A Celebration of Mundanity

Buttermilk pancakes! I make really awesome ricotta pancakes, yes.  But, buttermilk is not a common thing to find in the UK, so while home, it is important we eat buttermilk pancakes to get our fill.…

The second day of the tour and it's more about south western Pennsylvania.  It was a mini road trip to Fallingwater.  Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece of a home for the Kaufman family set IN the…

The next few days I played tour guide for a friend for their first trip to this city.  The tour of Pittsburgh started off with the West End Overlook. This, IMHO, is the superior overlook in and of…

This is a post I've been meaning to post since February, but kept adding to it. As I've been settling in to a regular schedule at work, I've had some time to reflect on the train and on commuting. I…

We've had several days of amazing non-boring weather. One minute it's clear blue skies, sun shining, the next, it's thunder, lightening and hail. Lather, rinse, repeat. I love the mildness of the…

You heard me right, today is our ninth wedding anniversary. We have been together now for ten years! This is where I start waxing philosophical. When we first decided to get married, I really felt…

I've said it before and I'll say it again.  I love goat's cheese, I'm a sucker for it.  Having gone out recently to the same restaurant twice and ordering the same starter twice, I was struck with…

Late last night, or very early this morning, I heard an unusual noise from outside. Even though it was freezing outside, I opened the window and had a better listen in the darkness. It was a noise so…

For my family's final morning in England, I made my home made scones for breakfast with tea and jam before their taxi arrived to whisk them off to Heathrow. A fittingly very English end for a visit…

Well, the family visit is over, I'm tracking their flight as I type this. They are safely on their way. I have a huge back log of blogging but this will be a little place holder for now in outline…