Well, that was a play on words as, course, it is not a day that will live on in infamy – it is just my birthday. Infamy shall become a word for today. Infamy, a…
It is five in the morning here in San Francisco California and I am awake and alert. Yesterday morning, while writing the blog in the breakfast room I got three messages. The first – Alexis…
I love the guests in this hotel and the conversations we have over breakfast, it is such a great way to start of the day. One man, an author, has a solution to the current…
This morning was a ‘normal’ morning in that I woke at seven, not three. Today is the weekend and on weekends special treats are prepared for breakfast. Yesterday the treat was pancakes, today the treat…
It is breakfast, the buffet breakfast aat my hotel. As usual I chat people up – handing out my blog card and conversing on different topics. The most interesting people stay at this hotel. A…
Faithful readers will know that the impetus leading to the inception of alexismcbride.com was the desire to get even with those in London who had harmed me. Foremost was Julie Wheelwright’s Creative Non Fiction programme…
I came down to the front desk in a bouyant mood for reasons which will soon be revealed. Me: Have you heard the good news? MM. What good news? Me: The most important good news….
I became rather fixated, fascinated by something written by Samuel Beckett. It has been a talisman for most of my life, written in notebook composed before I was twenty. It began to prey on my…
The funniest comment offered by a person who is not Alexis McBride comes from an individual known as jack needs a better user name. The Instagram post was a photo of the fortune cookie received…
I am back at my wonderful hotel in San Francisco and woke up in bliss – awfully early but I went to bed awfully early. The windows are open, fresh foggy air circulates the room….