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October: A Month in Review
What a month we had at Casa di Lily & Kenz! It has been an awesome month with lots of friends in town from California, great company of London-based friends, delicious dinners, fun…
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The Treaty of Lisbon: Why It’s Important
Although I am not a British citizen or a citizen of the European Union and I can’t vote in either national or continental elections, I do enjoy the rights and privileges of living…
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Happy Anniversary!
We celebrated our first wedding anniversary last Friday! I can’t believe it’s been year since we got married at San Francisco City Hall. What a year it has been: one marriage, one MCP…
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The English and I Speak the Same Language
By nature I’d say that I’m a cynical person. This is different from having a pessimistic outlook towards life because a healthy dose of cynicism allows me to approach the world critically with…
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“Pubism” as a Way of Life
The tradition of the public house dates to the early taverns established two thousand years ago by the occupying Romans along the Thames in what is now the City of London. Public houses…
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The English Believe in Ghosts?
The setting in London, all of Britain for that matter, is perfect for it. Imagine walking down the antiquated streets of Clapham Old Town in the early evening, the leaves are changing color,…
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Edinburgh (pronounced ED-in-bra)
Kenz and I went up to Edinburgh for a ’36 hour city-break trip’ and it was fantastic. The Scottish capital encapsulates everything that Scotland has to offer: stunning architecture, amazing topography, excellent seafood…
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National Healthcare: An Important Observation from an American in Britain
If you keep track of my blog, you know that my experiences of dealing with procedures and systems in the UK has been a mixture of dread, frustration, amusement and eventual resignation and…
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Lovely Day for a Guinness…
For my first bank holiday weekend in the U.K., Kenz and I went to Dublin for a short city break trip in the Irish capital. The flight to Dublin on Ryan Air was…
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Around London’s West End Theatre District
“Let us change the subject…for the last time”- Hirst, No Man’s Land by Harold Pinter “There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the faults of his feet” – Vladimir, Waiting…
