Category Archives: London
Park Walking, Tickets, As You Like It …
After morning class, a walk with Anna down Edgware Rd to Hyde Park and round to Kensington Gardens. We had the loveliest time walking together, chatting. But the first look of east Hyde, across Bayswater Rd, the wide, flat, treeless … Continue reading
A Kew I Can Believe In …
Up early this morning, around 6:00 a.m., but a struggle to do so; I’m having to set my alarm this year, it seems, or risk sleeping back 6:00 … never past 7:00, but at least 6:00. Can’t lose an hour … Continue reading
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I’m in London Town …
On Friday, May 29, Rick, Brent, Anna, and I ushered 32 students to London, which was a fairly uneventful experience. Go to Raleigh, get on old 767 (total piece of crap, btw), wing our way to London. Seven or so … Continue reading
London Countdown Begins
It’s hard to believe that a year has come and gone so quickly. Can it really be that just this time last year, I was boarding a flight with 20 of the coolest college students ever and heading to London? … Continue reading
Any Dream? Really?
When I first saw the advertisement/promo on BBCAmerica for the new reality show “Any Dream Will Do“, I thought, “Oh, dear, not another singing reality show.” Then I saw that it would be hosted by Graham Norton and would have … Continue reading
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Back from Atlanta
The weekend in Atlanta was a quick one, but a fun one. Down on Friday and back on Sunday. We stayed with Julia in midtown, at her lovely 1920′s apartment on Ponce … what a great place, hardwood floors and … Continue reading
25 Random Things About Me
On the Facebook, there’s been a wild flurry over the last month, a viral meme wherein you write 25 (seemingly) random things about yourself and tag your friends so that they are encouraged to respond and to write their own … Continue reading
Haters Out There!
First of all, I didn’t do nothing wrong. Nothing! Not one thing! But there’s haters out there for sure at ECU. I just went out to the Intramural fields because the London Pirates Football Club (meaning those kids Mr. went … Continue reading
Watching Wimbledon 2008
Each day, for a few minutes @ 7:00 a.m., and then again at 7:00 p.m. on the Tennis Channel, I get to watch a bit of the “Here’s Wimbledon” and “Here’s London” stuff that ESPN and Tennis Channel do to … Continue reading
Packing Up London
I said I’d give myself 3 days … 3 days after returning, I could be as annoyed as I wanted to be with G’ville, with NC, with the US, with bad weather and second-rate grocery shopping, with weak local markets … Continue reading
