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London mum, writer and amateur illustrator. Hopes to navigate through motherhood without losing herself.
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Manuscript completed at 75,000 words. Currently being re-edited to become the best book I have ever written. Also the first book I have ever written.
Category Archives: Travelling
A day at The Dorchester Spa
As soon as you step through the revolving doors and into the foyer, the constant buzzing noise of the city fades into the background. Accompanied by the gentle clicking and clacking of your shoes’ soles you make your way down … Continue reading
About last weekend
According to Big M, Goodwood Revival with all its shiny vintage cars, brass bands and folks in period attire is the best event of the year. For four years in a row now we have been making our way down … Continue reading
I know what you did last summer
That’s that then. I have been clinging on to the last days of summer like a koala to a leafless eucalyptus tree, but today’s rain has washed away my last meagre hopes for some sunny days. It’s been a long … Continue reading
Dongling along
I am still here, down in France, trying to get a dubious little USB stick (how can anything that goes by the name dongle be taken seriously, let alone WORK?!) to provide me with Internet. HAHA. I have been sold … Continue reading
Breaking up for summer
The past few weeks have been oddly exhausting. Not because of what has happened; rather because of what could have happened. It’s all good news (or potentially none at all), but still, being kept in limbo for weeks, depending on … Continue reading
35 days till summer
35 days to go until summer vacation. Not that I’d be counting. But images like the one above make me fantasize of lazy days at the beach, where the only question bugging your mind is whether to have ice cream … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Fashion, Style, Travelling
Tagged giveaway, Paul and Joe makeup, rainy days, St Tropez
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Where to live? – The Stockholm edition
Being a foreigner in Britain, the idea of leaving the country and returning to one of our many homelands isn’t one that is up for constant discussion, but it’s not completely out of question either. There is my husband’s native … Continue reading
Room with a view
Wellies – check. Scarves and mittens – check. Spa booking – check. Have a happy half-term!
Random observations: London – Dusseldorf and back
My swanky lifestyle* required me to travel to Dusseldorf last week. This is (kind of) a travel report. In pictures. And colour. The journey started off rather civilized with a meal and a glass of Sauvignon Blanc. Boozing for lunch? … Continue reading
Bad hair days. Or: a holey summer
I am loathing August in London. I always did. Firstly, whilst the rest of Europe enjoys the peak of summer in skimpy dresses and open toe sandals, I usually catch a cold as I desperately hang on to wearing my … Continue reading



