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A Visit to London's Borough Market
I had a bit of a gnawing feeling in my stomach for something fresh, so I jumped on the Tube to Borough Market (London Bridge station) to shop. Borough Market is London's oldest outdoor market. Over 250 years ago,...
July 21, 2007
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john at 4:49 AM
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This Side of London
We got a bit of fresh sunshine today. Unaltered by clouds, the rays beat down from the blue sky for a full 45 minutes before disappearing behind on-coming rain. It's summer here, July, and yet I wore a sweater...
July 16, 2007
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john at 2:01 PM
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London: Home Sweet, Crowded Home
I'm British. Or at least, that's what my passport says. Over the course of my brief existence, though, I've only been in England for at most seven days and can't stand to eat food like Marmite. I still look...
March 12, 2007
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john at 2:23 AM
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Pit Stop: The London Lounge
Especially at international airports, where the need to show up early for your flight is a given, airport lounges are a god-send. To make up for this potential "waste" of precious time, airlines have opened up posh lounges for...
February 16, 2005
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john at 11:03 PM
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Cambridge is not in Massachusetts
Jeremy was spot-on British. A shaggy tuft of gray hairs sat atop a long face coated by red cheeks. His speech, foppish, with its "sort ofs" and "rights," made us smile when we first heard it. He dressed for...
February 15, 2005
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john at 10:30 AM
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