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 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 1, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
I had worked in Simi’s office on Friday and was nearly asleep at 6pm from staring at the computer screen all day. With no plans for the evening I feared getting home early and falling asleep on the couch. Determined not to waste my night, I hopped on the...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 27, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
If you haven’t seen this German film yet, drop everything and GO. It won Best Foreign Film at this year’s Academy Awards, but from all accounts it should have won Best Film (a category in which it wasn’t even nominated). My cinema-going has been...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 25, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
For a refreshingly self-deprecating take on celebrity fundraising, take a look at this video Ricky Gervais has written and produced. It runs for about six minutes so I’d recommend a lunchtime viewing. He’s made the video to help raise funds for The Red...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 21, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Last week in a fit of consumption I splurged on a small black handbag. I justified it on a number of grounds – goes with jeans, works for day or evening, spring’s around the corner; also, just possibly, to mark the end of a long drought for this...