Firsts: Eating Dinner Alone
A woman once told me when you are traveling alone, it’s best to sit at the bar for dinner. You’ll get the right balance of ability to talk to someone nearby if you so wish, or the ability to keep to yourself. Unfortunately I can’t really attest to this, because I never heeded the advice. [...]
Firsts: Finding an Apartment Abroad
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a person in want of an apartment must have a long and arduous search. Living in New York, I hear some good and some nightmarish stories about apartment hunting. The renter process is somewhat hectic – real estate here moves at the speed of light. If you find a [...]
Winter holiday breaks in London with the girls!
Didn’t get a summer break this year? Or do you prefer to escape when the weather is crisp and cold and the hotels are extra cosy? A weekend break to London with your girlfriends might be just what the doctor ordered, before the Christmas frenzy begins. Here are some ideas for how to plan your [...]
My London
By Tracey Chandler I was born, went to school, graduated, worked for seven years as a secondary school teacher, bought my first flat and lived in London for 27 years. Trying to write about what makes it one of the most charismatic cities in the world for is a tough task. Writing about what makes [...]
Olympic Fever!
LONDON IS ALIVE! One of the busiest, loudest most multicultural cities in the world is now host to the world’s largest sporting event, and my GOD do we know it! Us Brits have always had a pretty good idea as to how to throw a good party, and this time round is no different. Reading [...]
Let Me Take You To…London
With London playing host to the 2012 Olympics, the city is under immense pressure to impress not only the Olympic performers and visitors to the games, but the rest of the world too, as all eyes focus on England’s capital. Many travellers will undoubtedly do their best to avoid London during this, its most [...]
Midnight Mass meets Occupy London
I’m celebrating Christmas this year in London with a few friends from undergrad. It’s our first holiday away from home. Working with a student’s budget, we rummaged presents from bargain bins, chipped in to buy a full turkey for roasting, and painted a Christmas tree to paste on the wall. After dinner on Christmas [...]
5 Books for London
5 books for London Orlando by Virginia Woolf One of her lesser known but most beautiful and accessible novels, Orlando: A Biography–written for Woolf’s lover, Vita Sackville-West–is the fantastical biography of a young noble(wo)man named Orlando who is born during the reign of Elizabeth I, and decides never to grow old. As the history [...]
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A Southbank Summer
Naturally, now that I’ve decided to explore my home country, I’m going to start near. One of the great things about living in London is that no matter how long you live here, you will find new things to discover and love all the time if you try. I could easily write for months, or [...]
Translation Please?
At the start of my time in London, most of my flatmates agreed that a dinner all together was a good plan. The other American in the flat and I were fans of Tex-Mex and fajitas were our meal of choice. Plus, we had to show our new flatmates what real fajitas should be like! [...]
