• Eat

    Lunch at the Chilli Pickle

    After a long week, including an unexpected stay in London on Thursday night, it was nice to get back to The Shires to start the long-weekend on Friday. I even managed to…

  • Travel

    Lost London

    On Saturday morning we found ourselves slightly hungover and on the way for dim sum in Chinatown, when we walked past Ely Place in Holborn. I’ve walked past it many times and…

  • Live

    The one where I garden

    While Madge starts to seriously step up his training for this years’ Prudential 100 and more importantly, his cycle trip from London to Paris in September, I figured it would be nice…

  • Design

    New tattoo – work in progress

    At the back end of last year I started on a new tattoo. I’ve gone back to see Valerie Vargas again, as the leg piece she did was so stunning, so she…

  • Play

    Berlin, The Prodigy and Bagdad Bistro

    We booked flights to Berlin pretty late, once we decided we wanted to go and see The Prodigy there. I didn’t really know what to expect, and in typical style I hadn’t…

  • Play

    Happy Mapping

    Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will get you everywhere. – Einstein Really like this short TED talk. I’ve definitely been guilty of looking at the map app on…

  • Live

    2015 Manifesto

    Guard your time. Let kindess rule. Create good habits. Choose to focus on the good. Start each day with goals. Find the best in others. Be the best version of you. Believe…

  • Live

    Shingle Bells

    At the beginning of November I found out I had shingles, which was pretty shitty. Not the finding out bit, but the shingles bit. I didn’t even think I’d ever had chicken…

  • Work

    Happy Birthday Rufus Leonard!

    My years at Rufus Leonard were some of the very best of my career. I met my husband there, refined my trade and developed the confidence and skill to start my own…