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Bienvenidos a Miami

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Yesterday was a great day, not least because I got to leave work four and a half hours early. Kelly arrived!!! What originally started off as a week-long stay in London eventually was extended into a three week stint that ended when she flew into Miami yesterday afternoon.

As usual, I tracked her flight on Google Earth all morning at work, this time remembering not to panic when the little plane dive bombed-into the middle of the Atlantic. It did eventually reemerge, and when she was just flying over the water off Florida’s northeast coast I grabbed my keys and headed for Miami.

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Highfalutin Times

Monday, September 18th, 2006

I sometimes like to consider myself a culturally-inclined person. Of course I go to museums! Doesn’t everybody? Okay, so I only seem to go to museums when I’m traveling and I feel like it’s my moral obligation to do so. But when I do go, I truly appreciate the art. So what if I sometimes ignore priceless ancient artifacts that are responsible for shaping the civilization I live in today because I’m too busy bobbing along to the Harry Lime theme tune playing repeatedly on my audio guide? That’s art, too. And I appreciated it. Even though I don’t stare at a blank canvas on the wall for hours on end trying to discover its subcontext, I do, however, appreciate the fact that gallery openings have free champagne and hors d’oeuvres.

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Three if by air?

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
If it's one if by land and two if by sea, light up three lanterns, baby, because I'm airborne! I haven't managed to do a whole heck of a lot since moving down here to Ft. Lauderdale, but somehow last weekend I ... [Continue reading this entry]

Ma-weekend with ma-Kelly

Monday, June 26th, 2006

After getting used to coming home to a quiet apartment and spending my evenings with only my TV and the odd glass of wine as entertainment, it was a welcome relief to have ma-Kelly come down to spend the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Back where it began

Monday, April 17th, 2006
It's funny. In the past year I've graduated, spent a couple of months traveling all over Europe, moved to London to work for six months, but now that I'm back in Florida it feels like I'm ... [Continue reading this entry]