posted: Wednesday, 14th November 2012
Where we are staying in New York is a very busy shopping district and it's shocking to see just how much time people devote to shopping. As we leave our apartment there are continual hoardes of people psuhing past each over in a crazy kind of panic trying to get into clothes shops
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posted: Tuesday, 13th November 2012
Ok, slightly more energetic today with a great West Village food tour.
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posted: Monday, 12th November 2012
Would you be horrified if I told you that pretty much all I did today was sleep, have a manicure and pedicure (ah the bliss of sitting in a massage chair for 3 hours periodicially dozing and watching a film whilst being pampered), ate and drank?
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posted: Sunday, 11th November 2012
This is my 4th visit to New York and it has become a tradition to start the trip with eating at the Broadway Restaurant and this year is no different (ok, it was delayed a day).
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posted: Saturday, 10th November 2012
Worrying about all the books being picked up by Royal Mail kept me awake until 6am (11am Uk time) when I received a text letting me know they had all gone.
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posted: Friday, 9th November 2012
I woke up today to the news that my flight was delayed by 2 hours which proved to be a good thing as it gave me 2 extra hours to spend on the phone to Royal Mail asking them to turn up today, unlike yesterday.
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posted: Thursday, 8th November 2012
Update- after numerous emails and phonecalls (even with Royal Mail kindly giving me the wrong number to ring back on at one point) the new pickup is scheduled for this afternoon. I wonder if they'll redeeem themselves and turn up?...
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posted: Wednesday, 7th November 2012
I can't even begin to tell you just how many times I have rung or emailed the printers over the past few weeks. Doing this book has been so stressful and it all coming down to the wire like this is giving me heart palpitations.
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posted: Tuesday, 6th November 2012
I am still frantically working away labelling envelopes, filling out customs forms, sticking on airmail labels and a million and one other little jobs which don't sound much but when repeated hundreds of times are sending me into a whirl.
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posted: Sunday, 4th November 2012
Today was meant to be all work, work, work but before I knew it I was out having afternoon tea at The Wolseley celebrating a friend's birthday.
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