Nana and Opa  (my mum’s parents) + Aunt Jen and Katie are her for 2 weeks of fun! To celebrate Nana and Opa’s 50th anniversary we went to Coworth Park for afternoon tea. It was so fancy and delicious! There was a man in a bow tie and possibly a suit (I couldn’t tell) playing a large […]

I had a sore throat so I had to stay home from my last two days of school. I missed watching the rest of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and I was really sad! But I was better on Thursday so I had a birthday party with some of my friends — a park-y party […]

No news yet on what they’ll call the fresh little Prince of Cambridge. To be honest, we Sloppies were all hoping for a girl, and we favored the name Alexandra. Our only hopes for the new baby’s name is that he not be a George or a Henry. Too boring. But while we’re on the […]

You’ve probably heard the news already. As we like to say around here, “The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a baby boy at 16:24 BST on Monday, 22 June.” The news was announced to the crowds of reporters and royalists who’ve been camped out for days in “the great Kate wait” outside St […]

Windsor is quite an international town, and Tess’s school reflects that diversity. Her Year 3 classmates — 27 total — have cultural links to Spain, Pakistan, China, Finland, Wales, St Lucia, Jamaica, Iran, Syria, New Zealand, the Philippines, and the US (that’s Tess). Today her school hosted an International Day featuring 11 different parents from […]

“Now I know what heaven looks like!,” I heard a lady exclaim as she strolled by me, dressed in the British summer garden uniform of linen skirt and floppy hat. Heaven, indeed. Cousin Cheryl and I shared one last UK adventure today — to Wisley, the flagship garden of the Royal Horticultural Society. It’s huge […]

In case you haven’t heard, Kate Middleton and William, the Duke of Cambridge, are soon to have a baby – the heir to the British throne. There’s plenty of chatter about the royal baby, especially now that the Duchess has gone past her purported due date – yesterday. As with so much celebrity gossip however, […]

Just the other day we had the closing night of the Wizard of Oz Trevelyan School Production. I am a Munchkin (as you probably know) and the whole play went quite smoothly, every night. Before the play, backstage there was always a makeup room, where we all queued for rosy cheeks (and green cheeks in […]

News flash: the British film and TV industries are alive and well. And they’re filming in greater London. My friend Lisa and I drove 20 minutes north to Black Park today, seeking a cool and woodsy site to walk her doodle-dog Daisy. We found 530 well-trailed acres of woods and open space filled with happy […]

Andy’s in Dublin tonight at an EngageMint Party — Ben & Jerry’s wacky way of supporting marriage equality in Ireland. He’ll be scooping ice cream and hanging out with fellow supporters from Ireland’s entertainment, political, and sporting communities. Or maybe he’ll take a pass on the scooping part since he’s got a nasty, sneezy head […]