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My life, as Amelia Edwards once said, is the "satisfaction of a purposeless curiosity."

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Royal Wedding Eleganza Extravaganza

April 29, 2011by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Royal Weddings are a lot of fun. I know from experience, you probably don’t. Patriotic fervor and scandalous gossip about Prince Andrew’s “fancy women” and so much more. I never […]

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culture, England, famous, fashion, London, love, romance, Royal, Royal Wedding, television, travel

London – Day 2 “More Common Pursuits”

April 29, 2011by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Still basking in our glorious triumph over the other two million losers who were in the London streets vying for a glimpse of the Royals, Ma and I hurried back […]

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ancient Egypt, architecture, England, Europe, fashion, Harrod's, London, macaron, travel

London – Day 1

April 28, 2011by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

I do not know how I am still awake to be writing this. Why my body has not gone into shutdown mode I do not know. I had the worst […]

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culture, England, Europe, London, Royal, Royal Wedding, travel

On The Way To London

April 27, 2011by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

I had most of my things packed away last night, so today I had very little to do except look pretty and put a few last household things in order, […]

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culture, England, Europe, London, Royal, Royal Wedding, travel

The Light of the World

April 24, 2011by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

This post is sure to be long and convoluted, but I hope you will bear with me, and I hope that I will make some semblance of sense. One of […]

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art, Europe, religion

Bedroom Makeover – A Photographic Tour

April 21, 2011by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

One of my life goals is to have a house I have decorated or designed profiled in a magazine, hopefully Martha Stewart Living. I will also accept Country Living. Their […]

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architecture, art, beach, cooking, culture, famous, interior decorating, interior design, photography, renovation

Hobocamp? Fandango?

April 11, 2011by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

hobocamp (hō’·bō·kămp) n. 1 a makeshift ramshackle settlement for indigents  2 what V-I-C-T-O-R-Y spells fandango (făn·dāng’·ō) n. 1 a lively Spanish dance in rhythm varying from slow to quick 3/4 […]

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One Is Going To London For The Nuptials

March 25, 2011by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

I need to preface this blog post with one of my greatest dreams. I have always wanted to be in attendance at a huge world event. (Preferably not a natural disaster.) […]

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Is Martha Stalking Me?

March 22, 2011by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

I know that it is ridiculous and almost certainly far from ever coming true, but I have a fairytale dream of Martha Stewart sweeping me away to the glamour and […]

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Penne à la Dominic

March 21, 2011by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

A couple of weeks ago, my mother bought one of those fantastic coupons you can find on Living Social or Groupon for a restaurant called Sam & Gabe’s in Des […]

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“Things are fine, and life is fine. And life is so much fun. It’s one big movie.” –Joan Rivers

“My only ambition in life is to wear size 28 jeans.” –Karl Lagerfeld

“Buy an atlas and keep it by the bed; remember you can go anywhere.” –Joanna Lumley

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