From the monthly archives:
First of all, let me say, two and a half months of school holidays? What person could possibly have thought that would be a good idea? Back in the UK we had 6 weeks off and it would take me another 6 weeks of the boys back at school for me to make a full [...]
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What did we do on the first day of the school holidays? We headed off to Disneyland. Friends had invited us to go and it seemed such a frivolous thing to do. We live 20 minutes away and have annual passes. It was packed but the beauty is that we can stay for just a [...]
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It’s National Recycling Week in the UK and I’ve been tagged by Brits In Bosnia to do my part. I love that although it’s a British event, Emily has decided to go incredibly international and involved California, Italy, Japan and Turkey. Emily has blogged about the challenges of recycling in Bosnia and how Bosnians already [...]
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I drove passed a new storefront a couple of weeks ago, which caught my eye; it was called ‘The Water Brewery.’ It made me smile, only in California. I could see tubes and water bottles and was intrigued to know more about it.
Last week, a friend and I paid The Water Brewery a visit. I [...]
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For full details on what to expect, how to get to Newport Beach etc go to 4th of July 2009 Info for Newport Beach & The Balboa Peninsula.
The signs are going up. All throughout Newport Beach, official signs warning people about not drinking alcohol in the streets and not letting off fireworks. I feel like [...]
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I’ve written about the frustration I’ve had in California and not being understood but there is another side to this. Americans definitely like the British accent. You can be the most uncouth slob on the planet but, if your accent is English and you’re in the States, suddenly you’re sophisticated, intelligent and cultured.
Recently a guy [...]
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For many British tourists, booking a vacation to California means flying to LA, seeing Disneyland, Universal Studios, Hollywood and Venice Beach then driving up to see San Francisco. A whistle-stop tour of that city, then back on the plane, thinking that they’ve ‘done’ California.
If you’re planning a trip to the Golden State anytime soon, can [...]
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I’m slightly in shock that the boys’ first full American school year is coming to a close. It just seems a few months ago that we were dropping them off at their new school, terrified about how they’d settle in. They didn’t know a soul at their new school and I felt awful that we’d [...]
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