Every so often I am called to mevio‘s San Francisco offices for a week or so of business, meetings, and general face-to-face bonding. I never look forward to the disruption of travel and being away from home, but am invariably grateful for them. This time proved to be a very different experience to previous trips. [...]
I never realised it was so straightforward. Pasta, I mean. Specifically, making one’s own fresh pasta at home. Since discovering some labour-saving secrets, I have been going about it with gusto. Jen introduced me to pasta making a few months ago. Her creations were delicious but took an age, kneading the dough and letting it [...]
I am sitting in the living room feeling very satisfied after the longest single bike ride for a good few years. The new bike – a Bianchi Camaleonte IV – is proving to be ideal for my level of fitness and type of riding. Today saw the perfect weather for trundling along meandering rural lanes [...]
A couple of years ago, the sound of a brass band floated through our flat. This morning, it returned. Our local Salvation Army brass band make a point of visiting a local green – I hesitate to define it as “village green” because ours is more akin to a “cul-de-sac green” – to play and [...]
I have managed to be on some kind of aircraft on eight separate occasions this year – that’s a record for me. One aspect of travel that seems consistent is when switching timezones to the West, all can be conquered; but traveling East is an altogether more troubling experience. It is currently 0420 in the [...]
