I do realise that things have been pretty quiet on this blog for some time (sorry), and was hoping that next week I would be able to liv...

The right sort of water. Not rain, thank goodness - unpatriotic though I feel, to be grateful for that, since the North Island is sweating...

With thanks to Norwegian Jewel   for lunch today Six weeks is a long time on this blog. December 16 is when I was marvelling at my shame...

With thanks to Viking for this trip Woken very early by a loud noise from the room next door that sounded like workmen with a grinder (...

With thanks to Viking for this trip Today was mostly free of commitments, so I Ubered away along Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards this m...

With thanks to Viking for this trip Flying east is a lose/win scenario. The worst bit is that it makes for a long, long, LONG day - but...

I've been back from Australia for two days, but there's no escaping the fires there. Oz is a three-hour, two thousand kilometre fl...