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Hard Rock Calling 2011
Last weekend was all about music festivals in the UK. Some 130 miles west of London, the legendary Glastonbury Music Festival took place with big name headliners including U2, Coldplay, and Beyonce performing…
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London Taste Festival 2011
The sporting events of Royal Ascot, Wimbeldon, and Henley Royal Regatta traditionally kick off the summer festivities in and around London. Wait. Summer? What summer? I think we skipped summer and went straight…
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Royal Ascot 2011
Horse racing, like many sports around the world, is a mostly British creation, largely exported to Britain’s former colonies and possessions. In the US it takes the most recognizable form of the annual…
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Lates at the London Zoo
Last weekend my sisters and brother-in-law were back in London after spending 5 days in Istanbul. As this was my kid sister’s first, but brief visit to London, we did the usual sightseeing…
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My Big Fat Greek Holiday: Athens
We went to Athens as the last stop on our Greek holiday with the family. After hearing mixed reviews about Athens, we decided to visit Athens as a long stop-over on our way…
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My Big Fat Greek Holiday: Santorini
The next stop on our family holiday is to the spectacular island of Santorini in the south Aegean Sea. Santorini epitomises the quintessential Greek holiday — dramatic cliffside villages, dazzling beaches, white-washed blue-domed…
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My Big Fat Greek Holiday: Crete
Kenz and I just returned from a week long family holiday to the Greek Isles with my older sister and her husband in town from Hong Kong and my kid sister from California…
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Open Air Theatre at Regent’s Park
“Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in…
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The Balancing Act: Revolt in Syria and Assad’s Choices
A few months ago when the pro-democracy revolutions of the Arab Spring toppled the long established autocracies in Tunisia and Egypt, I turned my attention to the wave of protests that were occurring…
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Old Friends, New Places: Ljubljana and Lake Bled, Slovenia
Sometimes life leads you to places you never imagined you would go. Unbelievably, it was almost fourteen years ago this summer that I had the opportunity to spend two months in Japan on…
