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His Take! Tea at Sketch, London
(AKA: The great British treat of extended pinkies and wasted afternoons.) (Editor’s note: This post was written by XFE. Check back on Monday for the MUCH shorter “Hers” version of our tea at Sketch.) This post is most likely a bad idea and will get me in trouble. But somewhere during a very lovely afternoon spent…
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Football Friday: That 10 Minutes When Spurs Were Top of the League
Editor’s note: We’ve been doing something a little different on ThePoeLog this past month. You could say it was in honor of the Euro Cup. Or the Copa Cup. Or the Poe Cup (not a real thing. YET.) But today is the last of our “Football Friday” posts. The first one can be found here, the second one here,…
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Football Friday: It’s Official, We are Soccer Hooligans!
Editor’s note: We’re doing something a little different on ThePoeLog and declaring Friday’s “Football Friday.” Guest editor and soccer expert XFE has kindly written up a series of posts on the soccer games we went to in London. The first one can be found here and the second one here. You can read more about the chaotic atmosphere around…
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Fairytales for Grown-Ass People: London Edition
Once upon a time….o.k, 1981…there was a young girl who lived way out in the dusty fields of West Texas who became infatuated with princesses and castles and royalty. One day when she was nine years old, the little girl got up very, very early to watch a beautiful blonde maiden in a humongous poofy…
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Football Friday: Jetlag and Soccer
Editor’s note: We’re doing something a little different on ThePoeLog and declaring Friday’s “Football Friday.” Guest editor and soccer expert XFE has kindly written up a series of posts on the soccer games we went to in London. The first one can be found here. Now on to the games. Sunday, February 28th. We arrived at Heathrow at a…
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Football Friday: Navigating EPL Tickets
Editor’s note: We’re doing something a little different on ThePoeLog and declaring the next couple of Friday’s “Football Friday.” Guest editor and soccer expert XFE has kindly written up a series of posts on the soccer games we went to in London. That’s right our recent trip to London was fabulous, filled with tea, tea sandwiches and most importantly…
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How to Feel Broke in London
Step 1: Fly to London. I’d love to tell you that this was an informative blog post full of tips on how to see and do London on a budget. Something along the lines of “have a practically-free-yet-utterly-fabulous time in London on less than $50 a day.” But that would be a really short list…
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Post #987 on Why I’ve Not Been Posting More Regularly
My absolute favorite blog in the entire world is the Everywhereist. In fact, I almost don’t want to talk about it because I’m afraid you’ll wander over there and abandon my modest musings forever. Every single post gives me the same mixture of emotions in this exact order: First, giggly amusement and head-nodding recognition. Then…
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Is it a Dress or a Cover Up? Billboard Music Awards Edition
Hi. Remember me? I like to hang out here sometimes. When last we spoke, I was eating my way through London. Ah, those days. But let’s just go ahead and jump back into this whole blogging thing, shall we? Because how can we not talk about the fashions at the Billboard Music Awards. My friend…