Recently readFirst: Wake up and think that I have plenty of time - three whole hours! - to do some work, make some phone calls, and get myself ready for an appointment.
Second: Panic when work takes longer than I thought, none of my phone calls go through, and I don’t have time to paint my nails. […]
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LA continues to be grand; it’s nice to go through my normal work routine - the same stuff I’d be doing if I wasn’t on-site with a client - while also getting to experiment with recipes and subject Cathy to the results. The big food success of yesterday was this Native American cornmeal pudding - […]
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* This morning, Matt was telling me that, in the eight years since he and Emmanuelle moved to LA for keeps, he’s only felt fear for his personal safety once (and with no incident, as it turned out). They’ve had their car break down twice in Compton, and both times were overwhelmed by the people […]
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I was on what is definitely the newest airplane I’ve ever stepped foot in - imagine a new car smell in an aircraft, with lots of shiny chrome fittings and handles everywhere. (It was a Virgin Atlantic flight.)
The entertainment system on Virgin’s better planes (I’ve been on some which didn’t have it) is excellent. […]
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Okay, so I’m going to be watching them on TV at Cathy Seipp’s house, but still! (LA Times opinion editor Matt Welch and Emmanuelle Richard, who will be covering the Oscars for French TV on Sunday, have been kind enough to open up their guest room to me for my visit. I don’t think poor […]
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* It was warm and sunny enough in London today that I had to roll down the window of the cab I was in, as I felt like I was going to pass out from the heat if I didn’t. I wish I could put into words how much this development delights me.
* My […]
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Unless we find out about a better option, we’re headed to the Eden Park Café on rue Princesse on Sunday to watch the French batter the Irish. Anyone know of any other particularly good venues for watching the match?
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We’re going to Paris this weekend. I’m not going to have a camera with me. This may cause more stress than staying in London would have.
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Near the end of the month, I’ll be spending some time on the left and the right coasts of the US. I know that plane tickets are not an inexpensive purchase, but I’m not really willing to spend several hours hunting in order to get another £40 off or whatever. I go in with a […]
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I was invited to take a customer service survey by Marriott, owner of the Renaissance brand, which runs The Columbus hotel in downtown Columbus, Ohio. The Columbus bills itself as a contemporary, elegant hotel - and that it certainly is - with the room tariffs to match. (Especially for Ohio’s capital, which has very little […]
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Just reading about the new, ‘improved’ airline security measures in the EU makes me feel I am about to have a stroke, I swear:
From Monday passengers are to be allowed to carry small bottles of toiletries - such as shampoo, toothpaste and face creams - as long as they are contained in a clear re-sealable […]
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Our Christmas trip to Ohio was only supposed to last three days. For complicated reasons relating to my best friend’s wedding at the end of January, I’ve changed my ticket to stay there for two weeks. Which meant that I had a perfect excuse to surprise Antoine with a New Year’s meet-up somewhere cool (last […]
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I wanted to write a round-up review of our trip to Egypt, because I keep telling everyone I see since returning that it was superb, and it seems a waste not to say it here. Sorry, it’s rather lengthy.
First of all, we will go back. And we will stay at the same hotel, Le Méridien […]
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