Wassup? It’s been a good long while since I put pen to paper (or in this case, fingertip to tablet) and made blog. My silence ends tonight. I find myself in a state of limbo you see, -just finished a book, unwilling to start another, maybe ever again – and it is this, combined with … Continue reading
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The El Tovar Restaurant, South Rim, Grand Canyon
I was moved to review this restaurant on. Trip Advisor. This is what I said. ‘What a huge disappointment this was. Ignoring the dark and loud main room, and the fact that my request for a round table for the 6 of us had been ignored (we got the largest joined together tables ever,thus making … Continue reading
The Grand Canyon
We are at the Grand Canyon, in its infinite beauty.
San Diego-20120822-00199
Yesterday, about to board the now retired. USS Medway, whose 50 years of active service included being the main carrier deployed by NATO as part of the 1991 Gulf War. An ‘awesome’ experience for us to see this true queen of US warships, and to walk round her real working areas. And thanking the Lord … Continue reading
Things I didn’t know I needed…..but now do
No one has commented on US TV. Specifically US TV ads that can last 20 mins, or more. I shall rectify this deficiency here and now. P90 X and ‘Insanity’ are 2 competing DVD-based exercise videos that each promise truly astonishing results in 60, (or is it 90 days?) of 40 minutes ‘extreme’ daily exercising. … Continue reading
Mole and Mao: a merger
Check out this video on YouTube:
Architectural Arrogance
I knew there was a very good reason to not read guidebooks. I knew it. Because they tell you as much about what you don’t want to know as what you do. We decided to brunch it in downtown LA today. I was flushed with success at navigating back from Warner Studios yesterday at rush … Continue reading
Salt and a Mole
I’ve met a man. He is a self-produced rapper and his name is Salt. It happened on venice beach, just a normal day. He told me I was funny, and we shared some laughs over a dalmatian that was the size of a horse. He kept calling me Babygirl, and at one point, hypnotised by … Continue reading
Too Bling or not Too Bling
Here’s the Chevy, herself and in all her glory. Obscene. And yet in CA, even in white, ‘kinda’ normal.
Carmel Pine Cones and other Surprises
I’m very pleased to have already had a number of pleasant surprises on this trip, and I’m particularly delighted to be able to report the following back to my friend Rowena (but I’m not assuming it will last…) In no particular order: -The hotel room coffee-making facilities have been the best I’ve ever experienced anywhere. … Continue reading
A Chevy for Six, Please 