14 hours ago by theteascoop

by Stephanie Hanson I have a confession to make, a confession that I am almost ashamed to make. I am an anglophile. I always think people obsessed with other countries are rather silly, after all, you should love the one you’re in unless it’s very horrible. Which our country is of course not. But we ...

Tea Blog - englishtea.us · Rank: 13,021 · 19 references

2 days ago by Descartes

Being a bit of an Anglophile I am always reading books about British life and watching a lot of Masterpiece Theater. I read a great little book called Toast by Nigel Slater in which the Aga played a small starring role. Sprinkled among all the talk of his favorite childhood foods is the story of how ...

If You Write It - ifyouwriteit.com · Rank: 92,048 · 8 references

4 days ago by Breebers

And what a science it is. These are too good not to share... Have I mentioned yet that I live in the wrong country? When it gets to about 4:00, this is the most awesome thing I have seen at a charity concert. Going to this concert at the Royal Albert Hall for Children in Need is now on my must-do li ...

I'm Cookie Dough... - breebers.livejournal.com

4 days ago by Sylar's Hero

Going to Tulsa with Casey tomorrow. She offered to come along so I wouldn't drive to the city alone. So might see a movie at the mall then I'm going to The Vintage to buy my dad's Christmas. I'm getting him Dances With Wolves and Master and Commander. I'll watch Master with him, but ugh, he can watc ...

Funk? Jazz' deformed cousin. - mutantenemygir.livejournal.com · 2 references

11 days ago by piscesgal

I went to see Pirate Radio today. (It was called The Boat That Rocked in the UK. Not crazy about the name change but the movie was fantastic.) I love anything Philip Seymour Hoffman is in and this movie was no exception(he was SO good as the young priest in Doubt. I also really liked Rhys Ifans and ...

piscesgal - piscesgal.vox.com · 2 references

13 days ago by Uncle Beefy

More of Mario Testino's amazing body of work can be seen at his site.

The Bedlam of Beefy - thebedlamofbeefy.blogspot.com · Rank: 12,592 · 112 references

16 days ago by jeunessedoiree

Jeunesse Doirée - jeunessedoiree.wordpress.com

18 days ago by frances rivetti

Read today's first reviews of Disney's A Christmas Carol with baited breath in case Dickens' most beloved, Victorian holiday story had been mishandled in any small way. With modern animation magician Robert Zemickis (The Polar Express) at the helm and the one and only Jim Carrey infiltrating the ver ...

Sonoma Country Life - francesrivetti.typepad.com/blogs · Rank: 60,209 · 6 references

22 days ago by frances rivetti

Am anxiously awaiting delivery of the newly epic Fawlty Towers remastered box set which I will duly review and report back to all the fans of classic British Comedy out there in Sonoma Country Life Land. Now that the extended famiglia has departed back to the old country, it's time to put my feet up ...

Sonoma Country Life - francesrivetti.typepad.com/blogs · Rank: 60,209 · 6 references

24 days ago by sorrydadenglandisweird

When did you move to the UK and why? I have always been a bit of an anglophile, and living here allows me to travel round the UK and Ireland on the weekends. Also I was bored in Sydney and wanted to move to a country where I didn’t know anyone or have any connections – it makes things more exciting. ...

Sorry Dad, England is Weird - sorrydadenglandisweird.wordpress.com · Rank: 98,012 · 2 references