Archive for April, 2008
29 April – All Hail King Chris – and New Holiday Alert
You will of course be familiar with the axiom “a jack of all trades, a master of none,” but if you are like me and many of my friends, you know the revised, new testament version “a Chris of a trades, a master”. I have a friend named Chris Stangland – a supremely talented, well [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )28 April – Heather Comes to London, Part II.
Meetings made me a poor host the Monday and Tuesday of Heather’s visit. The good things that came from this are that she now navigates the Tube like a native – with a special affection for both the Hammersmith and Embankment stops, and I’m sure my local Starbucks is wondering where the new Iced American Girl has [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )25 April – Heather Comes to London, Part I
I’m dangling 130 feet in the air with nothing to prevent me from plunging through the blue of the sky into the deeper blue of the sea, but a yellow piece of metal and a belief that today is not the day I die. I am not happy about this, nor am I pleasant, reassuring [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )21 April – For Rolly…
From time to time, when one is lucky and eyes are open, they will come across the rare but extraordinary folk with whom we share this pretty orb. If one is really lucky and their karma is in check, they will have the opportunity to learn from them. I have been uber-lucky in this regard [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )14 April – Why hello there
I have been quite the lax blogger of late – but with excellent reason. My friend came to London to celebrate her birthday, and coming soon to an IP address near you will be a special edition of BGtL, Heather Comes to London. Till then…
Whether I want to or not, I bear some striking similarities [...]
