30 in 2005

To break the week up and give my eyes a break from this screen I left home on Wednesday for the greenery and clean air of Wimbledon. Our glo...

My Other (and Better) Half is the other side of the pond, in another of the world's greatest cities, the Big Apple. Meanwhile I am still...

What better remedy on a Sunday afternoon after a partying Saturday night than the new adaptation of Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist? A ...

Maybe this is me being morbid. Or maybe this is a reaction to just sitting at home and filling in job applications that make me sound holier...

For lack of money time and space I rely on Random House’s Borzoi to keep me up to date on what authors are saying, reviews of new books in m...

This brought tears to my eyes. I miss India so. Thank you Deirdré Straughan!

Numerous discussions, different sets of people, lots of loud opinions, semi-correct information and no finality on how the postcode system t...

Look at a mainline tube station between 7.30am and 10am and you will see a platform full of tense-browed commuters all of whom are packing t...

The brochure that the S-team picked up from somewhere promised the '4th Car free maritime Greenwich festival' at its best with ...

V's birthday today. I bought him a baby chocolate mousse (in lieu of a forthcoming cake) but carried it around all day and it was quite ...

4am alarm screeches from my mobile. Why did I choose that utterly inane and joyous tune on my sony ericsson - because there aren't any o...

Trudged to Ikea today (the one that's in Neasden) and got away fairly lightly. Is it that it's not as enamouring as before or just t...

It's a combination of a terrible cold and sheer laziness that kept me away from posting till just now. An endlessly runny nose is not a ...

The mighty Powder Tower - once used to store gunpowder Staromestska Square - the Old Square, huge and its periphery made up of unimaginably...

That's hello in Czech! Yes, V & I are off for a 4 day adventure to the beautiful capital of the Czech Republic, Prague. We are at th...

It's the absolute truth. I have struggled with my weight since my teens. Always been overweight, a fatty, rolypoly, cuddly, 'healthy...

What does any open air event crave beside an enthusiastic crowd? Good weather would be my guess. As luck would have it we woke on Friday to ...

As you will see in the comments of the previous post we now have virulent spamming in the blogosphere as well. My friend shoefiend alerted m...

As a gift for V's middle brother R and his wife T, this time round we bought (what we thought was a novel idea) a Classic Monopoly set....

... best wishes on Independence day "Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we will redeem our pledge...