I love Thanksgiving…too much drink, too much food, and most of it exotic.  After yesterday’s visit to Casa Paolo I had a hankering for some Tuscan Pasta (farfalle, sausages, cannelini, some light spices, a little escarole soup and some stewed tomatoes), so headed up to Franco and Anna’s (a superb Italian deli in our neighbourhood [...]

So it has come to this…1000 posts in less than 3 years (975 days, to be precise). In that time we have come quite far together:  712 pub stops, 4025 miles running (1740 unique miles in the UK, at that), almost 96000 views of this blog  (averaging about 200/day the last few months after slow [...]

On reviewing the timetable, I found that my bus wasn’t due for 20 minutes and since the bus stop is right next to the New Inn… The place, a sort of typical old hotel bar, appeared empty except for a guy watching the 2nd Test between India and England, so I went looking for help.  [...]

The Florence Marathon is on the cusp of becoming really large, so I am glad I did it while the field is still in the range of 10,000 runners (when I first started considering travelling there from Amsterdam in 2002, the field was only around 4000).  I have a few minor complaints, but for the [...]

We shot hundreds of photos on this trip, but once you pare out the shots for family, the detail photos of architectural and landscape features that probably only interest the two of us, and the ones from the marathon all that are left are a few things I shot with this blog entry in mind…so [...]

Back from Florence, had a great trip but a disappointing race (but I finished, and I was in Florence so not too much to complain about).  Race report in a few days, but here is the updated map (linked to googlemaps) Traveling to Italy for the Florence Marathon…will update this map upon return: