Archive for March, 2008
28 – March – A Bottle of Red, A Bottle of White and Some Pre-Natal Vitamins Please
An odd story has been making the rounds of the news shows. Women in the UK are being urged not to drink – or at least to vastly cut down on their drinking during pregnancy. And they seem a bit upset about it.
In the US, the public would stone a woman found enjoying a glass [...]
Vienna – Drei
Now I come to the third, and final stanza in the Ode to Vienna. This fairy tale city is stunning enough to make one happy just wandering through its streets, but that would a bit of a waste – so follow some delights to do and see.I didn’t have time to see everything of course, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )25 March – Vienna 2
And then I walked into the next room, and my world exploded.
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There are certain works of art and natural phenomena that we know to be profound, but they have been distilled into so many postcards and mouse-pads and magnets – they become so familiar, so ordinary, that when we see the genuine article, they can [...]
24 März – Ich liebe Wien – Teil 1
Cities, and frankly anything built by people, develop personalities. It’s a phenomenon called, according to the sage Terry Pratchett, Anthropomorphic personification. He uses it to explain the human-shaped entities called Death, the Tooth Fairy and the Hogfather, but the principle can apply to any human-created entity*. Thus it stands to reason that we can assign [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )18 March – Baebecker
Here’s the thing: London is teeming with things to do and see. Not the most outré statement, I grant you, but when an expanse of land packs so much of value in so tightly that it plays with perspective and time and space, you don’t need a lot of fanciness to describe it. I can’t [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )16 March – Beware the Scuzzingi
In 2004, a bunch of us rented a villa in Nice after celebrating our friends’ wedding outside of Torino. It was a perfect holiday, one I think of often and with fondness. As the week’s end drew near, we were reminiscing about, well, the previous few days. Our friend Scott mentioned in passing, that we [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )13 March – On Everyday Magics
The weekend before last was heavy with mundane magics.
Now, those who know me could surely attest that domestic would not be an accurate qualifier for goddess, if they were to describe me thus (though I will happily, if unfairly, accept the goddess part). In the past, it was not simply that I did not take [...]
11 March – Photos
I have much to write, and will make the time. Till then, I was able to get photos off my camera at last. I am having some widget issues, but they can be found here (Flickr – Becky Goes to London).
And for Kate as promised…
