by David | Dec 12, 2012 | culture, design
It’s been some time since we had some decent ducking news around here, and drought was offically broken by @fartingduck with his retweet of this item: BREAKING: THERE IS A MASSIVE YELLOW DUCK FLOATING DOWN THE THAMES I retweeted too, because, well, who...
by David | Oct 30, 2008 | culture, eating, travel
It’s amazing – and unfortunate – that it doesn’t happen more often that when traveling on business I have the opportunity to meet up with friends and colleagues beyond those directly related to the business at hand. This week in London to...
by David | Apr 12, 2008 | culture, travel
On my last day in London, I dropped in at the Tate Modern. Like many London museums, the Tate does not charge an admission fee, so it’s perfectly reasonable to just pop in to check out one exhibition or even just to get out of the rain. I stumbled upon Doris...
by David | Apr 6, 2008 | eating, travel
When I ran across The Fryer’s Delight, I was actually on my way to Lamb’s Conduit Street, where a guidebook had suggested I might find some nice restaurants. Leaving aside why I stopped for fish & chips instead, let me say that “Lamb’s...
by David | Apr 1, 2008 | travel
It happened again. I got asked for directions. So what, you ask? Well, I was in London, where as you may know, I do not live, or even visit all that often. In fact, I had been in London fewer than 24 hours when I got asked, and was in the middle of the not very...