
Philip Beevers
Mar 5, 20222 min read
Wendy's
Welcome, nourished reader, as I take you on the first in a series of gustatory treats. Yes, we’re going to a Wendy’s! Now the Bay Area...

Welcome, nourished reader, as I take you on the first in a series of gustatory treats. Yes, we’re going to a Wendy’s! Now the Bay Area...

Welcome, hydroelectrically powered reader, as I give you the details of our trip to Oroville Dam, the highest dam in the US. The...

Welcome, athletic reader, as this week I give you a feverish account (thankfully not literally) of attending a live sports fixture here...

Welcome, naturally suspicious reader, as I regale you with some of the weirder things that are happening here in Palo Alto. On the face...

Welcome, possibly endangered reader, as we enter the year of the tiger. Tuesday this week marked the lunar new year, and with the large...

Welcome, cobbled reader, as this week we tell you a story of two different types of drive. Yes, the work on the driveway of the house...

Welcome, mobile reader, as this week I tackle the very much first-world problem of car ownership. This is something that's different here...

Welcome, gustatory reader, as this week has been all about food and drink. I don't know about you, but I feel like I've been eating...

Welcome, avian reader, as I take you on a journey of almost 24 hours, because that's genuinely how long it took us to get from the UK...

Welcome, celebratory reader, as we reflect on 2021's festive season. And so it came to pass that we were called to the circle of hell...

Welcome, boosted reader, as it's been a week or two of boosts. Yesterday, we dutifully queued up outside a chilly Mountain View Community...

Welcome, tuneful reader, as this week I bring you glad tidings of great joy. Yes, not only is it the season of Yule, but also last week...

Welcome, stationery-obsessed reader, as this week I remind you of that amazingly old-fashioned institution, the office. Yes, this week I...

Welcome, thankful reader, as once again it's been the US holiday which ends Halloween and which holds back Christmas. This year it's been...

Welcome, healthy reader, as this week I've been struck down with some nasty virus again. I've had a temperature and generally flu-like...

Welcome, hungry reader. Today, just for a change, I'm going to talk about things that are great here in the US, with a focus on the...

Welcome, spooky reader, as I take you on a quick jaunt through our Halloween weekend. As I've often opined in these hallowed virtual...

Welcome, renaissance reader, as last weekend, multiple things happened which would fall into the category of rebirth. Firstly, we went to...

Welcome, sopping wet reader, as this week something amazing happened in the Bay Area: it rained! And this is amazing enough that it...

Welcome, four-wheeled reader, as I enlighten you with tales of our week in Oregon enjoying the delights of a big truck. Let me introduce...