Category Archives: Friends

The decades of my life

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Raoul

Update – this was a valuable thing to do. Made me feel proud of what I have achieved over the years I saw this on Twitter and thought it was helpful and illuminating In my twenties I: Went to Iceland … Continue reading →

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Friends

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Raoul

I had breakfast this morning with an old college friend.  He was in town to run the NY marathon for charity and I reached out to him on twitter and made the time to catch up.  He was my best … Continue reading →

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Lemmy!

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Raoul

It was my birthday yesterday; Kim threw me a lovely party on the roof which was very touching and appreciated.  I’m not very good at letting myself be at the center of attention like that, but it was small group … Continue reading →

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Eddie Izzard at the Bleeker Theatre

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Raoul

Fantastic show on Sunday evening by Eddie Izzard at the Bleeker Theatre.  Kim found out about this unadvertised warm-up show and managed to actually score some tickets for it!  As you can see from the photo above (thanks to Kim’s … Continue reading →

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David Byrne – Bicycle Diaries

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Raoul

Went a great talk at B&N last night given by David Byrne and three other panelists.  Mainly a book launch for DB’s new Bicycle Diaries book, but also a discussion on urban planning / transportation, etc. Which led me to … Continue reading →

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Memories of Akla

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Raoul

I was just uploading pics from my camera and I found these portraits that I took of Akla the weekend before he died.  I’m happy and sad at the same time, because he does look happy and contented sitting in … Continue reading →

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On the Vineyard

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Raoul

I love Martha’s Vineyard – another case of where I’m surprised that I like somewhere.  Sure the rich people and the crowds bug me, but is that so different from NYC?  I have a dream that one day I’ll be … Continue reading →

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Trip to Grange-over-Sands

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Raoul

I got back from the UK on Tuesday afternoon after a flying (no pun intended) visit to the UK for my mother’s 70th birthday dinner (although she claims it was the annual old lags dinner that just happened to be … Continue reading →

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Bold-face names?

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Raoul

Chey and I made the gossip column in the Minneapolis Star Tribune last weekend, but I’m not going to link to it because she asked me not to 🙂 Nothing terrible or salacious at all – just a funny run-in … Continue reading →

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Skiing at Hunter

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Raoul

I went skiing to Hunter mountain yesterday with Jen and although it was icy, I had a lot of fun.  It’s a little ironic, because today I woke up and it’s snowing hard with 3-4″ of accumulation in the city … Continue reading →

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