EMILY is my new Garvin Nuvi GPS thingy. Ev bought it for me after I demonstrated my ability to get completely lost whenever roadworks detour me off the freeway, or while trying to find things in San Pedro. After charging her up it was plugged into the Mini and programmed with my work and home address. It works perfectly and got me and Jamie from San Pedro to Glendale the other week with no problems.

I decided to call it Emily as that’s the name of the voice I chose — a rather posh English woman’s. Emily does pronounce things […]