All Entries Tagged With: "Family"
A Flâneur in Barcelona: A fanciful post featuring the letter “F”
We flew to Spain. The airport is right on the coast, so our first views of Barcelona included the Mediterranean and sun. It put us in the right frame of mind for our family holiday. (Photo by Roxi on her Casio Exilm 8.1 MP) We were a bit early to check into our flat, so [...]
Monday ramblings
If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know about my ongoing love of bikes in Europe, specifically in The Netherlands. I saw this sad little bicycle in London along the Thames a couple of weekends ago. Poor thing. I have photos of happier bikes here and here. We went to a nearby garden [...]
Tuesday Ramblings
This photo has nothing to do with today’s post. I just forgot to post it yesterday. As we were walking toward Leister Square on Saturday, we saw this group of police hurrying toward the Gaza rally in Trafalgar Square. Apparently some protesters broke the windows of a nearby Starbucks. You just never know what you’ll [...]
London: The Globe Theatre and “We Will Rock You”
One thing you learn quickly when living in England is: if the sun shines, go out! We haven’t been into London as a family for a while, so when the sun came out Saturday morning, London was our destination. Roxi wanted to go to the Globe Theatre gift store to buy a few little leather-bound [...]
Hi, it’s me again.
You know that weekly format I said I’d go to? Never mind. I can’t seem to function without my weekday brain dump here at JaPRA, so this blog will continue as is. If I disappear without warning, that means my art muse has paid me a visit and we’re in the studio. What’s new around [...]
Thoughts on Going "Home"
View from our hotel room. Ten days. It didn’t sound that long when we were planning it, but our schedule was so tightly packed that it seemed like we had been in Texas for about a month by the time we left on New Year’s day. Some visiting highlights included: five days with my parents [...]
A guilt-ridden orgy of Tex-Mex
Chips and Salsa. Tecate with lime. Fajita nachos, taquito, Mexican rice, chicken enchilada, refried beans, queso. (No, there was no way we finished all of this! Gads–what huge portions. I’m out of practice.) The fixins: fresh and pickled jalepenos, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo (what the heck is that corn doing in there?!). Gosh [...]
Outside and Inside
This was my morning sky today at 7:45. It’s such a beautiful day–clear and not too cold (about 45 F). I found this oval mirror sitting in the window of a charity shop on my High Street the other day. It’s a cute little mirror. I don’t mind a bit that it has lost some [...]
This year, I resolve…
I am doing things a bit out of order this year, thinking about New Year’s resolutions before Christmas. But since things will be crazy once we touch down in Texas next week, I thought now is as good a time as any to get my brain pointed in the right direction for next year. Actually, [...]
