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Jam and the patience of Job
For years now, the end of June/beginning of July has been jam season in our house. On any given evening, if you look out the back window, up

Why I love living in Budapest (No. 8)
An invitation any night of the week is likely to land me anywhere! Sometimes I’ll have been there before, like the great Gypsy Jazz

From Buda to Pest
I have a fascination with bridges. When I was in college in Dublin, I would take the bus back up to the city on a

A wink from Lord Darsy
No matter where in the world you go racing, you’ll always see style. Derby day in Budapest was certainly no different. What was missing was

At the Hungarian seaside
Well, I finally made it to the Hungarian Sea. To Balaton (or to ‘the Balaton’) as is said here. The typical Friday afternoon crawl of cars heading down to to
Hungarian cops stop for jaywalkers
I am sooooooooooooooooooooo mad. You can’t hear this, but I’m pounding the keyboard out of pure, unadulterated anger. I am sick, sick, sick at what

Eating out with architects
Every Wednesday morning for the last eight weeks or so, I have been wandering through the 8th district, at the Kálvin tér end… on Múzeum

Guest room: And room for a guest or two…
I didn’t sleep very well last night. I’d read a beach book in one sitting and bawled through it… you know, the usual story: wife
You might as well live
Once upon a time, the world was bright and new, and Dorothy Parker was one of the brightest and newest people in it. She was an elfin
…and room for a guest or two
I didn’t sleep very well last night. I’d read a beach book in one sitting and bawled through it… you know, the usual story: wife

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