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Hilary

come to join the rest of the world

About Me

where shall I start? I'm 44 and met my husband in 1982 when he came to my flat warming party and never went home. We lived in Spain in Calpe, for 4 1/2 years running a bar/restaurant with my family.We now live in East London and we have 3 cats, whom we treat as surrogate kids. Love karaoke ( and if I say so myself am not bad)Would like to travel more but can't afford it- not working (a lady of leisure)places I'd like to see, Japan, Russia, Scandinavia,Singapore, Thailand. Best holiday- deinitely Amsterdam, if anyone wants a couple to run a coffee shop out there, gimmee a call, I bake excellent cookies. MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

Cooking, Travel, I help organise a weeks camping for the visually impaired each year- we always have a great laugh. playing Canasta, comedy & sci-fi, pets, music

Music:

Probably easier to say what I don't like but here goes, some classical/medievil, folk/celtic, blues,glen miller some 50's, most 60's but prefer after 65 (esp the trippy stuff), prog rock, glam rock, new wave, new romantic reggae, indie,inie rock, electro, trance -esp goa trancefave artists- Pink Floyd, placebo, Muse, Keane, swede, goldfrapp, mercury rev moby scooter, ozric tentacles, kate bush, Bowie (obviously)Ladytron,Pentangle, The Strawbs, Nick Drake,Steve Hillage, Quintessence,Depeche ode, Fischer Spooner, Yes, Eric Clapton, Mike Oldfield, Jean Michel Jarre, Air, Royksopp and many many more as they say

Movies:

most sci-fi BUT HATE 2001,BLADE RUNNER AND ALIEN SERIES OK!!! luv music & musical films, shrek and similar animated movies, stand up comedians-Robin Williams, Bill Bailey,, Billy Connolly, Lily Savage, the goodies, corny christmas films ( must watch A Christmas Carol every year to get in the mood. Monty Python movies, Harry Potter- all (got an unhealthy obsession with prof Snape and Alan Rickman in general so include his movies, pant)Period movies, Johnny Depp, Ewan McGregor mmmmseem to have dropped my popcorn with all the excitement, nuff said

Television:

science,history,nat history-documentaries, Monty Python,Black adder, Antiques roadshow, most cookery shows, most home makeover shows-changing rooms etc, southpark, Takeshi's castle(&MXC version)period dramas/series, fast show/goodness gracious me & coronation street(yeah I know its lame but I've watched since I was a kid)

Books:

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, Harry Potter (all)Terry Pratchett (ditto)Sci-fi & fantasy,River cottage cook book, Good Housekeeping-complete book of preserving, smokers guide to amsterdam

Heroes:

Emeline Pankhurst, Robin Williams, Bill Bailey, Billy Connolly, Robin Hood, King Arthur

My Blog

Queens Day revels

We started our revels on the sunday evening, sitting in our hotel/coffee shop window for four, yes FOUR hours!!!We vwatched the people strolling by , which is amusing as there are a lot of freaky peop...
Posted by Hilary on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:12:00 PST

Queens Day revels

We started our revels on the sunday evening, sitting in our hotel/coffee shop window for four, yes FOUR hours!!!We vwatched the people strolling by , which is amusing as there are a lot of freaky peop...
Posted by Hilary on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:12:00 PST

Partying in Amsterdam

Well we got here about 6 pm on Fri night, leaving the UK in springtime and arriving into midjuly, it was so hot, and checked into our Hotel - Greenhouse Effect, which is clean friendly and very centra...
Posted by Hilary on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:35:00 PST

Back after a long absence.....why? read on.

  In October my 91 year old auntie broke her hip I and I went to stay with her while she recovered, on the way to her town a friend was driving me and we got side swiped by a huge container truck...
Posted by Hilary on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:13:00 PST

Berlin

Hi all, just got back from Berlin. If you haven't been there then GO. It's a really cool city. Even in the city centre there is a suburban feel. It is one of the greenest cities I've been to trees and...
Posted by Hilary on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:43:00 PST

Off on my Hols

Well I'm gonna be off on my Hols on wednesday, so I'm busy packing.I'm going to Berlin with my Hubby to see his sister. We haven't been to Germany before, so I'm quite excited about it. Luckily my sis...
Posted by Hilary on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:22:00 PST