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The Morning Cuppa: Folkestone Calling ’24
Posted on August 10, 2024
Saturday, August 10th 2024: It’s happening. Daiana and I are going back to Folkestone. A certain week in September. Er…August actually. Just decided yesterday to share this with Daiana, but its been in my head for months. Now it’s done. And on the cheap. Cadged a flight on some budget …
The Morning Cuppa…Retrospective
Posted on August 9, 2024
Friday, 9 August 2024 I was thinking about the Euro Militaire. And I am quite tickled to be able to add to my Euro Journal. Of course Euro Militaire is gone since 2020, thanks in part to Covid, however Folkestone remains. In just ten days more we’re off to England …
The Morning Cuppa…Remembering Diego Sanna.
Posted on April 17, 2024
Diego in front of the chef table at RestaurantMS Sad news today from Folkestone, England. Diego Sanna of the RestaurantMS and late of La Tavernetta has shuffled off this mortal coil. He was a Folkestone legend. When I first dined at La Tavernetta in 2008 — on Clifton Gardens just …
A Hugo Luyten Vignette
Posted on November 28, 2023
Hugo’s 222 photographed at Euro Militaire in 2006 In my atelier display case This last October 2023 Daiana and I were off to Holland for the annual Scale Model Challenge concorso before pressing on to London to see Mighty Madge perform at the O2. I say annual, as Pre-Covid it …
All The Rage – Belinda Carlisle.
Posted on September 10, 2023
June 1986. Brigham Young University spring term. A wonderful time to be in Utah. Warm high-altitude sunshine. Relaxed class schedules. Afternoons lounging poolside or having a lux lunch in Sundance’s Tree Room after summer institute classes. I was having a slice of pizza with Tookey — my female alter ego …
September
Posted on September 2, 2023
It’s 1 September in the Costa Brava. Since I called this place home in 2012, 1 September marks the end of the madness that is summer here. All the noise and clogged streets vanish overnight like little elves who steal away after mending socks. 31 August the village is a …