Category Archives: USA

Living Nightmare

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Judgebrix

From reading my previous post, you would have read that my son underwent minor surgery.  Nothing serious in the doctor’s opinion, but freaky for any parent to put your child under the knife. Anyway, our son had been discharged and … Continue reading →

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And so it came!

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Judgebrix

Yesterday at work, I heard rumors that it was going to snow in our region – New Jersey Shores.  How could that be? We’ve had a scorcher of a summer, Hurricane Irene kissed the shores and the famous East Coast … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Apples

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Judgebrix

Wednesday 5 October. I was attending ‘back to school’ evening at my son’s school and I had my iPhone on silent/vibrate mode.  Suddenly, the all familiar vibration tickled in my pocket, indicating that I had received a message or some … Continue reading →

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I’m in, are you?

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Judgebrix

It has been a while since I did charity work, or even took an interest in charity work, so now it’s time to kick it off again. As previously posted, I’ve been involved in various charity activities in the past … Continue reading →

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Little Big Man

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Judgebrix

You might have read some months ago that our little man was rejected a place in the local school in Ireland.  There was a lot of debate in the media surrounding my son’s refusal, which thankfully brought long needed attention … Continue reading →

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My life on 5 pages

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Judgebrix

I never expected filling in the visa application, for our US adventures, to be easy or straight forward.  We’ve been to the US in the past and fully understand the security set-up, so it came as no surprise when we … Continue reading →

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Burgers & Hot Rods

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Judgebrix

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to visit one of the drive-in (not thru) restaurants you see in movies like “Grease”, “American Graffiti”, “The Lively Set” and “Back to the Future”?  You know, the places our parents … Continue reading →

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Lost in NYC

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Judgebrix

After 2 months 20 miles North of NYC, we decided to go to the big Apple on our first US adventure. The mission: visit Central Park and Central Park Zoo + see a few sights like the Trump Plaza, FAO … Continue reading →

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I Am the Pitmaster!

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Judgebrix

I know it’s sad, very sad, but one of my dreams have recently been realised, which is getting my very own smoker unit so I can do some pulled pork and beef. As you know, we have recently migrated to … Continue reading →

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In the shadows of Sinatra

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Judgebrix

As part of our first trip to the US, for my interview, we went on a day trip around the area to see what it looked like.  There are so many things you need to consider when moving your entire … Continue reading →

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