RandyDandy, an American Expat in London

Lots of Obama love in London right now. I made it to my Ashtanga yoga class this afternoon for the first time in weeks. My back, shoulders, and neck have been knotted for several days now. The instructor constantly admonishes us to smile, generally using a handful of stock phrases most of us have memorized.Today [...]

So many thoughts and emotions flooding my tired and slightly achy head this morning afternoon. I went to bed at around 5:30am GMT, after watching Obama’s powerful acceptance speech, and slept until 11. At nearly 1:30 in the afternoon, I am just finishing my morning coffee.
I spent the evening in an Islington club with several [...]

I must confess that I knew all the words to the Les Miserables soundtrack when I was in high school. And I could probably still recite everything if ever I cared to listen to the thing one more time (one time more?).
I have spent the last few days leading up to this election feeling a [...]

I always feel a bit behind the curve whenthe New York Times clues me in on an internet phenomenon. Joel Levinson, a college drop-out with a long resume of job failure, submits homemade videos to contests sponsored by corporations and organizations and has won cash and travel around the world. And they’re pretty brilliant. He’s [...]

Here’s an email I just sent to Democrats Abroad headquarters in DC and the UK chapter:
I moved to London in January from Houston, TX and just received my ballot in the mail on Friday. I intended to fill it out and quickly return it, but I am confused by a supplemental document included which I [...]

Surely the headlines are mistaken. Americans are driving less and buying smaller cars. More people are taking the bus and riding bikes. New York’s Park Avenue could become the next pedestrian paradise.
Could the apocalypse be far away?
Environmentalists struggle to deliver their messages of irreversible climate change, hoping that Joe Q. will take notice, have a [...]