Foreign bodies: Bedbugs

Confession time: Mister B has been bitten in bed more than a few times. And very nice it was, too. But bedbugs? (See left) Only thrice by bedbugs. Once in a decidely downmarket hotel in Paris' Latin Quarter, another time in an upmarket flat in Neuilly-sur-Seine, and the third and last time (fingers crossed) was in a very cheap hotel cum brothel in Tangiers. That was all a long time ago.

Now, bedbugs are making a comeback! In New York City, that is. Big time. No doubt some of those bugs will soon be making the long-haul, non-stop, trans-Pacific flights to hereabouts. That being the case, be -- as they say -- prepared. . . Everything You Need to Know About Bedbugs but Were Afraid to Ask (registration-free link): NYT