Author Archives: Sue In The City
Visiting the city
Just back from a one-week trip to New York to spend Thanksgiving with our friends there and it just made me realize how much I adore the Big Apple. In one week I ate more calories, walked more miles, and spent more ‘friend time’ than I had in months in London! Rose and I had … Continue reading
Running for my life!
I cannot believe that we’ve already hit the end of summer. And the rain is coming down in buckets over London! It’s going to be a long winter, methinks. That said, the end of summer signifies the end of running season for me. This year I again trained the entire summer for the highlight at … Continue reading
Meeting people
The first time in my life I had to start over completely was when we moved to New York in February 2007. No friends, no car, no house, no job…even no cat (I had to leave poor LeRoy Brown behind in Cape Town with a friend). And it was damn tough. Much tougher than I … Continue reading
This weekend
We were lucky enough to crack an invite to go to Switzerland for a Bank Holiday weekend of hiking, red wine and fireplace cuddles. Sadly, with us having to wait until the very last minute to hear whether or not I’d be lucky enough to be granted a Schengen visa, our flights to Zurich now … Continue reading
Christmas? Really?
Today we received our first invitation to a Christmas party – IN DECEMBER. What has happened to this year? How is it almost the end of August? Where did the summer go? It feels crazy to think that we’ve been in London for a whole season, nevermind the fact that we’ve been here for over … Continue reading
Bye-Bye Towers
Another landmark experience I missed by not living in my beloved Cape Town anymore happened yesterday – the demolition of the Athlone Cooling Towers. Now let’s be honest, no one’s going to miss those hideous things, are they? But it would have been cool to have been able to say ‘I was there’. (Though, after … Continue reading
Wedding craziness
Before November 2009 I was one of those girls who never could understand the fascination with the whole wedding thing. I mean, you spend the equivalent of a house deposit on one party which, was it not for the super expensive photographer constantly in your face capturing every single move, you wouldn’t remember much of … Continue reading
Jimmy Who?
After months of being frugal and adjusting to earning my own income in a new town, I finally broke the no-spend-ban I placed on my (brand new!) credit card. And once I swiped, I did not stop! First the background information…I have a friend who has a friend who works for Jimmy Choo. And through … Continue reading
Ascot – I just don’t get it
* Let me preface this post by saying that I am potentially about to expose myself as a huge hypocrite. After all, I have been to the J&B Met about three times and I loved it. That said, this is crazy on a whole new level… I am confused. Hugely confused. Today John and I … Continue reading
Now I Dislike Easyjet too (kind of)
For John’s birthday on the 20th of May I had planned a surprise weekend trip to Berlin – flights bought, hotel booked, dinner reservations made, you name it, it was planned. Then, at around lunch time the day of his birthday, and about eight hours before we were due to depart, I came down with … Continue reading