Brighton UK

24 March 2010 Muffins

Mar 24, 2010

It is so hard not to refer to these as English muffins. They are delicious and quite unlike “English” muffins in the US. Nooks and crannies belong to crumpets (also delicious) and the (delete nationality) muffin is softer, even when toasted, a bit more like a biscuit. An American biscuit, that is, not an English one, …

In Today’s Mail

Mar 23, 2010

A cheque book for the UK bank account we opened last week, and… More twisty ties! My cup overflows. I opened three bags of beans tonight (making a pot of chili beans tomorrow) and happily, deliriously, closed the remainders up tight with my twisties. No beans will roll around the cupboards tonight. The little things, …

23 March 2010 Butterflies

Mar 23, 2010

At Brighton & Hove Gymnastics Club the kids warm up as butterflies. Can you spot the Yank?

22 March 2010 Compost Pots

Mar 22, 2010

We’ve seen some flirtatious signs of spring: a daffodil here and there, a pokey crocus, the occasional not-chilly breeze. In honor of the vernal equinox last weekend we bought some seeds and pots and today put them together with some compost– the term the Brits seem to use when we would say “potting soil.” (Though it …

21 March 2010 Chocolate Festival

Mar 21, 2010

He shared. It was yummy. We procured it and other tasty chocolate at the Brighton Chocolate Festival today.

20 March 2010 Taj the Grocer

Mar 20, 2010

This might just be my new favorite shop. They sell 30 different kinds of curry paste AND pain au chocolat.

19 March 2010 God Save the Queen

Mar 19, 2010

18 March 2010 My Little Friend

Mar 18, 2010

Washer/Dryer all in one. It’s small, so I have to do laundry every day because two pairs of AC’s pants (err, I mean trousers*) will just about fill it up. It wrinkles cotton clothing horribly so I’ve also had to make friends with the iron and ironing board, but other than that it is pretty nifty. Pants is the term for …

17 March 2010 Rock of Gibraltar

Mar 17, 2010

We’re still in Brighton– see the chilly grey above–but today Sam wanted to make the rock of Gibraltar on the Brighton beach. We’ve started a monthly “country club” — an idea I’ve shamelessly stolen from my friend Sasha in the Bay Area and when I asked Sam which country we should start with, she said immediately …

16 March 2010 Trampoline

Mar 16, 2010

The blur there in the photo is bouncing Sam. She bounced and tumbled and hopped and even “hulee-hooped” at the Brighton and Hove Gymnastics Club today. Yes, we’ve been here one week today and already I’ve got Sam signed up for gymnastics. She was climbing the furniture in the flat. I can take a hint. A quick Google …