Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Okay, I’ll save you the suspense (what little is left.) I did get a ticket to Frankenstein. Some of you may be wondering, “How on earth does that unemployed PhD with threadbare elbow-patch jackets even manage to afford going to all that theatre anyway?” … Continue reading
Tag Archives: London
A Day on the South Bank
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 About two weeks ago I decided to give myself an early birthday present by heading out to see a play. London is a good place for that sort of thing. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, I thought as I walked towards the great hulking form … Continue reading
The Snow in London By caitieskirt, Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 In the first week of December we got some snow in London. I decided to go on an expedition to see the capital in all her wintry glory. I wandered down through Soho and into St. James’s park to visit the zombie geese and … Continue reading
Ritzy
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 I went out for what I planned to be a festive Saturday at the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. Though it was mobbed by crowds I still managed to have a charming time with a friend wandering around the booths of strange presents (two … Continue reading
Santa and the Alien Mannequins
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 This isn’t the first Thanksgiving I’ve spent in London, but it is the first one I’ve not spent cooking up a storm with my best friend Liz. She got a job back home in the States, and while I’m most proud of her, I … Continue reading
Neighbors Around the Globe, and the Elvis Mans
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 I’ve been meaning for some time to write about yet another of the serendipitous coincidences that seem to be a theme in my crazy multicontinental life. While I was in Cairo I met a British woman who was there teaching salsa full-time. The expat … Continue reading
How Not to Behave on the Tube (In Which I Do Not Get Slapped)
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Late last night I was trying to make it home on the last tube with a friend. (The London underground does not run all night, my dear American readers. They close it for maintenance between midnight-ish and five in the morning.) We didn’t know … Continue reading
The City Lungs and the Country Lungs
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 While I have been having a good deal of fun here in London, it hasn’t all been hunky dory. For one thing, moving back to a big city seems to be aggravating my asthma again. I looked out at the BT tower a few … Continue reading
London on my Doorstep
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 For once my absence hasn’t been due to lack of interesting times or things to post about, but rather I’ve been so flat-out busy getting settled in my new flat. First things first: Naked Guy is now Guy Who Always Pulls the Shades Down … Continue reading
Caitie's New Neighbor: the Naked Chef
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Moving is always such a chore. I should know. I’ve moved six times in the past two years. This time wasn’t so bad…I only hit my head on a low overhang three times and dropped something on the mover once. read more Continue reading
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