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To Market, to Market
Last weekend we celebrated 4th of July with our favorite Americans at the All-American Beer Festival in Shoreditch. We spent the afternoon laughing over several pints of Sierra Nevada, Blue Moon, and Brooklyn;…
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An Afternoon in SW19: Wimbledon
In need of a break from all the World Cup madness, Kenz and I thought it would be a great idea to spend the day on the grounds of the All England Lawn…
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The Greatest Game on Earth and What It Represents: World Cup 2010
It is very easy these days to read the news and feel pretty glum about the state of the world. There are growing tensions on the Korean peninsula with no clearly favorable solution…
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Richmond Park
With the beautiful weather and sunny skies yesterday, Kenz and I took the opportunity to visit the nearby village of Richmond and Richmond Park. After a quick bite along Northcote Road, we hoped…
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Eyjafjallajökull or “How a Volcano Continues to Intimidate and Bully Us”
A few weeks ago I witnessed one of life’s greatest lessons in action; it’s the random, nonsensical-sounding events that can have the biggest impact on what was expected to be a certain course…
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Wine-Tasting Party
I love organising and hosting parties, dinners, and get-togethers, be it a Thanksgiving eat-a-thon, dinner for four or eight, surprise birthdays, potlucks, pre-Marathon pasta feed, picnics…whatever you name it. If anything it gives…
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Election 2010: A New Government for Britain?
As the campaign trail heats up during this final week and people head to the polls on Thursday, the buzz in London has turned away from the annoying and unpronounceable volcano in Iceland…
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March: A Month in Review
March is my favourite month of year. Not only is it my birthday, my Dad, and my brother-in-law’s birthday this month, in fact I know tons of March babies, but March also marks…
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Exploring Haringey
Many of you know that I work as a consultant for an economic development research and consultancy in their economic regeneration division. Work is going well; I’m learning a lot on the job,…
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Our Coldest Winter
This week I am eating my own words… When I review our blog, we haven’t really written a post devoted entirely to the topic of weather and since I live in England, it…