This has been pretty much the perfect weekend ( Read more... )

I had a very good May bank holiday weekend (yes my updates are behind ( Read more... )

I've gone through more periods of feeling... flat or maybe drifting... is best I can describe. Both at work and at home, no excitement, not feeling or doing much that feels like progress. Looking back on it, much could well be attributed to weather; so much grey, not much summer sun. It's recently warmed up a bit (finally) and I've had some cycles ( Read more... )

I'm now back from my 5 week ski trip. As part of my freedom and milestone birthday, I am glad I was able to realise at least in part my desire to spend an extended period of time in the French Alps ( Read more... )

Christmas as we know it is, and always has been, a time of extravagance. From the three kings visiting the Little Baby Jesus with their rare gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to my erstwhile goddaughter with so many gifts under the tree she got bored opening them ( Read more... )

For years I've been wanting to share a fine dining meal with my favourite cousin. He's spent his life in restaurants and besides which, we're kindred spirits and don't get to spend much time together. I wanted to take him out last year for his 50th but couldn't make it happen, so this year I thought maybe we could do it for my 40th. Originally I ( Read more... )

I needed a festival. It's been a couple years. I also needed the break from work ( Read more... )

Oh LJ there's lots to catch you up on as always ( Read more... )

Last night I took the girl I'm seeing (more on that sometime soon) to her first opera. The first time the Royal Opera has put on Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mohagonny ( Read more... )

yeah so I'm pretty much gonna hammer lj tonight ( Read more... )