September 2010

Seaside in England

September 26, 2010

Every fall, Brighton hosts a large Adobe Flash conference, appropriately named Flash on the Beach. David went a few years ago, and now that we’re this side of the pond, it was a no brainer to go again. I decided to tag along for the weekend pre-conference festivities. I did not know too much about [...]

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Spotted: Commitment on the Go!

September 21, 2010

London is the first truly urban city that David and I have lived in as adults, so I am not sure if the following phenomenon exists in other urban areas like NYC, San Francisco, or Boston for example. Every evening as I walk home from work, I see lots and lots of runners. Ok, so that’s [...]

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Work and Play

September 18, 2010

First of all, apologies for the dead air on the blog this week. As I’ve mentioned in some recent posts, David and I are settling into our life here, and with my new job starting this week, I’ve been a bit distracted. My first week on the job was pretty hectic. 40 other new hires [...]

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Mini Milestone

September 9, 2010

Today marks six months to the day that David and I loaded up our comfortable life in VA for London.  It’s a bit too early to get too reflective… I’ll leave that for our 1 year post. Instead, I’m commenting on a few topics that have had a presence on this blog to date. THE [...]

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Welcome Autumn

September 8, 2010

Seems to be no denying it: Fall is here. David and I arrived in London after the winter had blown through, we enjoyed a mild (and pretty dry) spring, and we soaked up a few beautiful weeks in June and July. However, August ‘s average high temp was only 22 (71 Farnenheit), and so far [...]

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Pub Crawl

September 5, 2010

I took part in a pub crawl on Saturday. The itinerary was 12 pubs, all within a short walking distance in Chelsea. The plan was to start at 2pm and spend 45 minutes at each pub until we wound our way to Sloane Square around 10pm. Thankfully, a dinner stop was planned at a pub [...]

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