Ok, so it's taken us a MASSIVELY long time to get around to blogging anything about our honeymoon - which doesn't bode well for attempting to keep a blog going while we're on the road for six and a half months. But better late than never eh? Well, following 18 months of planning, our wedding day came and went and I can honestly say that it was the most magical and perfect day for us both and hopefully everyone who shared it with us. I have never worn such an amazing, beautiful dress in my life nor have I ever felt [View Full Entry]

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While I still desire to see everything playing on Broadway, I have reached the point where I don't rush out to see everything as early as possible. West Side Story was one of the musicals that were on my radar, but out of my price range. However, I suddenly got a discount for it and was able to snag two pretty decent seats in the right Mezzanine for a Sunday matinee, so off we went.... The show starts in an odd fashion, with the Jets all coming on stage and staring at the audience for a long time before the first [View Full Entry]

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Thank you everyone for such kind emails and responses to my last post...but I have an epilogue! Ronnie planned a quick trip for us to his home area back east before we both get locked down into 9-5 jobs here in California. We both have a passionate affair with New York. It is one of my favorite places in the whole wide world. The tiny restaurants every few feet, the fashion that people show with pride and the absolute romance that drifts in the air whether it is 3:00pm or 4:00 in the morning. Ronnie really wanted to take me to [View Full Entry]

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Heading back to New York City from Washington D.C. was akin to heading back to Melbourne from Canberra. Whilst the capital city of each respective country has some interesting places to visit, on its own merits the city essentially has no soul due to being planned too thoroughly. This is such an obvious contrast to those cities which develop upon themselves and as their needs demand, providing the opportunity for diverse nooks and crannies to be uncovered during your aimless explorations. Such an atmosphere also seems to provide the right climate for art and creativity to bloom, not being retr [View Full Entry]

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Não tenho aula às sexta-feiras. É meu day-off. E decidi ficar em casa hoje. Não pus o nariz na janela. Foi ótimo. Grudada no computador e surfando na TV, tive os melhores momentos do dia. - Acompanhei pela internet o anúncio da escolha do Rio como sede das Olimpíadas 2016. Eu, que nem sei se estava torcendo pela vitória, confesso que no final fiquei feliz a beça. A [url=http://jornalnacional.globo.com/Telejornais/JN/0,,MUL1328093-10406,00-COPACABANA+DELIRA+COM+VITORIA+DO+RIO.html] festa em Copacaba [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone Well, let's go back a few days....to last Sunday to be precise. I went to Chew Magna and took Bet out for lunch to the Pony and Trap, we used to go there when Sarah was a little girl so that was about 33 years or more ago. The Sunday roast was the best I can remember having anywhere, it was to die for so I have booked to go again when Kate and I go up to Bristol for Christmas on 20th December. Monday I visited Mike and Pat Lockett and Mike has kindly offered to pick me [View Full Entry]

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Thursday October 1st 2009 After the very late night of Wednesday, a lie in was definitely the way of choice for Thursday and we didn’t even wake until gone 10am - which for me is beyond late. Today was the day that we had booked months in advance for, and we were heading down to the Statue of Liberty to ascend the stairs all the way into the crown of the structure. Before September 11th, this was something that everyone could do, but since the terrorist attacks there has been very limited access, so much so that now they only allow [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone!! Recently got back from a lovely weekend in NYC with Karin and Jamie! Unfortunately, though, I have an absolute mountain of work to do this week. The courses may be somewhat easier here in the US, but my, do they like to give a lot of work. I need to write 50 pages in the next 2 days. I'll be happy with 20, though. After all, I only need to pass! Anyway, I woke up blurry eyed on Saturday morning (as I'd been practicing beer pong on Friday night!!) and headed on several buses to the Rensselaer train station [View Full Entry]

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Yes, New York is known for its restaurants and late-night bars, but how often do people fall so easily into a meal that is hidden so far away from the mainstream of Manhattan, that they feel they're in a totally different area? How often do true New Yorkers venture outside their comfort zone and dine where they've never even taken a cab or gotten turned around on the metro? By the locations of some of the best meals I've ever eaten in the city, I'd say more often than not. My seemingly weekly catch-up session with JFK has given me the [View Full Entry]

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Na última noite chorei pela primeira vez desde que cheguei aqui. Alguns acontecimentos do passado recente, que gostaria de esquecer, voltaram a me atormentar. Me senti angustiada, triste pelo preconceito que sofri - acho que foi a primeira vez na vida que claramente fui vítima de preconceito. Sei que essas lembranças ainda voltarão a bater na minha porta. Não é porque não têm passaporte que elas deixam de nos acompanhar quando adentramos em outras fronteiras. [View Full Entry]

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