December 2011

Revisiting Resolutions

December 28, 2011

A sometimes-dangerous side effect of writing a blog is that once you post, it’s hard to hide from it. Normally, this level of accountability is a great benefit for bloggers; however, it comes with risks. Case in point: Tell the world you don’t like skinny jeans? Be sure not to post a picture of yourself [...]

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Christmastime

December 25, 2011

Our Christmas holiday began early this year; we took off from London 10 days ago. We learned our lessons from previous trips home and tried to keep our itinerary as flexible and unscheduled as possible. Unlike last year, we didn’t try to squeeze in a trip to the dentist – David wasn’t too keen on [...]

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London Living Rooms

December 11, 2011

London – or at least its retailers – have been prepping for Christmas for 6 weeks now, but the big fanfare doesn’t begin until the first weekend in December.  The shopping crowds are getting quite mad, so we’ve stayed far away from craziness of Oxford and Regent Street. Instead, we took a trip to Shoreditch [...]

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Daily Chronicles: What I really miss

December 4, 2011

For the first 6 months we lived in London, the list of  things we missed were mostly “creature comforts.”  Now that we are closing in on two years abroad, our list is much shorter.  We have either learned to live without, found a substitute, or in some cases, even an upgrade. For example: when we [...]

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