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That tourist thang

December 8, 2015

Just letting off steam

December 8, 2015

Trying to settle into a new place - and all the practical things that entails - is like those elaborate dominos tracks. You have to stand the pieces up just...

This one's for Hugo...

December 7, 2015

New York Owls and their newest member (me!) This was after the defeat at Stoke, but I also watched the match against Derby. 8.15am kick-off yesterday......

Did somebody say Dorothy Parker?

December 5, 2015

The Dorothy Parker cocktail. Gin. Basil. At the Blue Bar, in the Algonquin, a haven of jazz and good fucking will to all (wo)men. True, they may have been...

December 3, 2015

for giant inflated candy canes and turkey hats. A week since thanksgiving, huh? What a week. An epic day of viewing 16 flats on Tuesday, and today our...

Seven days seems like a long time in NYC...

December 2, 2015

...especially if you're living two timezones. The days have been long, the noise incessant, the views incredible and the difference is not quite as expected....

November 29, 2015

There are many things I will do.

November 28, 2015

There is a TV in the bedroom. I have unplugged it. There are many things I will do that are out of the ordinary over the next two years, but watching TV in...

I'm in New York. No need for words now.

November 27, 2015

Landing in New York, facing the prospect of two years residence. Where to start the exploration? How to start the connection with that tentative place called...