I have chosen to divide this by Doctor, not companion, as I did for Russel T. Davies. I think the change in Doctor was a bigger break in tone than the change in companion. whereas Rose or not Rose defined…
Minor Differences: High Fructose Corn Syrup
A difference between the US and the UK is the plethora of corn grown in the US. Corn is eaten in the UK, but on a much smaller scale. A common corn based product in the US, high fructose corn…
The Unexpectedly Rural Side of Chandler
Something that I didn’t realize is how rural the area quite near us is. This is still such a new state. Much like California, before the tech boom, there was lots of farming. Also like California, there is still a…
Lego Baby
This is a short post about one the cuter things to come out of LEGO recently. This year for the first time, LEGO has released a baby mini figure: This baby was not the very first, but it was certainly…
25,000 Miles
The last major milestone we hit in the car was 20,000 miles on the very last day we traveled last year. I think this will be the last one we hit in a while. The other night, we were re-watching…
Impressions on Housing in the East Valley
The conventional wisdom in the US and the UK is that ‘renting is a waste of money’. We have had a look at what owning looks like in Arizona, and I’m not so sure that’s true here. We recently had…
Back from Bologna
We didn’t do much on our last day in Bologna as we had a midday flight and Chris’s parents wanted to get to the airport nice and early. We just had breakfast and went out for one more coffee as…
Minor Differences: EU Flags in Italy
A telling minor difference between the UK and Italy is that virtually every time we saw an Italian flag, an EU flag was next to it and flown at the same height. In the five years I lived in England,…
Grilling Faijtas with Classichef Silicone Gloves and a Culina Grill Basket
We have grilled a fair number of things now with the excellent gas grills our property provide, but by far the most impressive was Chris’s chicken fajitas. We’ve made them a few times now, but the first time we made…
Arizona: The Delightful, The Delicious and the Dusty
Now that we have been here for a while, we are quite certain that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. As far as we can tell, the information we gathered on the road about Arizona was fairly accurate. We will start with…