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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…
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The Royal Wedding
As I mentioned in my previous post, we get an extra Bank Holiday this year to celebrate the marriage of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. For the past 5 months, the Royal Wedding…
