by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 12, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Up in the gods at Carnegie Hall last night I enjoyed a sublime musical experience. Guitarist Pat Metheny and pianist Brad Mehldau wove a spell upon their audience, both as a duo and at times with the rest of Mehldau’s regular trio, the extraordinary Larry...
by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 11, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
The US tax year parallels the calendar year – no such thing as the financial year in this country – and April 15 is the deadline to submit my first tax return as a permanent resident. It took me hours sorting through all my receipts and categorising them...
by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 9, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
The religious freedom granted in the Constitution was never more apparent to me than by the absence of public holidays over Easter. While several Australians of my acquaintance took advantage of Good Friday and Easter Monday for an extended stay seaside, over here all...
by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 7, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
No sooner did I visit Chumley’s on Tuesday (see post below) than an internal wall of the place literally collapsed. I woke this morning to the news that the historic speak-easy is now closed until further notice. Perhaps it was the weight of all that overly long...
by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 5, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
Chumley’s, a bar dating from the 1830s, is most famous for being a speak-easy during the Prohibition era of the 1920s. It’s easy to miss the entrance to the place – and that’s the whole point. Walking around this nook of Greenwich Village is...
by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 1, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
Given my primary writing project is consuming all of my time at the moment, I will not have a chance to write a reflection on my first year in NYC, which I marked yesterday, 31 March. For now I just want to note the fact that one year has passed. As is always the way...