I don't want to go home so soon! I'm not used to such short vacations. Add to that, it's 16 degrees outside, and the result is that I really don't want to return to winter!! Tamara took me to a sample sale yesterday, and as if we didn't already know this, I have a problem. The pound is strong and dollar is weak, so I figured there wouldn't be a whole lot of shopping this trip. But when it comes to footwear produced in Spain, particularly boots, I just can't...

It's amazing how quickly things become not fresh; the older I get, the more sieve-like my memory is! Tamara's coming to pick me up in an hour and I still need to get showered and dressed, but let's see how much I can get out with my morning coffee. Wednesday, wow that feels like a long time ago now, I made my way to Leicester Square. I grabbed some lunch and sat in the square watching the world rush around. At that point I immediately regretted not having a m...

I didn't I realize how tired I was until I crawled into bed last night. The flight was fine, and with the assistance of a pill and an empty seat beside me, I actually must have slept for a good deal of it. It didn't feel like that was the situation, but at the end of a six-hour flight, I hadn't managed to make it through one movie, so logic would dictate. I caught the express train into London and fell asleep on that as well. All was going smoothly- then the ...