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a day in Portugal.

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

a day of driving, dogs (both excited and dozing in equal measure), lunch, Family of Origin (both heart-warming and full of sadness in equal parts), British television via satellite and excellent supper on-a-tray and more driving and much of it … Continue reading →

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smart is over. intelligence wins.

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

dialogue from within an elevator today (inside a super high security building – you couldn’t even LEAVE without showing ID – oh, my). *teamgloria is dressed in a black trench coat and dark glasses in this scene. MAN: sorry. didn’t … Continue reading →

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respite at the library, MFK Fisher and plotting.

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

we weren’t feeling so tip top today. it was our first week back, after all. so we told the Day Job we’d work from home and rest. and so we did. and in between the work stints, we had a … Continue reading →

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tranquil lunch: we will miss this (final day: medical leave)

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

we will miss these tranquil lunches – just us and a notebook and a novel and at least an hour stretching into the afternoon. this medical leave has changed us; for the better. more later, darlings. but may we say … Continue reading →

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did you have a good hurricane?

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

darlings. am on the phone with a friend who just called from the Other Coast and his opening words were: did you have a good hurricane? only a delicious friend from the South could say something like that with such … Continue reading →

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when in doubt, les deux magots

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

if you were here now, we’d spend the afternoon talking over the state of the world, les annees folle, Godard et les troubles de monsieur galliano. wouldn’t it be delicious? we’re having the salade deux magots, perrier – et apres, … Continue reading →

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Oh, did we mention we had lunch with a Duke today?

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

As an adjunct or even one might say adjacent experience to the day job, we had lunch with a Duke today. Actually, as we are in Paris, one ought to say: nous avons le experience charmante au dejeuner avec le … Continue reading →

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tapas, divine

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

tapas with two of the most gloriously fabulous fashion-y and chic types of madrid – the kind of individuals who ride vintage vespas and shoot late-night party footage and are generally too, too, divine. thank you for lunch – and … Continue reading →

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lunch with leo lerman

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

we walked to the swimming pool (closed due to easter sunday) so found ourself in a most team gloria expedition to a second-hand bookshop and there he was. So we brought him home for lunch and settled in for a … Continue reading →

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