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British Adventures in America

"I'm American English"

Question, have you ever met an American Englishman? 

Today I got a barnet cut. No pictures, sorry. While chatting with my stylist she told me "I'm American Italian". I've met American Irish, American Greek, Welsh American and American Chinese. Each very proud of their descendants, their heritage. Yet, I've never met anyone describing themselves as American English. Why? Is it too humiliating? Do these people even exist? Were all the English kicked out back in the revolution?

English Americans, are you out there?

Filed under  //   American   English   Revolution  
Posted November 21, 2009 by David Bowers 
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Would you like some Jazz with your toast?

Boston takes Jazz seriously. Really seriously. So much so that you can eat brunch while sat next to a live Jazz band grinding out some Herbie, merely 10 foot away. 

That was my experience yesterday morning with @carlincakes and @onward_outward (happy birthday!) at Ryles in Cambridge. Was it good Jazz? Who knows. My attention was focused on the huge portion of Bavarian French Toast. Nom Nom Nom. All other breakfasts looked delicious and I'd certainly go back. 

If you're a Jazzist and come to stay at The House of Pants, we'll put Ryles on the agenda!

         

Filed under  //   Boston   Breakfast   Brunch   Cambridge   Hancock   Herbie   Jazz   Marketing   Ryles   Toast  
Posted November 16, 2009 by David Bowers 
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License Plates: The 50 state license plate project

 

I'm sad. It's true. I don't collect stamps or spot trains. No. I have a different vice.. License plates and like Pokemon, I've gotta collect them all. I'm doing well too, so far I've seen over half the states.

The states I've spotted are on the map above. Green I've seen. I'm impressed with the traveling abilities of the west coast states, I'm also glad to see the 'southern' states holding up to their reputation. It may be a while before I see Hawaii or Alaska, at least in Boston. If you catch a glimpse of any red state, tweet at me... @lancebastion.

Filed under  //   Alaska   green   Hawaii   License   number   Plate   Project   red   South   spotting  
Posted November 12, 2009 by David Bowers 
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Photos: A few images from my Autumn walk

I popped out for 30mins today to try and shoot the sunset. I just missed it but there was still enough light to shoot some reflections on mystic lake..

       

Filed under  //   2009   Autumn   Lake   Mystic   November   Photography   Reflection   Water  
Posted November 7, 2009 by David Bowers 
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Welcome to my blog

Hi! I'm David Bowers (aka Lancebastion online). If you know me, skip this post. No new info here. If you don't here's some background...

Having moved  out of the @houseoftrouser to the US in May I have decided to chart my adventures overseas. This blog will contain videos, photos and tails of the (often strange) country that is America. Arlington, MA (I type MA because I can't spell Massachusetts) is my nnew home, a suburb of Boston and is a semi dry town. That's right. No pubs. Quite a change to my previous home of Wolvercote, Oxford, which had 4 pubs for a population of a couple of thousand.

I studied Electronic Imaging and Media Communication in Bradford back in 2003 and you can find some videos on my YouTube Channel, you can also find me on twitter and facebook. I now work in digital marketing for Focal Press, if you're interested in any area of media technology check out their books. I'm also a top 1000 Amazon.co.uk reviewer and aim to hit the .com reviews soon.
So, there's some background on me. Now let's discover America.

Filed under  //   Arlington   Blog   Bowers   David   Digital   Facebook   Focal   Intro   Introduction   Marketing   Oxford   Photography   Press   Twitter   Vlog   YouTube  
Posted November 7, 2009 by David Bowers 
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