Before Sandra and I went to Alexandra Palace for the fireworks tonight we dropped into Crouch End for a very early dinner. I’ve never really explored this part of London before but to my surprise Crouch End is actually a … Continue reading
Nate and Caro took me out to see Monkey – Journey To The West at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden tonight in a great throwback to my childhood. Monkey, or Monkey Magic as we always referred to it, … Continue reading
After seeing that the weather hadn’t really improved and therefore finding out that the skydive was off we re-shuffled our plans yet again to see what we could managed in lieu. We had a bit of a random start to … Continue reading
Whilst I enjoyed the Hangover I wasn’t as huge of a fan of it as many other people. And it seems I’m on the opposite side of opinions again because I absolutely loved the Hangover II where many people are … Continue reading
My gal pals Jen and Rita had arranged a special weekend for my visit to Bris-vegas. We started with drinks at the Salon Cocktail Lounge in Teneriffe which was a kind of mini-reunion of sorts with some former work colleagues … Continue reading
Its been about seven years since I last visited Amsterdam so my memory of it has faded somewhat. I think we stayed in a different area last time, being closer to the museums etc., but this time around Laney and … Continue reading
In visits past shopping and family have featured but normally mixed into that is also a fair amount of food and sightseeing however shopping and family dominated my New York visit this time around. My cousin from San Fran, Penny, … Continue reading
We headed to Kyoto after a satisfying eight days in Osaka. In actually fact Kyoto is only about a 25-40 minute train ride away from Osaka but it made sense to move base to give us time to explore Kyoto … Continue reading
I missed all the Guy Fawkes night celebrations this week as it was on a Wednesday and I’ve been too busy at work (and working too far out of central London) to try and tee up an event but I … Continue reading
Really part II to Dead Man’s Chest At World’s End has the same, if not similar weaknesses to the the second movie – mainly the still wooden acting by two of its leads (lets say the monkey was one of … Continue reading