Parks

Quite an odd holiday, Guy Fawkes Day

November 6, 2011

Since I was on bed-rest this time last year, I wasn’t going to miss Bonfire Night this time around. The 5th of November is commemorated in England to celebrate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 – the Catholic scheme to unseat the Protestant king. Recently, Guy Fawkes may be better known because of V for Vendetta (which [...]

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Daily Chronicles: The Gym

April 26, 2011

Making good on my New Year’s Resolution to get in shape – mind and body – I finally joined a gym in February. Other city dwellers can commiserate with me on how hard it is to find a good gym in a city. The items I considered when scouting out my gym, listed in my [...]

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Springtime Signals

April 10, 2011

There are obvious signals from Mother Nature that spring is upon us — flowers in bloom and the delicate coating of pollen on cars, and the like. To signal that winter is behind us, London residents pull out their garden furniture from storage. For the last two weekends I have spotted more and more first [...]

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Parks Rule!

July 12, 2010

With the lovely summer weather, we’ve been taking advantage of Battersea Park every chance we get. On Saturday night, I participated in an all-ladies 5K/10K at the park. (I did the five, o-b-v-i-o-u-s-l-y). The race was a first time event, so it had a couple of rookie mistakes, but the concept was really fun. After [...]

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