Alexis McBride

January 11, 2019

A Totally Serious Blog Without Any Humour and Jokes Dealing With Serious Matters; An Old Cause Addressing The Joys of a Defined Benefit Program, Not Just For Me But For The Economy; Bad News About Life Expectancy; But an Email From CCC; A Solution to the Trump Trouble; Continuing Trouble With Toe

In the days of yore (pre London) I concerned myself with defending the glories of a defined benefit retirement programme as such programmes were under attack. At the current moment people’s attention is now riveted…

January 10, 2019

I Am A New Yorker; Observations and Wonderful Food at the Osteria Laguna; Not Going to Museums with Kathleen; Free Speech Infringement

People everywhere, be it London, San Francisco, Europe or Anywhere, actually ask me where I am from and then I provide them with the details – born in Canada, went to SF in 1967, then…

January 9, 2019

Having My Palm Read in Vancouver; Excerpts from a Story Found in The Brooklyn Rail; Plans for the Day; Death from Cancer Plummet; News from the Lobby of the Westgate

Two or three days before I left Vancouver on this voyage I had my palm read. It was an amazing experience. I was lunching in one of my favourite restaurants and I could overhear what…

January 8, 2019

Another Weird Day in the Life of Alexis McBride; Absolutely Loving This Westgate Hotel; Sass Wins A Magic and Early Trip to NY Sotheby’s; A Link Showing Vancouver’s Corruption

I am sitting down in the lobby of MY hotel, the Westgate in NYC. I absolutely love this hotel and those that dwell herein, well the staff anyway. Some of the clientele are rather rude…

January 6, 2019

Too Happy To Blog Here in New York at the Westgate; Ripping Off a Toe Nail; Two Very Long Conversations with Two Guys on instagram; Going to Tudor City with my Toe

Usually blogging is easy, it comes naturally. My day seems incomplete if I do not blog, it gets me started. I am often anxious until I blog. It for me was a necessity. But something…

January 4, 2019

My Sotheby Personal Statement Requiring Enhanced Concentration Leading to the Demise of an Espresso Coffee Pot

So I awoke early to prepare the 1000 word Personal Statement required for the application to Sotheby’s Art institute in London, England (not Ontario0. Before composing this epistle I measured coffee and water for espresso,…

January 2, 2019

The First Blog Emanating From The New Computer; A Totally Weird and Sometimes Wonderful New Year’s Eve with Messages from Many Unexpected Sources; the Book

December 31, 2018 began rather early in the morning and with great joy. My blog had been posted which occasioned an email to my computer guru with the subject line; Yeah! You! Me: Woke up…

December 31, 2018

Pajama Day Strikes Again; Bragging With a Purpose; Yolo Repair on Mainland Street Rescues Me Yet Again; Joseph Campbell’s Wisdom; No Match For Me

I hate to admit this BUT it is now 3 pm ( or 1500) and I am still in my pajamas and I plan to stay that way today. I have accomplished many tasks, spoken…

December 30, 2018

Things I Will Miss When I Am Gone; But a Knack of Looking to the Future; the Workings of a Mind; a Glowing Letter of Recommendation

I do rail incessantly about the horrors of Vancouver but there definitely are things and people that I will miss.This positive blog will discuss some of these and also a bit about the power of…

December 29, 2018

Device less in Vancouver Christmas Day; Educating Women; Worthless Men

Catastrophe has struck. My computer remains lost due to the incompetence of Icelandic Air. My iPad refused to turn on, my old computer went to sleep and would not wake up. So I only had…