bon vivant on a budget: G&T Happy Hour

It started with a Tweet. This Tweet: Gin the name of #love ❤️Gin O’Clock all day on the 14th Feb at Brindisa Soho, all gins 8.5 with complimentary picoteo of manzanilla olives. pic.twitter.com/EfktKB0TJx — Brindisa (@Brindisa) 9 February 2017 I admired these gin and tonics because of their beautiful garnishes… but…

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Expat life can often feel like “two steps forward, one step back.” The thrill of getting more settled, achieving goals and seeing and experiencing new things is sometimes tempered by expat realities. This week has been great, but then I check the mail and see that the NI application process…

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I am realizing that I really need to work on my photo taking game during the week! Between work and getting more involved with a social club for expats, I’ve been keeping myself quite busy. Our work days are long now that we’re commuting via train again, so it is…

Friday Few

Happy Friday from Barcelona! This week marks our very first “city break.” Temperatures are starting to dip in London, though it has continued to be sunny. Winter is definitely coming, but we’re enjoying all that autumn, as they call it here, has to offer by exploring and going big on apple crisps and…

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This week brought both more routine and more change. I started work, so now I am getting back into the commuting groove on a part-time basis. I am thankful to have a place to go, work to do and people to interact with! Haha. Luckily, working part-time means I’ve had plenty…