September 2011
27 posts
2 tags
Indian Summer
I don’t know if Indian Summer is a term used outside the U.S. for those late end of summer surprisingly warm days, but much to my delight, London is having its own Indian Summer. I came home from Italian class yesterday drenched in sweat with a sweater, jeans and boots on and immediately changed into shorts. Today, I dressed a tad bit more appropriate scrounging around my already...
4 tags
It's Official!
The gang is officially coming to Europe in November! Sara, Adelaide and I will meet first in Paris for a few days of ladies vacay time (including, hopefully, a cooking class at Le Cordon Bleu!) before rendezvousing with the menfolk in Zurich for another few days of exploration around the surrounding areas.
This will come right off a weekend Michael and I already have planned in Italy to check out...
3 tags
2 tags
1 tag
2 tags
New City; New Way of Life
Part of my resolution upon returning to London after a two week hiatus was to try and enjoy the experience for what it is and not expect too much or expect too little. I had touched upon this a little bit in previous posts, but both Michael and I have struggled with the transition of this move, leaving behind all our friends and the incredible convenience of New York City.
I didn’t fully...
1 tag
1 tag
Adirondacks Wedding
This past weekend, we were in the Adirondacks celebrating Sara and Chris’s marriage! Although a long drive from New York City, it was well worth it for the gorgeous scenery and the people!
Here was the wedding welcome sign. The father of the groom’s nickname is Teammate because he calls family and friends Teammates. Michael and I long ago adopted this term into everyday usage but it...
1 tag
Back in London Town
Very exhausted from jetlag but have a number of photos to put up on the blog…stay tuned!
1 tag
1 tag
Early Birthday Present
Yesterday my dad and I woke up bright and early to head down south to the Mexico border with my aunts Barbara and Susan to go horseback riding on the beach. It was fun. The river valley there along the border (just south of Imperial Beach) is really beautiful and feels like old time farm/horse country.
Here’s a shot of me walking on the beach:
And here’s a shot of the group:
1 tag
3 tags
September 10th
Today is the day before the September 11th 10 year anniversary. Is anniversary the right word? It sounds celebratory in some way. It’s been a different feeling the past few days for me to be in San Diego and Los Angeles for this day as opposed to in New York where I have been for the past 7 anniversaries and it was especially bizarre to be driving by the USC campus this afternoon - the place...
1 tag
2 tags
Power Outage
So, yesterday on our way home from the beach, my dad and I got a text from my brother that there was a massive power outage in San Diego (and all the way over to Arizona down into Mexico). We tried to stop by the market to get some ice for the fridge food but this was the scene outside of Albertsons:
That’s a line that is wrapping around the store. The one item we consistently noticed was...
2 tags
Animal Time
My Carlsbad buddies:
2 tags
1 tag
Labor Day
Although it’s Labor Day over in the U.S., it’s just another Monday here in London. Last night, we went to dinner in our old neighborhood on Bermondsey Street with Michael’s colleague Brian and his wife Robin who are moving back to NYC on Friday. They left us with some great items for the apartment that won’t work in NY for them (the plugs are different and for things you...
4 tags
Never a Dull Day
After a nice afternoon of walking along the river and enjoying the temporarily beautiful weather outside, we viewed Tower Bridge being raised for the first time since we’ve lived here:
We noticed that “gosh, there are a lot of police officers supervising the raising of the bridge” and then carried on with our errands.
As we circled back to our street, we noticed about 25...
2 tags
1 tag
4 tags
Homesickness
This is a topic I have tried to avoid on the blog I guess in an attempt to keep things positive, but homesickness is an ever-present reality with this move. It comes in ebbs and flows, some days are good and positive and exciting, and some, not so much. Moving to another country as opposed to vacationing or even temporarily working somewhere is such a different feeling because you are trying to...
2 tags
