[Continued from yesterday’s reminiscences about my first trip to New York City] When you travel west from London your sleep patterns adjust pretty quickly. We had left Heathrow on a Friday morning and crashed out before 10pm Eastern Time, 3am London Time. The following day all three of us woke early, before 6am, and headed… Continue reading New York City and Hoboken New Jersey 15 May 1999
It was 18 years ago today that I first set foot in New York City. I had been to Utah a couple of times for the Sundance Film Festival earlier in the 1990s, and had walked a few hundred yards in Minnesota, changing planes at Minneapolis St Paul airport en route to Salt Lake City.… Continue reading New York City 14 May 1999
Five years ago I was involved with a Quiz Night at my children’s primary school and put together a round called Dead Pubs of Chiswick. People still say nice things to me about it. It was a bit of fun, and that’s one of my two criteria for a successful quiz round. I took photos… Continue reading Dead Pubs of West London
Two weeks ago I took my 12-year-old son into town for Record Store Day. We took rather a long time to leave the house. If we had been more organized we might have seen some live music at Rough Trade, or Rough Trade West as it’s now called, near Portobello Road. That’s where he saw… Continue reading Album shopping on a Saturday afternoon
For many years I have described myself as “plant-blind”. Apart from a few very obvious exceptions, like daffodils and monkey-puzzle trees, I do not recognize the majority of plant species. If a tree has actual fruit on it (like plums, apples or pears) I can identify it, but when the fruit has all gone it’s… Continue reading Cherry blossom and wisteria
The Compartments 