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November 24, 2010

In the not too distant past, I found myself crossing the Atlantic for the 75th time. I’ve also crossed the U.S. continent and zig-zagged over Europe more times than you’ve had hot dinners…! I’ve been to every continent apart from Australasia and Antarctica, and have family dotted around the world. In a nutshell, I travel [...]

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Two Tales in a City

November 15, 2010

- Are you available tomorrow for a Gowanus adventure/ food walk? K-Pants and I are looking for trouble. One of my favourite free things to do in Brooklyn is grab my camera and go for a walk around Gowanus. So, when I read this text message from my fellow foodie friend and blogger, Momsicle, I [...]

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Sunset over Europe

November 2, 2010

I love how this photo captures the creeping twilight border over Western Europe and Northern Africa. It makes me think of my family in Europe. My dad in Bulgaria, enjoying the first glass of the evening… …my mum and teenage sister in Spain: the former emerging from a comatose siesta and preparing to make dinner; [...]

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A Trip Down Memory Lane with FLOTUS

August 5, 2010

I just learned that the place where Michelle Obama is staying in Spain is next to my old house! In 1987, my family moved to southern Spain. Our house was a cortijo, a one-level farmhouse built around a courtyard, and was only accessible by a dirt road leading into the local village 2 kms (about [...]

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A bloody tale with a moral

July 29, 2010

Some things are really obvious in hindsight, once you’ve learned them the hard way. Here’s a tale with a moral. Mr. Fizgig and I drove down to south New Jersey last weekend, to visit our friends, Georgia and Mr. Happy. On Saturday night, even though the heat forced us to eat indoors, we decided to [...]

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Lauren’s Peasant Carbonara for Two

June 10, 2010

A friend of mine, Sweetie, called just as I was tucking in to a late night supper. She had visions of my eating spaghetti in a cream sauce, and she was right! Today, she asked me for the recipe, and I decided to share it on this blog, too. This recipe is my own, but [...]

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Urban Walks: Gowanus, Brooklyn

May 17, 2010

My best friend, Boo, and I took a long Sunday afternoon walk around the Gowanus Canal area of Brooklyn today. If I were a millionaire, this is where I would invest in property in Brooklyn. It may currently be an industrial waste landscape, but it won’t be forever… Easily accessible by subway and other public [...]

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Adventures in Jackson Heights

May 5, 2010

I spent a lovely afternoon today with my foodie friend, Momsicle, and her baby, K-Pants. Inspired by a recent Time Out article on food in the Queens neighbourhood of Jackson Heights, we hopped on the E train to sample the local fare on 37th Avenue. Me, obviously salivating at the thought of eating Colombian and [...]

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HAH!! Book Jokes!

May 1, 2010

Sir John Gielgud once said about the actor Edward Woodward: But that is not a name! That is a fart in the bath… Which rather reminds me of these book jokes that my brother, Normz, and I used to enjoy (and make up) when we were kids: The Open Kimono by I. C. Morhair Tiger’s [...]

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