Outdoor spaces at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013
Our garden needs help. We have a plan from a landscape architect but she went on sick leave and didn’t leave us with much of an action plan. The rough […]
Category Archives: Things I love!
Happy Valentine’s Day – I ♥u guys!
Over the Christmas holidays, I ran into Clotilda*. She is a really smart and funny gal I used to work with, back in the day when I had an income […]
The House of Silk – book review
The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz My rating: 4 of 5 stars Sherlock Holmes has always been my favorite detective. I first read The Hound […]
Book hangover
I have been in heady book hangover since I finished How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran. I didn’t want to start another book until I stopped […]
All mixed up
The problem with reading a lot before you write is that things get jumbled up. I recently finished Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and the narration style of that story […]
20 days until 30 days of literary abandon! NaNoWriMo
I wish I would have known about Writing Month earlier in my life. Last year was the first time that it entered my consciousness and I found out, this is the most fun […]
What I have learned from Julia
“If you’re afraid of butter, use cream.” ― Julia Child “This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and […]
Eating out in Rome: Trattoria Cadorna
We were so glad when this little Trattoria showed up in EatRome , mostly because it was the only recommended Trattoria within miles of our hotel. Although the restaurant was very busy, […]
Eating out in Tuscany: Trattoria Montecarlo
Last year our hotel sent us to the Trattoria Montecarlo and we loved it so this spring we wanted to make sure we had a chance to enjoy a meal […]
A tipple in Lucca, revisiting Italy
We wandered into Lucca looking for Enoteca CaLasto which we had read about in the Tuscany for Foodies app that Wandering Italy released in March 2011. This little shop far […]
Movies, a great book break
I have pledged to read 50 books this year and I am finding, after only 7, if I hop right to a new book I am not truly able to […]
Sticker Art – Amsterdam
At first, I thought there was a sinister meaning behind the stickers {insert memory of X-File episode here} but with a little help from my (smartest) friend Google I now […]
