On the very last day when we were getting ready to go to the airport it begins to snow. A belated white Christmas for me and my family. Though we worry about flights and driving, I can’t contain my joy as the big fluffy white flakes swirl around us. I try to catch them as … Continue reading
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Diary of an Expat Lady: Winter Edition
A few years ago I discovered E. M. Delafield’s Diary of a Provincial Lady and various sequels. With its whimsical epistolary style underscored by deeper ruminations on feminist social themes of the 1930s and 40s, Delafield’s writing is a clear forebear to Bridget Jones’s Diary and similar works. Her influence is also the reason that … Continue reading
Another Madcap Adventure at Brasserie Zédel
You may recall that back on Bastille Day last year my friends Paul, Hannah and I hand-made some berets to get dinner on the house at our favourite French restaurant in London, Brasserie Zédel. For La Fête des Rois, Brasserie Zédel offered the same deal for anyone who came in wearing a crown. Naturally, we couldn’t … Continue reading
Every Christmas Show Ever Told (And Then Some!), Studio@620, Saint Petersburg
While in Florida for Christmas I went to a production of Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some) by the Masters Theatre Group at the Studio@620. The Studio@620 is an arts gallery and performance space which hosts a diverse range of programmes, including the exhibition of Willful Encounters (at a bus stop) by artist Maria … Continue reading
Tree Thieves of Wapping
Gentle readers, I have some grave news. Our beloved former Christmas tree, Twiglet Piny Tim McNeedles, has been tree-napped. When I last wrote about Piny Tim, our friends Paul (of Pootling Around fame) and Hannah had agreed to take him in and give him space in their garden. We packed him up and deposited him … Continue reading
Tree Thieves of Wapping
Gentle readers, I have some grave news. Our beloved former Christmas tree, Twiglet Piny Tim McNeedles, has been tree-napped. When I last wrote about Piny Tim, our friends Paul (of Pootling Around fame) and Hannah had agreed to take him in and give him space in their garden. We packed him up and deposited him … Continue reading
Piny Tim: Bare (Third in the London Christmas Series)
With the holidays at an end, the time finally came for our beloved wee Christmas tree, Twiglet Piny Tim McNeedles, to find a permanent abode. So, with heavy hearts, we stripped him of his glittering finery and bagged him up for removal to the house of my good friend and fellow Wapping blogger Paul (found … Continue reading
The Christmas Spirit (Second in the London Christmas Series)
It wouldn’t have been a proper holiday without a frisson of worry about the travel arrangements. My parents arrived on the 23rd, propelled here faster than usual by gale force winds. On the night of their arrival we went for a festively champagne-fuelled meal at Dishoom, an Indian restaurant in Shoreditch. We brought Christmas crackers … Continue reading
Oh, Christmas Tree! (First in the London Christmas Series)
In a new episode of the Transporting Awkward Items by Bus series, I found myself yesternight trundling along wrestling a Christmas tree. Some Grinches and Scrooges among you may glance at my tree and with an aloof sneer dismiss it as being far too short to be considered in any sense a tree. I ask … Continue reading
Caitlin’s Christmas Playlist
I was recently asked for my advice on songs to play for a Christmas party. I know, I know, it’s Not Even Thanksgiving Yet, but to help us prepare for the impending festive season I will now share with you the essential songs for any successful yuletime soiree. Feel free to add, amend, remonstrate with … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 