Wimbledon has all the ingredients that we English traditionally love: cut grass, strawberries, Pimm’s, a bit of tennis (though not much of it by English players), the opportunity to talk endlessly about the weather with total strangers, queues … . (more…)
Month: June 2010
Moorish Castles and Wheelie Bags
Ostensibly, I was in Portugal for a wedding. A friend from San Francisco had invited me to be her ‘plus one’ at what turned out to be an exceptionally indulgent wedding in Sintra, a small, historic town just outside Lisbon. We dipped in to check out Sintra’s attractions on our way to the wedding venue from Lisbon and again on our way back. (more…)
Gooster on the Loose 