Travel Tuesday: New York City

Posted by smgrady on February 26, 2013 · 1 Comment 

Travel Tuesdays: where I can look fondly at wonderful places, people and journeys while we prepare for the exciting adventure ahead… A quick one this week as we are on the road (oh the delights of Kent and Sussex!) … and an important one I think, because this is a vintage postcard from somewhere I … Continue reading →

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Travel Tuesday: Amsterdam

Posted by smgrady on February 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

When I think of Amsterdam I usually think of its airport. I’ve been in it more than a dozen times and it’s hands down my favourite airport (though Charles de Gaulle’s atrium inspired terminals give it a run for its money artistically). It has a stunning fireplace and grand piano lounge. And a library. And … Continue reading →

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Travel Tuesday: Santorini

Posted by smgrady on February 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

I once spent a few weeks backpacking in the Greek Islands. It was utterly blissful. Or I remember it as blissful anyway. My foggy, wistful brain likes to leave out the bits where we tried to sleep on the deck of an overnight ferry full of partiers and hounded by sub-zero sea breezes. The part … Continue reading →

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Travel Tuesday

Posted by smgrady on February 12, 2013 · 1 Comment 

The new house is finally taking shape. And by taking shape I mean the walls are no longer bare. I don’t know about you, but the powdery deadspace of cheap white walls leave me cold. So at the weekend we hung pictures. Paintings done by Bean’s sister. Vintage opera posters I’ve been hoarding. A pair … Continue reading →

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Flashback: 2003

Posted by smgrady on February 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

A decade ago I was living in a basement apartment, sleeping in a windowless bedroom-cum-cupboard; the through-path between my flatmate’s bedroom and the living room. My family referred to it as The Troll Hole with thinly veiled disgust. A decade ago I scraped together rent for this palace by working 3 jobs, including the graveyard … Continue reading →

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Thirty Things bid farewell.

Posted by smgrady on February 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

I have not done all of my 30 Things. Not the way I promised, anyway. I did not go on the computer [except for work] for days and days, but that’s not the same as unplugged. I have almost entirely altered my diet, but not in the way I originally envisioned. I have complimented all … Continue reading →

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Brunch in our house

Posted by smgrady on February 3, 2013 · 1 Comment 

An actual conversation: How about I make you breakfast in bed — would you like a fried egg and toast? Ooh. Yes please… can I have my toast cut into little triangles? Sure, Triangle of my Heart. I am bit obtuse sometimes. Nah, you’re a-cute love. Well that makes us equilateral then.

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Par Avion take flight

Posted by smgrady on February 1, 2013 · 2 Comments 

I have to come clean. I’ve been harbouring a secret. And in the world of full-frontal bloggery, that’s tantamount to sin. I mean, what is a blog if not a license to read and judge a total stranger’s faceless life? So I’ll start at the beginning. * A million years ago, I resolved to do … Continue reading →

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