I once worked at a company where almost all the managers were expats. One of them was an Austrian who had joined this (American) company years ago, moved Stateside, and then been transferred back to Europe to work for the London office of the same company. He was fairly sure of his nationality – […]
Click here for a full portionI still do – renewing our marriage vows at the Cape St Francis resort
Some people have addictive personalities. They take one tentative drag on a cigarette and within a week or two they have a 40-a-day habit. Or they take up jogging to lose a little weight and a year later they are doing the Comrades Marathon. Or they routinely spend their kids’ lunch money on their […]
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Jimmy – Afife (Portugal), April 2011
Click here for a full portionTopless tarts everywhere: the Monthly Mingle roundup
It is a truth universally acknowledged that everybody loves a tart. It doesn’t matter if it is a sweet tart, or a hot and spicy tart – there is just something about them that’s irresistible – and even more so if we are talking topless tarts. Can there be anybody on the planet that does not […]
Click here for a full portionTomato, pesto & thyme tarte tatin
Travel: I love how it broadens the mind (and the derriere, if you eat as much when travelling as I do!). Living in one country you always seem to think that its problems are totally unique; that its traditions are novel, and its way of doing things correct. It’s only when you travel abroad that you begin […]
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Royal Wedding, Hyde Park – April 2011
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