tomahtoes

We have our first tiny tomatoes growing in our garden.  There was much excitement upon making this discovery on Sunday.  Also our pumpkin blossoms ore blooming.  They are going to be massive.

back from the near dead

I have been really sick.  I had the cold to end all colds.  Possibly a flu.  It was not fun at all and after a week of moaning and feeling like death I’m finally back among the living and taking antibiotics to clear the infection out of my chest.  I’m still coughing a lot but [...]

A harrowing weekend

Actually, the entire weekend wasn’t harrowing just a little bit of it on Saturday night.
On Friday we just went out with friend to Ganapatifor South Indian food.  I had the Mini Fish Thali and the Crab Thoran as a starter and it was delicious.
On Saturday we gardened, a lot.  I separated out our sad looking [...]

Ooh la la, Sassoon

Last night’s foray into ye olde cassette tape collection did not uncover the road trip tape but did pull Beck’s Odelay! out of the drawer.
My memories of first hearing this album are directly tied to moving back to Port Huron after my first year away at college.  For some reason I listened to Odelay! and [...]

Ghetto Blaster!

This weekend we had a wander around Shoreditch.  We took the 78 from Nunhead to it’s final stop next to the Shoreditch church and had eggs at a little cafe where they also had tiny delicious strawberries and cream tarts.  I drank milky coffee with my eggs and ham on rye toast and then we [...]

Best search term ever

Somebody actually found this blog by using the following search term:
really very very scary sea monster image
I don’t know if you, dear sea monster searcher, found what you were looking for when you got her, but either way, I salute you.

The Old Grey Mare

It is possible, just maybe, that at my office I have something of a reputation as a nag.  It is possible that I use cultural stereotypes about Americans to be ever so slightly more brash than I would normally be in my every day life.
It’s not that I like being thought of as that cow [...]

Shoes

The most important thing about America, is that there are Fluevog shops there.
About 6 years ago I bought a pair of beloved pale blue motorcycle boots from the Fluevog in Toronto.
Last week, in Boston, I bought these beautiful, wondeful, super awesome shoes.
I love them even though they gave me blisters.  I’ll be wearing them all [...]

Things you forget you miss (and by you I mean me)

Bell’s Oberon beer
Quaker granola bars
Red Wings Games
BLTs at the Coney
Free refills of pop
Bowling Alleys
Eggs Benedict
Driving around listening to This American Life on a Sunday afternoon

Wait, where? What?

We’re back in London.  I’m trying to convince my brain that it is 12:30 pm and not 7:30 am
My brain is not buying it.