I love a good afternoon tea, as I've mentioned before. Up until last December, I would've said that I had never met an afternoon tea that I didn't like. Yes, believe it or not, I was disappointed by an afternoon tea during my most recent trip to London...but that's all I'll say about that. So... Continue Reading →
A Holiday Visit to My Second Home
A few weeks ago, I went to London for the first time in 10 years. It was a long-overdue homecoming. Long story short, I lived there for six months after college and fell in love with it. My mom did as well, and we visited five or six times over a span of about 17... Continue Reading →
A Magical Bookstore
I instantly love any bookstore I walk into. I don't even read that much anymore, but I have tsundoku syndrome. I just enjoy acquiring books. My mom has this syndrome as well, so maybe it's hereditary. I suspect my niece has the syndrome too. When I take them both to Barnes & Noble, I can... Continue Reading →
A View from the Top
Having completed birthday lists for almost 20 years now (!), I'm a proponent of being a tourist in one's own neighborhood, town, city, state. There is so much to see and do in our own communities. So it was with this mindset that my friend and I headed to View Boston, a new observation deck... Continue Reading →
A Royal Visit: Part 2
As luck would have it, my office building looks out onto the back of the Four Seasons, where Will and Kate were staying during their visit. Although I work remotely most of the time, my student employees and I had decided weeks earlier to work in the office on Friday, December 2—which was the day... Continue Reading →
