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A new trend on Facebook has been going around for a while where you are prompted to create a list with 25 random things about your life in it. While I do feel that these lists almost cross the line in taking your public Facebook prolife too far, I finally succumbed to the not-so-gentle persuasion … Continue reading »

Those of you who know me knows about my absolute passion for reading. I love it – in fact, one of my quirks (according to John) is that I will some mornings wake up and grab my book to read for about an hour before my alarm goes off. I devour books and chocolate with … Continue reading »

(BTW – how relevant that my 200th post should be today?) Birthdays are generally a big thing for me. After all, it’s the one day a year that’s all about me, where calories don’t count and where I have the right to demand that things go my way! It’s the perfect day and it only … Continue reading »

Without a doubt, one of the highlights of our December trip to Sweden was going to see Tosca at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. During one of the breaks we enjoyed champagne in the Gold Room – a magnificent ballroom, entirely covered in goldleaf – including all the walls and the entire ceiling! Elaborate mirrors reflected … Continue reading »

When life in the city gets to you, sometimes it’s time to just get out. And that’s exactly what we decided to do yesterday when we finally went cross-country skiing with Outdoor Bound, the same company I went hiking with in Fall. We once again had the best day, met the most interesting people and both John … Continue reading »

In this image released by the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Ethan Hawke, left, Sinead Cusack, center, and Paul Jesson are shown in a scene from “The Cherry Orchard,” now playing in repertory with “The Winter’s Tale” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theatre through March 8, 2009, in New York. Last night Annie, … Continue reading »

I have not written many complaints in my life – the most recent letter to Singapore Airlines after a flight from hell between New York and Stockholm never even got an automated reply, so I have gathered that I am clearly not very good at complaining and getting results. That’s okay – we can’t all … Continue reading »

I admit. I’ve become really lazy. Weekends used to be filled to the brim with sight-seeing, brunches, shopping excursions and new things. Lately, however, I find myself favoring things of a slightly more…home-y variety. Sleeping in. Reading books. Thumbing magazines. Lounging around in sweatpants, with my hair tied in a messy ponytail right on top of … Continue reading »

When I finished my course in Public Relations in Cape Town I promised myself ‘Never Again’. I’ve never thought of myself as the academic type and have always thought that experience trumps education. I stand by these statements, but have come to realize (worldly wisdom, getting older?) that both experience and education can, and probably … Continue reading »

The best way in Manhattan of telling that the Christmas season is near is not the constant blaring of one of the thousand versions of Jingle Bell Rock that assaults you in every store, nor is it the ‘Christmas Sales’ that are everywhere, nor is it the countless Christmas lights that are strung anywhere near … Continue reading »