Day 1

Well, we are in a tiny, adorable attic room in East Dulwich the view of which looks out over south London rooftops and reminds us of a scene from Mary Poppins. I found a small crawl space just outside the room at the landing, which I will be using to get as many boxes as [...]

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Oh haaaayyyy, Lisbon!

A friend I met here, D, and I went to Lisbon this weekend. It was three days/four nights of happy exuberance. We cracked ourselves up, laughing so hard we cried, saw various, wonderful things, ate wonderful food, spoke in Espantugese and played “spot the drug dealer” on Rua do Sao Augusto. It’s not hard. They’re [...]

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To be sleepless in Madrid

I’d heard Madrid was a really late-night city but I hadn’t had too much personal experience with the late hours here until last night. The restaurant across the street is gonna seriously suck come summer, if I’m still here. Various groups of people left its interior and hung around its environs, talking very loudly, from [...]

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omg omg OMG!!!

1) Sometime after 1:45 a.m. I am awakened by someone yelling at their child that when they call them they should listen. Other voices ensue. 2) Sometime after that I am awakened by people talking loudly, possibly singing. I go out onto the balcony to complain at them. 3) At 7:45 a.m. the beer delivery [...]

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I had begun composing a thoughtful, well-written post in my head as I tried to go to sleep again after being awakened by revelers at 4 a.m. but I seem to have lost the gist of it. So instead I’ll tell you GAAHHH!! Yellow mustard has too much vinegar in it here!!

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