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The Mysterious Woman and The Ivy
While browsing through the iStockphoto offerings, I happened upon a photo of a famous West End restaurant, one that brought back memories of a previous trip to London. The Ivy is a restaurant popular with the theatre-going crowd, audience and actors alike. The circumstances of my first visit were so perfect, it could have been…
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Taking A Break….
Spring is coming and I’ve decided to take a little break. I’ll be back in April with the Daffodils. photo: © istockphoto.com/marilyna
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Post Valentine’s Day Results
In previous posts I have often drawn parallels between self-publishing and gambling or games of chance. Some gambles pay off better than others do. Take my most recent attempt at a Valentine’s Day public relations blitz. Strategically speaking, I thought my approach was fresh and the timing was perfect. But the media had other ideas…
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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 14,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 5 sold-out performances for that many…
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Five Things to See or Do in a New Place
I often find myself in new places for business and because I’m in and out of a city quite quickly, I don’t always have much time to spare. However, when I do get some downtime, whether I’m traveling for work or pleasure, I always do a bit of research before I set out to explore.…
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When I Was Just a Little Girl…
I used to think that one could only be “beamed” up to another place and time using a Star Trek transporter but I was wrong. Music has the ability to do that too. And I’m not talking about nostalgia or even memories – I’m talking about being moved to another dimension – in this case,…
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The Versatile Blogger Award – Now I Get It!
I am grateful to two fellow bloggers who have nominated me for a Versatile Blogger Award – and it’s not just about the recognition and exposure for The Chronicles, although that’s a huge part of it. It’s about more than that. It’s about helping me define exactly what my blog is. In other words, I…
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Are You a Cafe Girl…
Choose as many as you like… Original Illustration Helen Samson Design. Copyright 2010 cafegirlchronicles
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Are You A Cafe Girl?
Mel, my editor, confessor, and chief blog advisor, emailed me the other day from Vancouver telling me that she was expecting a visit from her sister. She said that they had plans to spend a few days cafégirling. That newly minted gerund got me wondering … just who is a Café Girl and how does…
