by Julie Pennell | Aug 29, 2014 | across the ponderings, fashion, fun reads
Next week, the world of fashion will be taking over New York City for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, and I never really appreciated it like I am right now being so far away. Working at a magazine for years, I got to experience the hype first hand. I truly enjoyed the...
by Julie Pennell | Aug 28, 2014 | across the ponderings, british things, people
Out of the 10,000 or so acts at The Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, of course we came across a fellow expat doing a standup show on Saturday night. Alexis Wieroniey (who jokes that her dad explained how to pronounce their last name as “Wire on...
by Julie Pennell | Aug 27, 2014 | across the ponderings, edinburgh, scotland, Travel, weekend adventures
Monday was our first official bank holiday in the UK, so we took full advantage of the long weekend by jetting off to Edinburgh, Scotland. All of the locals we chatted with said they’ve had a horrible summer — it basically rained every day in August, that...
by Julie Pennell | Aug 22, 2014 | across the ponderings, fun reads
Happy Friday! What’s on the docket for tonight? Christopher and I have been trying to make Friday nights special–our weekly date night, I guess you could say. Last week, we went on a ghost tour of Oxford. The pic above is our awesome tour guide Bill...
by Julie Pennell | Aug 18, 2014 | across the ponderings, british things, Travel
This weekend, I saw a 530-carat diamond, and no, it wasn’t on Kim Kardashian’s finger. After a 40-minute wait in line, we were finally able to walk through the Crown Jewels exhibit at the Tower of London, and let’s just say it was breathtaking:via...
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