Every year I buy the “holiday specials” that the two major American comic producers; DC and Marvel. The stories in these are loosely linked with the current time-lines of their respective universes, mostly they are just one off stories of the cute nature. So who out of the two publishers do I think is the [...]
Dec
25
The Best of Christmas TV 2009
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Alas, flicking through the channels this year in the hunt of that exciting “lift your spirits up” film or program, I did not find anything that grabbed my attention. That is until I came across Channel 2, which I have in fact been playing all week. I have no idea what type of programming the [...]
Dec
24
This is my final review of Christmas Puddings for the season. We are very lucky to live near a British store in Vancouver called The Celtic Treasure Chest and this is where I buy a lot of classic goods from the old country. I was very pleased to find, on my last visit, they had [...]
Dec
3
I got this Christmas Pudding from Safeway in Oakridge, they do seem to be in plentiful supply of them! Coming from Safeway I was a little concerned over the quality!! I actually didn’t realise that Cross and Blackwell did Christmas Puddings, maybe they don’t in the UK and just sell them overseas. There isn’t a [...]
Nov
17
John Lusty Christmas Pudding Review
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This is my second Christmas Pudding review of the season and I was quite pleasantly surprised by this offering. Frankly I have never heard of the company name called John Lusty before, it sounds a little rude. Searching for them on the web they seem to be more famous for their Brandy Butter but I [...]
Nov
8
The festive season begins for me when Christmas Pudding’s hit the stores. I did a review of the 2007 puddings back when we were living in the UK, Selfridges won my special award back then. Unfortunately I do not have access to Harrods and Selfridges puddings but thought I would review what I find here [...]
Jan
2
Christmas and New Year
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Didn’t feel that I got the rest I needed over Christmas and New Year’s, I feel even more tired than I did before. Work and traveling to/from Burnaby was getting me down especially with the snow which I don’t do too well in anyhow….where ever I am! It was a very busy year and could [...]
Jan
20
Christmas Pudding Review
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Saw this story on the BBC website about a Which report on how luxury Christmas Puddings came down the bottom of the league of taste testing. Well, I thought I would do my own taste test. In my test I always went for the luxury branded pudding. I didn’t get one from Tesco which won [...]
Dec
28
Sadly this was our last day in New York…I really do not like leaving the US and going back to the UK. I feel very sad each time. Don’s sister and niece left for Los Angeles very early in the morning before we had woken up. We went out for breakfast and a walk, then [...]
Dec
27
Our first stop this morning was to Chelsea Market near Greenwich Village. We had breakfast there, and they had a couple of nice stores to look in. We walked round the rest of the Village including Washington Square which unfortunately had been closed off for some maintenance work. Tiffany had spotted a Le Pain Quotidien [...]
Dec
26
First thing we did this morning was a trip up the Empire State Building. The views were as great as ever but I didn’t take so many pictures since I have been up there many times already. The staff at the building were SO miserable and aggressive, so much so I will have to write [...]
Dec
25
Don went out first thing this morning to get breakfast for the two of us, a Starbucks! The first Starbucks I had on Christmas! Actually it was quite nice. Charline and Tiffany then came over and we all opened presents. We then walked to the Grand Central subway and got a train as close as [...]
Dec
24
We made an early start this morning to do a trip out to the Statue of Liberty before the tourist lines got too busy. When we got down there the lines were already quite long but we got through it quicker than expected. It was a very good trip out to the island, extremely windy [...]
Dec
23
Ohmigosh!!! Was raining this morning, which I guess was ok since we hadn’t been experiencing to much bad weather during our trip. We went to Bryant Park and checked out their market and ice skating rink, they have done a really good job in there. We then went to have a look at Times Square [...]
Dec
22
Today was my birthday and it was great to spend it in New York City as I did 21 years ago to this day. With Don’s sister and niece we looked at the Christmas windows in Lord and Taylor; went into the Empire State Building but wasn’t worth going up to the observatory as the [...]
Dec
21
This morning we left Bellmore, Long Island, to get to Manhattan. There was some debate as to which way we should go but since the taxi fare would have cost us over $100 we decided going by the Long Island Railway. Luckily Howard’s brother Victor was going the same way and was able to assist [...]
Dec
20
Today Howard took the day off work and is was just wonderful to spend some quality time with him and his son Jake. Howard took us to the Cradle of Aviation Museum which was wonderful. First it looks as though it was pretty small but then we went into another area and realized how large [...]
Dec
16
This was a weekend of visiting my parents and getting ready for our Christmas in New York. It was quite a stressful visit to my parents on Saturday but things seemed to have improved on Sunday. Our friend Ed came round. We also went out to get our hair cut. Undoubtedly we will get a [...]
Dec
14
Such a good feeling that this is the last day at the office for 2007. Today a lot of people went off to the office lunch, last year there was a lot of office politics involving the event then so I thought there was no way they would drag me there. However, I did bring [...]
Dec
9
Freezing in Hyde Park
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This morning we took a trip to Hyde Park to see the Christmas Market and Fair called Winter Wonderland. The weather was appalling and we got totally soaked and froze to death! It was good to see the fair but it wasn’t anything special…somewhere to take your kids I guess. We walked down Piccadilly, had [...]
Nov
24
Our weekend is Brugge was very nice. We liked the city very much and was very relaxing. It was a very pretty place with few modern buildings and American stores such as Starbucks and McDonalds. We loved how you can walk round the town and do that in a relaxed way. We enjoyed the boat [...]
Oct
27
Is It Christmas?
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Over two months ago some of the stores were filled with Christmas stuff already, no doubt to capture the tourists, but it does seem to be getting earlier and earlier. So I guess there is a good reason why someone has gone to the trouble and expense to create the Is It Christmas site. I [...]
Dec
25
Our Christmas Day
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I guess this was a typical Christmas Day for us: Got Up and phoned my mother Had breakfast Opened lots of wonderful presents Had a light lunch Went our for walk round town (see photos) Relaxed Made then ate dinner Relaxed and watched TV Don phoned family Tonight we watched the all-new Doctor Who episode [...]
Dec
25
25 Days of Christmas: Day Twenty Five
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Yes, Christmas has finally arrived. People have asked me what’s on my Christmas list and I always say that the best thing about this time of year is the person below who makes is so special for me, it feels like Christmas everyday with my honey.
Dec
24
25 Days of Christmas: Day Twenty Four
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This morning Don caught our little Christmas visitor! Yes, we have a mouse that moved in with us and for about a week we have been trying to catch it. Don set up a trap and when Don woke up this morning the mouse greeted him – stuck in the trap. Don put it in [...]