Category Archives: Friends
Rumpelstiltskin, Fatsia and Flourishing Fuchsias
Writing a story about a yard seems unprepossessing by any stretch of the imagination, but bear with me if you would. Because this is in fact a rather touching tale of how an Ugly Duckling Yard grew up to become … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friends, Life and romance
Tagged Bergenia, Fatsia, garden, garden furniture, Gardens, hammock, London, London Brick, paving, planting, plants, Rumpelstiltskin, soil
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That was a week, that was
Seven days in the middle of May: a more varied, demanding, entertaining week I can hardly remember and although it threatens to belie description, I’ll try. My efforts are necessary if only because, as a failed diary keeper this blog … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Entertaining, Family, Feminism, Food and wine, Friends, Life and romance, Uncategorized
Tagged Articulate Communication, David Eyre, Dragon Rouge, Entertainment, Eyre Brothers, Forte Medical, Girlfriends, Good Food, Hanway Street, Old Fire Station, Peezy, Prosecco, Smith + Village
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Beauty: a work in progress
My birthday fell due last week, and as all birthdays do, it fell, took place and passed. But this nonentity of a birthday, ostensibly a nothing year, arrived on an ill-wind, one that ruffled my middleageing feathers in most unexpected … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Friends, Health, Life and romance, Uncategorized
Tagged beauty, Birthday, Brunswick Centre, Chantecaille, Erica Jong, fifty, forty-nine, Francesco Picardi, hair, hairdresser, happy, lipstick, Mac, make-up, mascara, Middleage, Pink Lady, Space.NK, Vespa
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London taxis and the art of Cabversation
I am a Black Cab Queen. I love the London taxi and the driver behind the wheel. I adore the lucky dip quality implicit in climbing aboard; will I find optimism or gloom within? Cynicism or hope? Soulful entertainment or … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Life and romance, London, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged bethanl green, black cab, death, divorce, grandchildren, hackney road, krays, marriage, Monument, parenthood, philpot lane mice, puerto banus, sex change, stepchildren
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The G-Plan Diet: lazy and tasty
The most important words between people are often exchanged over the table. Food is currency. Food is glue. Food is the stuff that brokers and builds friendships and relationships of any hue; and if they need celebrating – or even … Continue reading
Posted in Entertaining, Family, Food and wine, Friends, Life and romance, Uncategorized
Tagged anchovies, chicken, Chili pepper, Cook, cooking, eggs, family, Food, friends, Garlic, ginger, green beans, Niçoise salad, Olive oil, pancetta, Potato, recipes
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Spicy rum, wayward cherubs and the artist unzipped
Once upon a time I must have known how to spell ‘prompt’. These days its meaning seems to escape me, and so with more metaphorical Lycra than was decent for “fashionably late”, I landed in the midst of Zyg’s Private … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Friends, Life and romance, Shopping, Uncategorized
Tagged Alan Phillip, Alan Phillips Architecture, Art, Brighton, Jarzembowski, Kraken, Lamps, Leap of Faith, Marblehead Brands, Modelmaking, Party, Putto, Toy, Vintage, Zyg, Zyg Jarzembowski
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Mexico: mariachi, mountains, merriment … and my Girls
Bethnal Green is where we usually congregate with family and friends to spend Christmas, exchange gifts and enjoy hearty food. But this year, we abandoned our home in East London to gather in Mexico, for what transpired to be the … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food and wine, Friends, Life and romance, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Christmas, Expedia, La Villada Inn, Lady of the Assumption Oaxaca, Mariachi, Mexican rugs, Mexico, Mexico City, Mezcal, Oaxaca, Plaza Garibaldi, Pyramids, Salsa, Teotihuuacan, Teotitlan
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Carcassonne: land of luxury, fine wine, beautiful women and dangerous men …
42 Rue Victor Hugo, Carcassonne, is the B&B for those that enjoy a high-pamper factor. Nestled in the ample bosom of the Languedoc, this retreat has much to offer, although not as much as its hosts, the warm and welcoming … Continue reading
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