American, I sat glued to the TV. It was a lovely day and beautiful wedding. I cried, as always, when she walked down the aisle. After watching the horse-drawn carriages take the wedding party to Buckingham ( Read more... )

Bit of a weird one. The group was very large this year, including some newer members who joined from the trip to Austria I organized last year. We had almost a full chalet upstairs, and another group below us with two babies filling half their chalet. One of the new dads is a long-standing member of the group and only got to ski with us for a ( Read more... )

Been a bit busy at work and haven't posted in a while. A few things to report ( Read more... )

Amazing view from our hotel the first night and the first taste of California salad and wine.

Hiking down the mountain from our front door to get to the Muir Woods, wandering off the path without a map, food, or water, and being pointed back the right way by a nice hiker.

Dinner at Redd, which was the best meal of the trip, other than the obvious ( Read more... )

Ah Paris. Bistrot du Dome Saturday night (sole meunier was excellent). Market on Sunday... bought the best brie ever, as well as some goose rillet. Red wine. Nap. Public bike hire around the city, then Lateral for dinner. A hitlist of favs. And obviously, the atmosphere. Too brief, but very enjoyable ( Read more... )

OK so I've been a bit lax. We've been home from St Anton for over a week now and I've not updated ( Read more... )

Saw that friend from my last post over the weekend. Different places now. I'm not terribly interested in other people's work if it does not relate to my own. He just doesn't seem to enjoy much else, which makes it hard for me to relate. Alice was alright. HB Carter was brilliant but the 3D just gave me a headache ( Read more... )