12 Dunworth Mews

Walk through Regent’s Park on a fine autumn day…

Early Friday morning we hopped on a Eurostar train for a weekend in Brussels with friends from Seattle. The 2.5 hour trip was smooth, quiet and fast – top speed in England is 100mph, increasing to 180mph in France and Belgium. The trip through the Chunnel lasted about 20 minutes. We found train travel much [...]

Sean had to travel to Munich and Paris this last week so I planned to meet him in Paris. BMI had a 15 pound fare (that did not include taxes but even with those, it was fairly priced) so I booked my ticket. We manged to arrive within minutes of one another so we taxied [...]

Monday was my first in-depth foray into the National Gallery.  I had popped in once before to see the small Manet to Picasso exhibit in the Sainsbury wing.  This time, I decided to tackle the main building and I started with the current special exhibit – Cezanne in Britian. 

I have just returned, bags filled, from a morning at the BBC Good Food Show at Kensington Olympia. The 3-day Good Food Show is an extravaganza of food, wine and spirits, with hundreds of vendors and cooking exhibitions. While I generally do not like crowds, today’s event was made more palatable by the wine and [...]

Sean wanted to buy an amp so that we didn’t have to listen to music off our laptops anymore.  The audio store he wanted to go to was in Ealing Broadway, a quick, one-shot tube ride away – if there are no tube closures.  Turns out there were closures and we transferred twice to get [...]

Since we moved to London, we had wondered why we heard so many fireworks at night.  The first few nights, we thought it might be because we live off Portobello Road and it’s just nutty here.  Then there was Diwali and the associated fireworks with that holiday.  Then we read about Bonfire Night – in [...]

Just so everone is clear, I am over the moon wrt yesterday’s election results.  Rummy leaving, the Dems taking the House and possibly the Senate – what more could a girl ask for??? 

I love Waitrose! It’s the closest thing to Trader Joe’s that the UK has (except for Aldi, the parent company of TJ’s, but it’s a tube ride away and I’d rather walk to the store). Waitrose has fair prices on products – French wines for 3, 4, 5 pounds per bottle, Illy coffee for 3 [...]

After spending most of Monday in the flat fending off a cold, I went for a walk yesterday before heading to a movie in the afternoon.  I started off heading NE towards Little Venice.  This is a canal that runs from somewhere west to Paddington and a stretch of it houses riverboats used as cafes and houses.  [...]