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I haven’t written a cat-related post for a while – and don’t panic, not my intention to make a habit of it – but I couldn’t resist this one, featuring our ultra-photogenic cat, Bert… He’s taken to using my MacBook, when hooked up to my monitor, as a heated cat cushion. He is an odd little [...] Emergency summer clothes buying has commenced. Why? because the weather in Vancouver, Portland and Seattle looks pretty hot…at least by English standards! As we’re 8 hours ahead, the headline temperatures don’t look too impressive, but through the week it rises to 37° C (98° F) in Portland and 30°+ in the other two. It’s been a decent summer [...] Sorry for being a bit flaky recently. To explain, we’re in the midst of moving house, it was my birthday this week and we’re just about to host a big World Cup party. If you didn’t know, England are about to take on the US in both nations’ opening game. I won’t bore you with footy talk, [...] Unhappy Hipsters is a blog – more of an institution really – that I’ve been visiting and sharing with people for a while now. I thought it was time to give it some formal credit. If you haven’t visited, do so. In a nutshell, they add amusing and insightful captions to deliciously styled lifestyle photographs from [...] I want to dispel a myth (in England at least) about US folk; namely that most are fat. Based on my own crude sample – Boston, Chicago, New York – it’s simply not true. There are obvious differences between city and country life – as everywhere I think – but the general picture is certainly much [...] Quite simply, I adore football (or ‘soccer’ depending on your persuasion) so the quad-annual FIFA World Cup is a pretty significant occasion for me, to put it very mildly. As usual, newspapers are stuffed full of over-optimistic proclamation. Seemingly, so the nation falls that bit harder when the inevitable quarter-final penalty exit arrives. But this time it [...] I know some don’t appreciate my cat posts but at the risk of alienating a few (and hopefully amusing a few more) I had to share this picture, featuring our cat, Egg… Such a girl; adjusting her position to make the most of the remaining sun cover! I mentioned that most of our sales come from the US. I think we’ve subconsciously made this happen by the way…due to our [very obvious] obsession with America. During our interactions, visits, and all-round familiarisation, we’ve come across lots of differences – between the US and England – which I thought it’d be fun to share. So, [...] A while ago I mentioned our excitement at getting Boston Red Sox tickets. This was our second game at Fenway Park, the oldest stadium in Major League baseball. We were due some runs, as our first visit saw us lose 1-0 after 14 runless innings. This game was the polar opposite, as the Red Sox blasted their [...] We’re in the midst of a ‘code brown’ here folks. And just to be clear, I’m talking coffee. You see, there’s a ‘water emergency‘ in Boston…meaning no drinking water. We can get by domestically, boiling water for one minute before consuming…though not immediately. More alarmingly though, coffee shops have stopped serving… This is bad timing in many [...] |
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