Monthly Archives: January 2011

Hello and Goodbye, New York

Posted on January 28, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

Our trip to New York was something of an impulse decision (although you should probably understand that for me, “impulse decision” means “booked two weeks in advance”.) It was also something I hadn’t thought about a lot – I knew … Continue reading →

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A Brief Visit

Posted on January 23, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

The blog post is late (and short) this week because we just spent twenty-two very busy hours in New York City, and I’m naturally paranoid enough to avoid mentioning online that we’re away from home until that is no longer … Continue reading →

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I Guess I’ll Just Have To Curse

Posted on January 14, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

As my parents can probably attest, I’ve always been one of those people who likes things involving fire, whether it’s fireworks, barbeques, toasted marshmallows, or power outages and their excellent excuse to light lots of candles. Accordingly, seeing as we’re … Continue reading →

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Foiled

Posted on January 7, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

Newly equipped with car and spare time (I was kicked out of our lab for the first half of this week while they got rid of asbestos in the corridors, an impeccable excuse for a holiday if I ever heard … Continue reading →

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A Miss Is As Good As A Boxing Day Blizzard

Posted on January 1, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

So we definitely didn’t get a white Christmas, but only by about twenty-four hours, as the “Blizzard of 2010″ roared in on the evening of the twenty-sixth and dumped a foot or so of snow on us. It was not … Continue reading →

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