Driving up my Grandpa’s driveway and feeling like coming home. Being served aperitifs by my Grandpa before dinner each night. Lying in in the morning and going down for breakfast in my pyjamas (not allowed when my Granny was around!) Remembering without having to think, where the stairs are most creaky. Watching the weather forecast…
One of our last adventures in California was to go Kayaking at La Jolla Shores. My wonderful sweet friend Sarah had just moved back to California from Brussels, and we kidnapped her on something like her fourth day back in the country to come stay with us and give our arms a good work out…
Who holds the map when you are in an unfamiliar place? Do you brilliantly accept all responsibility for delivering your family/friends to their final destination or does everyone dive-tackle you for the map at the merest suggestion of a route?? I hold the map. Always. Or, if someone else insists on holding the map it takes all…
In this whole detox diet we’re doing this month, there’s lots I could be missing. But cakes and pastries are coming top of the list. I almost cried over a brownie I couldn’t eat on Sunday! And going into this straight from New York where I made it my mission to hunt out delicious sweet…
So here’s what we did! Day 1: We stayed at the Indigo Arms Guest House in Harlem. It’s just two blocks from Metro 2/3 which is just fifteen minutes ride from Times Square. It was a perfect location and we’d definitely recommend it. It’s also very good value for New York. Dinner: Our number one…
We LOVED New York. We arrived late afternoon last Wednesday and immediately fell head over heels in love with the place. We’d found (eventually) a guest house in a brownstone corner house in Harlem that would not require us taking out a bank loan to pay for, and it was lovely. The tallest bed I…