On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… Seven swans a swimming, six geese a laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree Happy new year! As throngs of tourists head into Times Square to watch the famous New [...]

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… Six geese a laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree Jessica got back from Detroit this morning and we went out to breakfast at a diner up in Brooklyn Heights. [...]

On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… Five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. I’m posting this a day late since I was out until late last night, drinking pomegranate margaritas and eating fresh spicy guacamole dip with [...]

On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. My rendezvous with Rema has been postponed until tomorrow so I had the day to myself. It was a lovely clear, blue day, at least in the [...]

On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… A partridge in a pear tree Our Christmas in Brooklyn was wonderful. It was just the two of us but that was all the company we needed. On Christmas Eve we first called our families – it was only 5pm in New York [...]

On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent me… Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. This morning I was up bright and early to head into Manhattan. I had been invited on a Context Travel tour whilst in New York as a travel and food writer and I elected [...]

I can hardly believe it’s almost a week into our American holiday already. I haven’t even scratched the surface of this city – there is just so much to do! We are staying with friends in Brooklyn, in an apartment building in a converted former school. There is even a blackboard running the length of [...]