Posts Tagged ‘holidays

TweetThe problem, once I’ve passed a month of not blogging, becomes finding a way to get back into the habit with an overwhelming backlog of things to write about. But pushing 8 weeks of no content, I’ve got to bite the bullet and see what I can cover in an epic recap post. Here we [...]

TweetAs an American, travelling abroad this time of year can be an interesting experience. It sounds silly but sometimes I honestly forget that Thanksgiving is unique to my native homeland. I mean, Christmas with its rampant commercialism seems to better typify American-ness, much moreso than a day about giving thanks for the amazing things in [...]

TweetThis weekend I decided to take advantage of the lovely weather on Saturday, firstly because it was possibly one of few remaining nice days we’ll get this year and secondly because it had been a while since I had done a long London walk. From the Top Floor Flat, it’s easy to get just about [...]

TweetThis past weekend was the much anticipated Notting Hill Carnival. Anyone who knows me well, and knows anything about the carnival, was probably aware that my visit wouldn’t exactly be the meeting of like temperaments but there was always the (highly unlikely) possibility that I would suddenly light up a joint, drink whatever could be [...]

TweetThis weekend brings with it another Monday Bank Holiday and the annual event, the Notting Hill Carnival. This Caribbean influenced festival sees all of Notting Hill transformed into a heaving, music-filled, dance party with Rio-like costumes, floats loaded with sound systems to rival most nightclubs and half of London in attendance. Last year I missed [...]


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Meaghan Fitzgerald is an American ex-pat now living in London, UK and working for tech start up Spoonfed Media as director of marketing. While The Top Floor Flat initially covered London sites and scenes, European travel and recollections on living abroad, more recent articles focus on start ups, business, technology and marketing.

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