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london: week five
Week five was awash with guests from New York, Boston and the Bay Area. Our friends from New York, Julie and David, arrived during week four and stayed through week 5. The impetus for their trip was for Julie to attend “The Sourdough School” – a 2-day intimate class with Dr. Kimball at her home…
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london: week four
When I published my week 3 recap, my friend Stephanie texted me and asked, “Are you getting any sense yet of what it would be like to live there?” I have been thinking about that question for the last week. My guess is that if we did live in London, we would not have an…
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london: week three
Week three was full of visits from California friends plus our son who came for the entire week from San Francisco. I wish I could say that we are fully acclimated to the UK time zone but we still have days where we are up past midnight for no reason and then wake up after…
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london: week two
After a very dramatic end of our first week in London, we enjoyed a more predictable week of tourist outings and a three day visit with friends from the Bay Area. During week two, we managed to pack in a lot of activities that were recommended by friends and family, got a whole lot more…
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london: week one
The first week of our London experiment flew by. Despite the fact that my husband lost his wallet the day before we left, we had no delays getting here and seamlessly settled into our apartment. We are loving our accommodations which, unlike the last two short term, furnished apartments we rented in New York, are…
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london calling
Next week, we are leaving for our third fall “experiment.” The last two years we have moved to New York City for extended stays, gotten out of our comfort zones and found a lot of fun, inspiration and new friends. This year, we are expanding the experiment to London and staying for seven weeks. Between…
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chief of stuff
It has been a year since my husband left his full time job and many of you have asked me how we are handling the transition to Retirement 1.0. I was holding off on writing about this until now because I wanted to give it some time to see what shook out. I have heard many spouses complain about…
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where are they now?
In February 2020, I wrote a blog post called, “The year of the throuple.” What is a little bit funny is that 2020 was the year of so many things but alas none of those headlines included a throuple (think Covid 19, George Floyd, Presidential election). In this post, I introduced the concept of a…
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wedding circuit redux
This spring, we are invited to celebrate two weddings of close friend’s daughters. These invitations mark the dawn of a new era. This is our second round in the wedding circuit but this time we will show up as friends of the parents of the bride or groom or what my daughter often refers to…
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jews on ice
Most of the time, I have an idea for a blog post and I sit with it for a while. I try to figure out if it is a little bit funny (or not) and then start writing the draft in my head. Every now and then, a blog post literally falls on me (see…
Do I have chalk on my face? by Denise Geschke 