Monthly Archives: December 2007

Feeling Fat, Frumpy and In Need of a Detox?

Yeah me too!...although I was very virtuous and went to the gym on Boxing Day for a very tough 20 minute interval sprint session and some free weights. Helped work off the excesses of the previous day when we'd been force-fed unlimited Veuve Cliquot and all sorts of exotic fareon the beach at the Ritz ...

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Photo by cyrus I'm up, I'm up, I'm up...it's Christmas morning and I woke up bright-eyed and excited to give everyone (all 2 of them) their gifts. An hour later and I'm still waiting because they're all still in bed!! Daniel went to a party last night and ...

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Dealing With Unpleasant People

I can safely say that last night I met one of the rudest people I think I have ever met. We (my brother, J and I) had decided to have a small mince pie and mulled wine soiree so Daniel (the brother) invited a few of his friends around and we duly had fun making ...

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Does Money Buy Happiness?

We had an interesting night out last night here in Dubai. We went to "Frankie's" (Frankie Dettori's new bar) which from the outside looks like some kind of stripper bar (I'm sorry but it does) but on the inside is quite an elegant restaurant and lounge bar. It's a far cry from our ramshackle little beach ...

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Are you a link baiter?…and my Lonely Planet brief has arrived!

I've noticed an increasing trend in some of the smaller blogs I use recently which is beginning to be a real turn off...I head over to their post or read it via my feed reader (Google) and I'm faced with a whole load of links to other peoples' posts or other posts on their blog. I ...

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Dubai Delights: Trying Not To Spend Money…And My New Book Is Out

We're now comfortably settled in our home for the next month - my brother's swish pad in Dubai Marina. Having spent a couple of weeks here earlier this year, we were prepared for the 180 degree contrast to Grenada in terms of the consumerist, have-it-all mentality...but still, it's a shock to the system! Having comfortably lived in ...

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Breakfast in Grenada…

...lunch in Puerto Rico and dinner in New York. Such is the life of a location independent professional :-) I'm once again sitting in San Juan airport (for the third time this year) on a 4 hour layover taking advantage of the free wireless internet, sipping my first Starbuck's moccha in 3 months and - guess ...

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Write About What You Know…

...or not, as seems to be the case with many bloggers these days. I haven't yet read Andrew Keen's book, "The Cult of the Amateur" and I don't doubt that I'd probably disagree with a lot of his supposed attacks on the internet as a medium, but even reading the title, I feel some affinity for ...

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Could I Be A Lonely Planet Travel Writer?

Just had a really exciting email....Lonely Planet have "invited" me to submit a writing sample to see if I have what it takes to become a freelance travel writer for their guides!!!! I applied a good few weeks ago when I wanted to test out whether my writing was pants or not, with an idea for ...

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