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Category: Life

  • Love: Snow storm in Seattle!!

    Had to post this gorgeous picture of my father outside our family home in Seattle. They have been hit with record snow fall over the last few days. There are even icicles on the bottom of my grandpa’s old car!! Stay warm Seattlites xx

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  • Thought for the day…

    Someone sent me this illustration and it was too funny to not share…especially given the vino-centric dialog on my blog! I love these witty cartoons with 1960’s housewives. There’s something hilarious about all the pent up rage that we assume women harbored.

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  • My father turned 70…and I put on a wine tasting!

    My dad turned 70 this year. He’s still incredible – lots of energy, if only a bit slower moving. As I live in London and my parents are in my hometown of Seattle, I wasn’t able to do anything for his birthday (other than send him a lame card…which even still I never ended up…

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  • And here’s to another year on planet earth…

    Jetlag is a bitch. I got just under 3 hours of uninterrupted sleep last night…I have no children and my apartment is quiet at night (though quite drafty but that is beside the point). After waking up every 30 minutes or so after 2AM I finally called it quits at 5AM. I made a pot…

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  • Off to Leavenworth, WA we go…

    Today our little party train jet off to Leavenworth, WA for a few days of respite…and wine tasting!!! Leavenworth has an incredible little strip of kitschy shops and restaurants (following the Bavarian theme that the town is famous for) as well as some great local wineries – all neatly stacked together on the 1/2 mile…

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  • Work Christmas party fail…to drink or not to drink?

    Ahh the infamous work Christmas party… Always brings about a bit of dread. Should I or should I not have a drink. Well…come on – you are out with your workmates on a weekday with free booze. What else are you going to do but have a few bevvies? It would be rude not to.…

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  • Cold before the Christmas storm…

    I am the unhappy recipient of a horrific pre-holiday flu bug. Enjoyment of the holiday festivities was put on hold completely last week while I slept and recovered. Unfortunately its a stubborn little bugger and hasn’t let me move on from it easily. Hopefully I will magically be restored to health this week just in…

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