No going back

Just looking at the calendar and it has been a whole year since I packed in the 9 to 5 (or 8 ’til 8 to be accurate) and took some time out for myself. Soon I will have to get back into the mainstream of society and do things like work, pay a mortgage etc. [...]

West side story

Tonight the WoH and I walked half the length of manhattan, in the dark at 10pm at night. Now, we have watched a lot of TV and movies where New York is depicted as a city where stepping outside will get you knifed by a drug crazed hobo. So why take this huge risk?
Well NY [...]

I’d like to thank…

We are more than halfway through our trip now and I thought it timely to issue a vote of thanks to all those who have helped make it so ’special’.
First of all my eternal gratitude goes to SCREAMING CHILD and your faithful companion IDIOT MOTHER who have gone everywhere with us on our trip round [...]

After the Gold Rush

The last few days in Seattle have not felt like a holiday. Firstly both of us have been Sleepless due to having to conclude some financial matters in the UK which is eight hours ahead. We stayed up til 3am and were up again at 7.30 two days running and it has affected our desire [...]

On the Dock of the Bay

Otis Redding wrote this song about Sausalito not San Francisco. We visited there today on a hugely entertaining bus tour.
First stop Muir Woods was full of giant Redwoods and was named in honour of the Scotsman who founded Yosemite Park and saved these remaining Redwoods for the American nation. He is called ‘the first American [...]

Moobs

So we spent our first full day in Boca and it was a pleasant change of pace from the frenetic Disney experience. We slept in for the first time in a while and then took a taxi to a seafood restaurant by the beach. Once again, as mentioned many times in this blog, a Taxi [...]

Victory on ID cards

The government has done the sensible thing and practically abandoned its plans for ID cards, thanks entirely to this blog.*
I wonder if my MP Anne Begg will be carrying on the campaign on her own as she told me she was a big fan and that we couldn’t function as a society without them. I [...]

Spot the Difference

On January 14th David Cameron, conservative leader accused Gordon Brown of dithering over what to do with Peter Hain. Gordon said he had to wait until the parliamentary process had taken its course. Cameron insisted he should do something immediately.
Today David Cameron, when questioned on the behaviour of Tory MP Derek Conway said that he [...]