Summer holiday?

Yikes. It appears that in the calendar of American retail, 'tis already the season for Christmas decor.

Yes, I know the way to San Jose

And I do love staying on Santana Row, even if it is a bit Downtown-Disney-meets-Bay-Area. After all, we did used to come here even when we didn't have to.

I left my heart

I am reunited with hubby after two months apart. Oddly it is not where we live now but where we used to live. Hence I am on holiday in the Bay Area for the first time ever.

Everyone's commute should involve a palace

Given that I was working in central London, not eager to be on public transport during the Tube strike, and suffering from not having seen my friend Barbara in ages, the two of us met up in the Strand and walked four miles or so to her place in South Ken.

This one's for my niece

I got to babysit in London and had a blast. Niece was utterly obsessed with the squirrels in St James Park, who oddly wouldn't sit still for a photo; hence this one is running out of the frame.