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Le Parc
The Luxembourg Gardens are wonderful. While not the most beautiful in terms of horticulture, they’re packed with activities for all types. We spent a few hours there this morning. It started out at the fountain, where you could rent out little sail boats and let them rip around. We chose the Ukrainian boat to show…
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Paris
After a long flight, the summer holiday has officially become. Paris. It’s only for a few days, but it’s a special place.
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The future is here
Airplane WiFi has been a thing for a while. It’s super slow, often expensive, and frequently drops out. Overall, a dastardly experience. But today, while on a United flight to DC, I was rather pleased to see they had partnered with StarLink, Elon Musk’s company. I was happy for two reasons. 1, we have had…
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Postman Plus
I went to the Post Office today to, surprise, post a package and make a photocopy of my passport. It was a terrible experience. The Post Office is an important service, and I don’t want it to be cancelled. But the culture and customer service there are bottom tier, and they were entirely unhelpful and…
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Tender
One of my favourite cuts of beef is the short rib. When cooked low and slow, it’s delicious, unctuous, and fall apart tender. Unfortunately, my own short ribs got battered the other day at football, and even after 4 days, are still tender as hell. Would not recommend
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Letter in the mail
You don’t need to send out paper invitations to weddings. These days, it’s probably easier for all involved to just have everything organised by a website and email. But having received one in my letter box today I can say one thing: They’re nice.
