I had an amazing walk along the Thames with Diana Pittet and her friend Inkeri (not an Eskimo). We had about 5-6 separate stops for food and drink, including a mind-boggling good Jamaican Vegetarian Curry out of Greenwich Market. But, silly me, I didn’t take my camera, so the only photographic evidence I have from [...]
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When I think of England, it’s often through the prism of London, which is a wold-class city crammed with culture, excitement, and people. So it’s a breathtaking surprise when I find myself in the middle of the English Country-side. I spent yesterday and this morning at Bailey farm, a lovingly ramshackle collection of functional stone farm [...] Cheddar cheese apparently comes from Cheddar, England, or something like that. I’m not too sure, but my turophile friend Diana Pittet has a thing for Cheddar that exceeds socially-acceptable bounds for woman-cheese love. Hanging out with Diana normally just involves a passing mention of cheese, or even her pulling out a couple parchment-paper wrapped treasures that [...] I certainly haven’t figured my way around London, but I’m getting there. Tonight I went to the Slow Food Festival at the Southbank center, which was both delicious, and a bit of a bookend to my time in London. I went to the autumn event, same place, just after I got to London, wide-eyed and [...] I spent New Years in Vermont, celebrating with a few friend. Intent on getting as much time on the mountain as possible, I went to bed early on New Years Eve so I could be the first on the slopes New Years day. It was a great plan, except for one hitch – the temperature [...] |
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