Holiday Travels – 24 Hours in Florence

Following our trip to beautiful Montepulciano in Tuscany last summer, we headed to Florence for a whistle-stop tour before coming back to Blighty. We arrived around lunchtime and flew back the following afternoon, so we had a limited time available. We focused on a couple of things we really wanted to do, and built some time in […]

Holiday Travels – An ode to Montepulciano

Montepulciano is one of my favourite, favourite places. Ever. It’s a beautiful medieval hilltop town in Tuscany, surrounded by vineyards and known for its red Nobile wine (but the Brunello wine produced in nearby Montalcino does it for me). We came across Montepulciano a few years ago, before I started this blog. It’s really nice […]

Holiday Travels – 48 Hours in Bologna

It’s about that time of year when we start thinking about where to spend our summer holiday. Italy is always a fantastic choice and last summer (I know, I’m ashamed it’s taken me so long to write about it!), the city of Bologna was one of our destinations. Hands down Bologna is now one of […]

Holiday Travels – 48 hours in Cluj, Romania

This blog post (and more to follow about my summer holiday to Italy), is long overdue for various reasons which I won’t bore you with. We were very lucky to be invited to our good friends’ wedding in Cluj-Napoca (Cluj), Romania, at the end of August and we had a couple of days either side […]

Holiday Travels – Marazion, Cornwall

Over the Easter holidays we spent a lovely week in Marazion in Cornwall, which is a small town on the shore of Mount’s Bay in West Cornwall, opposite St Michael’s Mount. It’s within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with lovely long sandy beaches and lots to do and see, not to mention some really […]

My Top London Bottomless Brunch Recommendations

I realise this is a little bit late at the end of the long Easter weekend, but hey, I was enjoying having bottomless brunch! It’s one of my favourite things to do when I want to catch up with friends. If you don’t know what bottomless brunch is, it’s where you get a choice of […]

London Restaurant Recommendation: Sushi Samba

I haven’t shared many restaurant recommendations on here recently, so I thought I would share my views on my latest foodie crush: Sushi Samba in Bishopsgate, London, which I thought was fantastic. This is by no means a new restaurant, and I’m sure lots of people have already heard of it/visited it, but it took […]

Sweet Treats for Any Occasion

I got into a baking groove last weekend and made some yummy sweet treats for Mother’s Day and I want to share these Hummingbird Bakery recipes because they’re great for any occasion. They go down especially well with children – my oldest niece (7 years old) had a great time decorating the carrot cake cupcakes […]

Ten Tips for Training for a Half Marathon

I thought now would be a good time to share my training tips as no doubt many people will have started training for the various half marathons, marathons and many other running races out there. I’ve done a couple of half marathons now and while I don’t claim to be a fitness, health or nutrition […]

My First Impressions of Glossier

I’m sure most people who are into beauty products will have heard of Glossier, but for those of you who haven’t, a quick introduction to this much-hyped brand: the idea behind Glossier is that the products are inspired by people, for people. Essentially what this means is that they make products that women really want, […]

Bananas about this cake

The other day I made this delicious banana cake (if I do say so myself) as I had loads of bananas that needed eating up and had gone a bit soft. I really like using up random ingredients (I know bananas aren’t that random, but I had about 10 of them!) and it makes me […]

Holiday Travels: Thailand – Bangkok (Part 2)

The final leg of our Thailand travels was back in Bangkok where we had started from (see my first Bangkok post here). We spent a couple of nights before heading home and stayed at the lovely Muse Collection Langsuan hotel, which is very trendy and luxurious. I fell in love with the bathroom! The bedroom wasn’t […]