• Eat

    Whitecross Street food market

    When you are on a restricted diet, making sure you get plenty of variety is essential. If you are basically eating meat and veg and fish and veg then you’re going to…

  • Live

    Snow

    I woke up to this. It all looks so peaceful, with that wonderful light. Lovely to look at, not great to try and get to work in. But I love this bit,…

  • Live

    Good beginnings

    The first week back at work is over and finally the jet lag seems to have receded. Along with the return to work came a return to the low carb diet that…

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    New Year, New You…yeah, right.

    It’s taken ages to unwind and relax. I knew it would, you can’t work all year without much of a proper holiday, have a crazy December and end the year feeling burnt…

  • Travel

    New Years Eve 2015

    The staff at The Lalit hotel put on an amazing evening, with a sumptuous buffet and entertainment from a local band called ‘Rhapsody Out Loud’. We had a great time, generously included…

  • Travel

    The Lalit Hotel, Bekal, Kerala

    The Lalit Hotel in Bekal is about 2 hours from Mangalore airport in Northern Kerala. There are only a couple of hotels in this area, as it’s largely uncommercialised and not yet…

  • Travel

    The Taj Palace Hotel, Mumbai

    The Taj Mahal Palace is a grand dame of hotels. Regal, grand, aged and full of splendour. One of my favourite hotels in the world. Located in the Colaba district, right by…

  • Travel

    Merry Christmas

    Christmas decorations, India style. The Taj Palace hotel always looks wonderful at this time of the year, they go overboard with wonderful Christmas decorations and of course, amazing hospitality. I love staying…

  • Live

    December madness

    December is always a crazy month – client drinks, work drinks, friends drinks, parties, shopping. This year I tried to be organised but it still got pretty bonkers.…