A new addition to our family is due on Star Wars Day – May 4th – and we are all very excited about it! Don’t worry! I did resist the temptation to organise another Star Wars themed event (despite the very provocative due date), and decided to choose a theme that would be a little […]
Super Saturday – March 15th 2014 And there we all were again: All poised for an exhilarating day of international rugby. Super Saturday has become a legendary, not-to-be-missed, date for the diary, and 2014 certainly didn’t disappoint. With none of the nations being in a position to seize the coveted Grand Slam title, the final […]
Yesterday, the people of Wales celebrated St. David’s Day. Back in the sixth century, Dewi Sant helped establish a monastery on the site where St David’s cathedral, Pembrokeshire, now stands. “Dydd Gwyl Dewi” celebrates the life and death of this popular saint, and the first of March has been a national day of remembrance for the Welsh patron saint since […]
FIRST QUARTER – Game Review After all the hype, the so-called clash between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday really should have been billed as the Super-Bad Bowl, as audiences across the globe witnessed wild horses well and truly annihilated by a flock of well-assembled raptors. It […]
Following the release of Fallout: New Vegas in 2010, we celebrated by hosting a Fallout themed party for James’ birthday. Our trip to Vegas last May prompted us to re-enact the festivities for James’ birthday this year. We decided, however, to broaden the scope of the party to include Fallout 3, inspired by the […]
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. ….the inspired people at Lego were busying themselves creating the Star Wars advent calendar that has now become a new tradition for me and my work colleagues in the lead up to the Christmas holidays.First released in 2011, the original set included some of the original […]
Since attending my first thanksgiving dinner (albeit a Canadian one!) when at law school back in 2004, I have loved the traditions that come with these two North American holidays. I have also had a good excuse to celebrate it most years, as the US holiday often falls on or around my birthday. This year, we […]
*(WARNING: spoiler alert)* The end of AMC‘s Breaking Bad proved VERY timely for Halloween twenty thirteen. The show chronicles the transformation of Walter White, from a Nobel award contributor, and high school chemistry teacher, into ALBUQUERQUE ’S meth king-pin supremo. Far from being the protagonist of the series, WALT proves to be the catalyst for […]
The Invitation When one of my good friends mentioned that she was planning on having a 1920s theme for her thirtieth birthday party, I jumped at the chance of helping her with the party planning. Having visited one of the many “speakeasy” bars in New York, “Bath Tub Gin” in Chelsea last November, I already […]
INDEPENDENCE DAY, the most important of all US public holidays, has not been the same since 1975. The terror invoked by the iconic “DER DUM” of John Williams’ award winning score, has changed our relationship with the sea forever. Jaws’ absence from the movie makes it all the more powerful, the suggestion of his presence fuelling […]
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