1843. As the night draws in, Dickens himself guides you through his timeless tale, and guests tuck into an exceptional Victorian-inspired three-course Christmas dinner while the story of Scrooge plays out around them with theatrical performances and cinematic music to boot. Meanwhile, Charles’s p...
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Influenced by his youth and a recent visit to the Field Lane Ragged School for street children, Dickens decided to shine a light on uneven workforce wages by writing a novella. The story came to him over six weeks as he took his nighttime strolls through London, walking fifteen or twenty ...
I got myself out of the boot fairly quickly. I was 10 months into sobriety. Perhaps it was a spiritual test. If so, I passed! My son’s formal wedding was less than 10 weeks away when it broke. That became the nudge I needed to heal myself or remain incapacitated. ...
colonial possessions, keeps Sheung Wan ticking in the back of your mind. Even if the traditional markets aren’t quite your style, Sheung Wan is a stone’s throw from the delectable eateries of Wellington Street and the raucous nightlife of the SoHo area—and at a better price to boot. ...
Within the city center, you will be able to have access to almost everything. Less transportation and maybe more walking around.Tourist destinations and famous restaurants would be more likely to be found in the city as well. Plus, you don’t want to miss out on all the fun it has to...
When my father was diagnosed with a very aggressive brain tumour eight years ago and admitted to a hospital in Barnet, I flew back from Cairo to see him, anxious and nervous. He was just about walking and talking at this stage, but clearly with more and more difficulty. We visited him ...
Since Henry has been under the weather, he's not been up to walking much. So, we've been taking him out in the stroller. He doesn't really like the stroller either, though. This has worked in our favor. We load him in the stroller and walk a few short blocks and then he demands...
When I was about 38, I began going through “the change” of perimenopause and pre-menopausal hormone shifts. This is a known medical phenomenon that happens to all women and the symptoms vary as much as sunsets.I’ve written about this humorously and candidly in this blog. ...