We have been celebrating some around here, some things quietly, some not.To begin with the least quiet celebration imaginable, Baki had his first proper birthday party yesterday (although he turns 8 on the 28th). Until last year, I was able to convince him that birthdays were something celebrated with your family. Then he started primary …
Month: March 2013
Shades of green
There was an Irish pub called Shades of Green walking (or stumbling, as it happened) distance from one of my first apartments in NYC (I moved a lot). But I will spare you any details of what Guinness and whiskey-sour induced behavior went down on its shadowy premises. I actually shudder when I think back …
Warm wishes
I've been reading lots of shivery cold blog posts lately. There are snow drifts in them! We don't ever see snow in our garden (although there is snow just 100 meters higher than us in the dead of winter) and I sometimes wish we were somewhere with a "real winter." But then the week in …
Garden Correspondent 