Tag Archives: travel

Somebody showed me a picture.

Posted on October 17, 2013 by RosieL

At our book group we don’t bother much, if at all, with the book we’ve just read. Or not opened, because, life. We catch up with each other, with the news and with the gossip. And out come the phones. … Continue reading →

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A day in that very big apple.

Posted on April 30, 2013 by RosieL

So. The injury sustained whilst gardening and assumed at first to be in the lower back, then to be hamstring related, is in fact sciatica. Which is just a word. For sometimes screaming pain radiating out from behind my right … Continue reading →

Posted in new york city, travelling | Tagged bryant park, grand central station, new york, new york library, nyc, the high line, travel, travelling | Leave a comment

Home and away.

Posted on June 30, 2012 by RosieL

My daughter comes home. In the too-early morning frenzy of showering and dressing and having a coffee jolt I check that the plane will be on time. It’s running ahead of schedule. Whoever heard of such a thing? What can … Continue reading →

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Where has all the garbage gone?

Posted on November 26, 2011 by RosieL

If you are long enough in New York City, the question poses itself. Where does all the rubbish go? There’s so much of it, flooding down from apartment blocks small and large, office blocks, businesses, schools, hospitals and restaurants. Bins … Continue reading →

Posted in new york city, travelling | Tagged brooklyn, garbage, holiday, nyc, recycling, travel | 2 Comments

Park of my heart.

Posted on November 9, 2011 by RosieL

In the midst of New York’s hurly-burly and hullabaloo, there lays, serenely and greenly, Central Park. I love a good park. This one’s enormous, somewhere around the 850 acres mark. That didn’t help me imagine the size of it, either. … Continue reading →

Posted in new york city, travelling | Tagged autumn, central park, helene hanff, janette turner hospital, strawberry fields, travel | Leave a comment

But are we there yet?

Posted on November 3, 2011 by RosieL

One of the great obstacles to travelling? Flying. Economy class. You’re sitting in a squishy-squashy space, in an uncomfortable seat that reclines ever so slightly under duress. There’s no room for your feet, especially not if you choose to store … Continue reading →

Posted in new york city | Tagged economy class, flights, flying, joan didion, leaving, slouching towards bethlehem, travel | Leave a comment

This bag? Really? Thank you!

Posted on October 31, 2011 by RosieL

So. I went to New York. I’ve been to New York. It’s done. And the other day, in a shop, the woman taking my money for the cash register said, “Oh, what a lovely bag. It’s great, a great colour!” … Continue reading →

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Hark, hark, the passport lark.

Posted on September 10, 2011 by RosieL

The photographer takes two photos for me to choose one from. She’s not really a photographer, of course, she’s a young woman working in a camera shop and I’m her customer. So she takes my picture. For a price. They … Continue reading →

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Wings for flying and a bed to sleep in.

Posted on September 9, 2011 by RosieL

Neither the TC* or I have been a’travellin’ out of the country for a long time. She needs to renew her passport. I’ll need to start an application from scratch. We have to book tickets on an aeroplane. We have … Continue reading →