2010 Photo365

14 May 2010 EugÃ©nie et Pascal Ã Brighton

May 14, 2010

EugÃ©nie the cat and Pascal the bear made their Brighton debut today in my new home-based French class for preschoolers. They met 5 new children today, ages 3-5, all of whom were saying (and shouting) “Bonjour!” and “Au revoir!” by the end. Afterward I offered to take EugÃ©nie and Pascal down to the beach to sniff the …

13 May 2010 Our Neighborhood

May 13, 2010

This is Regency Square, literally around the corner from the back entrance into our building. We walk, run, and scooter along here nearly every day.

12 May 2010 Stoneham Park Playground

May 12, 2010

Or what was left of it when we arrived here today with one of Sam’s Home Ed friends. Apparently someone set fire to the children’s play structure just last Saturday. Sad.

11 May 2010 London 2012 Games, Here We Come

May 11, 2010

Today Sam received a badge and certificate for passing the British Gymnastics Level 8 Proficiency exam. (8 is the lowest level. It goes up to 1 apparently.) We’re very proud, though we’re not packing our bags for Olympic Village [yet ;-)]

10 May 2010 Molly Bear Goes to Ballet

May 10, 2010

9 May 2010 1903 Alice in Wonderland

May 9, 2010

Today Sam and I spent the afternoon with a visiting colleague of AC’s whom we had known in the Bay Area. We took her by bus to a neighborhood we’d never been to before. We walked up to a house, inhabited by people we didn’t know. We knocked. We were let in and allowed to wander through the sitting room and the kitchen. …

8 May 2010 Potty the Pirate

May 8, 2010

This afternoon while AC was out at Sailing School, Sam and I went to Pirate school, courtesy of the Brighton Fringe Festival. Part school, part magic show, “Potty the Pirate” took place at the Friends’ Meeting House, which probably heard more noise there this afternoon than it has in the last two hundred years. Mostly …

7 May 2010 77 Million Paintings

May 7, 2010

We didn’t stay for all 77 million. Brian Eno is the Artistic Director of the Brighton Festival this year and there are Eno installations and shows throughout the month-long festival. Sam and I took in some of the 77 Million Paintings this afternoon. What made it particularly work for me is that Fabrica is in a …

6 May 2010 Pavilion Gardens

May 6, 2010

5 May 2010 Vote Pie!

May 5, 2010

If I could vote in the UK’s general election tomorrow I might just very well vote for pie. (Savory or sweet, it would be much more palatable than Tory or Labour or Liberal Dems.)