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Thing 899: Drink Tea at Orange Pekoe

AvatarPosted on October 5, 2013 by Nixy42
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One of the downsides of being a blogger is that many of the 1000 thing adventures involve FOOD.  I am a big fan of food, and thus am […]

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Thing 972: Participate in a Baking Competition

AvatarPosted on October 5, 2012 by Nixy42

Last time, we had a tale of triumph, with our heroine successfully completing a 10k race, and treading many of the same roads that proper Olympians trod, albeit […]

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Thing 152: St Patricks Day in London Part One – Watch Sport

AvatarPosted on March 21, 2012 by Nixy42

I may have been born in Merrie Olde Englande, but technically I am Irish, having had a Irish father and a half Irish mother, and a complete squadron […]

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Thing 502: Discover the Wallace Collection

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The Wallace collection puts me in a tricky position. It was recommended to me by a friend who almost asked me not to blog about it because it […]

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Thing 772: Do some voluntary work (in a Christmas Fayre)

AvatarPosted on December 7, 2011 by Nixy42

Every once in a while Spouse gets called upon to help out with a local cause. So one Saturday morning Frances, Chloe and I got to go with […]

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Thing 2: Visit the British Museum and see the “Way of Tea” ceremony

AvatarPosted on November 30, 2011 by Nixy42

I have such mixed feelings about the British Museum. On one hand, it is genuinely astonishing building filled with all manner of treasures which mark the history of […]

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Thing 793: Drink champagne at a champagne bar

AvatarPosted on November 14, 2011 by Nixy42

This was one of my very first things I did in London, and happily I was able to do it in company, with my lovely spouse and best […]

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Thing 793: Drink champagne at the Champagne Bar

AvatarPosted on October 23, 2011 by Nixy42

This was one of my very first things I did in London, and happily I was able to do it in company, with my lovely spouse and best […]

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Helen Nix: exploring London on a budget, one thing at a time.

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