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Mondays are for dreaming: Stoke Newington

October makes me nostalgic for London, which I've only ever seen under autumn skies. In particular it makes me long for what I've come to consider my own little corner of the city, the "village" of Stoke Newington where Matt, Tommy, and I spent a …

Mondays are for dreaming: Christmas in London

I know that I've mentioned London before in my Monday dreaming posts, but as Christmas approaches I can't help but think of it again. I've never been in Great Britain during the holiday season, but somehow I'm just guessing that it's really magical …

Before and after

As I was preparing my Monday post this week I came across two lists I once jotted about our trip to London with Tommy:When I was in London I did not: Visit either of the Tate Galleries, the British Museum, the Royal Academy, Hampton Court, Buckingham …

Mondays are for dreaming: London

When Tommy was 17 months old we spent the entire month of October in London. We did a lot of fun things while we were there, but today I'm not so much dreaming of these things as the entirely new way I experienced the city. On my previous visit to …