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Tag Archives: train

Trapped in amber for a life

December 5, 2018by Alex Leave a comment

Bloc Party and beers in Brussels, Belgium. What Brexit?

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London

The luck of the Scottish

September 12, 2016by Alex Leave a comment

Long overdue tales of whisky and water from the Inner Hebrides.

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London, travel

Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

May 5, 2016by Alex Leave a comment

A train to Tuscany, Neapolitan mermaid donuts, some mild self reflection.

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London, travel

Lions, tigers and goddamn dragons.

February 12, 2016by Alex Leave a comment

You know you’ve done it right when the waitress eyes off the table speculatively and then has to strategically remove the sugar bowl to accomodate all of your food.

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London, travel

He had 10,000 men

January 2, 2016by Alex Leave a comment

Bucolic prettiness at its showy, British best.

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London, travel

All things lovely & bright

December 25, 2015by Alex Leave a comment

Today I bring you my list of Weird Things I’ve Discovered That Brits Love.

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London, travel

An evening at Dark Walk

September 25, 2015by Alex Leave a comment

There is something macabre about the name, ill-suited to this sprawling country family home.

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London

A short history of trains*

September 4, 2015by Alex 1 Comment

*Disclaimer: not much about trains in here at all.

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London

Cranky Caterpillar & Friends

May 9, 2014by Alex 1 Comment

Date: 7 May Location: floating down the Ganges on a dinky sailboat filled with carpets and pillows, blasting The Lumineers on Babysitters' Club's bluetooth speakers, somewhere between Allahbad and Varanssi. […]

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travel

Lunch for lunch. Dinner for dinner. After that, feed it to the cow.

May 6, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

Date: 6 May Location: cooking demonstration, Orchha. Notable sightings: more creative things to do with veggies than even a hippie would know what to do with. India would be a […]

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travel

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"The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time." - George Bernard Shaw

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