Nov
30
The Englishman Abroad - Public Transport
November 30, 2007 | Comments Off
San Francisco is a city blessed with a comprehensive, well integrated public transport system which is apparently sometimes capable of driving the unfamiliar insane. I know it’s just one of those things, and the natives can manage it without a second thought. And actually, on previous visits I’ve been able to do so myself, but […]
Nov
29
The Englishman Abroad - Sunrise
November 29, 2007 | Comments Off
I know you get them everywhere, but this one was the one I got this morning here on the West Coast, so I don’t feel bad that this is the first of my ‘Englishman Abroad’ posts.
The sunset here last night was stunning - everyone in the office ran to the window to look - and […]
Nov
28
Scandalous!
November 28, 2007 | 1 Comment
(Nothing to do with being in the US)
I’m going to miss (but My Beloved will record, on pain of death) what remains of Cranford, BBC1’s current period piece (described in Monday’s Media Guardian as “a slender period story supported by a stellar cast, enormous bonnets and dirty lace”), but I can’t let pass the opportunity […]
Nov
27
Gone
November 27, 2007 | Comments Off
So, here I am in sunny San Francisco, settled into the hotel that’s my home away from home for the next three weeks or so (the pre-Christmas chunk of the multi-month stay), and having been welcomed by my new officemates.
I got off the flight yesterday feeling brighter and breezier than I have off one of […]
Nov
22
Just In Time For Me Coming Back
November 22, 2007 | 2 Comments
It’s become slightly academic for the next few months, but I’ve been thinking for a while that I need to find new listening for my morning commute. I tend to listen to Today, because I’m a news junkie*, and there’s nothing else I’ve found that does anything approaching proper news in the morning since […]
Nov
22
Amazon - A Prime Case Of Madness
November 22, 2007 | Comments Off
So I noticed that Amazon UK have finally launched the Amazon Prime programme which has been available in the US for ages. Pay an annual fee and you get some benefits, like unlimited next-day deliveries.
The Mrs and I do a certain amount of Amazon shopping, so on Monday of this week when he was about […]
Nov
16
An Echoing Silence
November 16, 2007 | 5 Comments
Not because I haven’t had anything to say, but because I’ve had a number of things going on that have been occupying my mind and which haven’t been finalised enough to talk about.
Now, however, I can at least talk about the major thing.
In a little over a week, I’ll be leaving the UK for four […]
Nov
2
November?
November 2, 2007 | Comments Off
Where’s the time gone? Specifically, where have the last two weeks gone? Having been getting into a more regular blogging routine again I suddenly blew it with two weeks of silence.
Quick round up: was in New York for work on the trip I was last talking about, for what turned out to be a very […]