I keep losing things.Weekend before last we stayed with a group of friends in a most fantastic Scottish hideaway. We got really spoiled; there was a resident French chef, the highly accomplished Christian Morel (who is usually found cooking on La Seine where he runs gourmet cruises), … [Read more...]
Weight loss and money
There seems to be a correlation. Before doing my monthly bank account reconciliation (two months overdue), I thought I'd found a new miracle diet. It goes something like this:1. Take one small dog from the country to a top floor flat in a hilly part of London. Discover that you have to take him for … [Read more...]
The Chaos Theory
We've lived in the new flat in North London for nearly two months, one of which I spent galavanting around the Nordic countries, so for me the new life following our Big Move has only lasted a few weeks.Weekend before last Husband remarked that we really ought to stop treating our new life as a … [Read more...]
England’s Lane Books
I've written here before about my love for small, quirky independent bookshops. Such as Mr's B's Emporium in Bath, a lovely book-smelling heaven where staff know their onions (or even their literature) and where you can be assured of a quiet, friendly atmosphere to browse for books. I thought this … [Read more...]
Living out of a suitcase
I'm planning a capsule wardrobe to pack from the capsule wardrobe I took with me from London. Luckily I bought a few items in the shops in Stockholm today (more of this later with hopefully pictures) which makes life a little easier, still I'm not particularly looking forward to the next week. I'm … [Read more...]
Home thoughts
Being back in your home country can be equally as tricky as being a foreigner - immigrant - abroad.First of all there are all the emotions that family re-unions can ignite. Sometimes they are beautiful and lovely, sometimes an old, deeply buried resentment raises its ugly head and bites the … [Read more...]
The new life is sweet
My office with an unpacked box or two... I can hardly believe I'm writing this post from my new office in our new flat in London. I know for those of you who've read all about the trials and tribulations of the Big Move, the news does not come as a huge surprise. For me, however, … [Read more...]
A lovely day in Bath
As a positive consequence from being homeless we've had time to spend quality time togther with Husband. Today we had a day shopping in Bath while our border terrier went to the doggie dentist. After lunch at Jamie's Italian, Husband wandered around mobile phone shops, spending a very long time in … [Read more...]
Never go back
We've only been out of our house for a couple of days, but due to the incompetence of the removal company, we had to go and collect a few potted plants from our old house today. As our chocolate Labrador's new home is next door, we thought we'd nip in to see how he was doing.Well, he was doing fine … [Read more...]
The plot thickens
On Sunday as we were preparing to spend the last night of our mini break in the Babington Bubble, as Daughter called it, we had an email, copied to us by the people now living in our new abode in NW3. Through the correspondence going back and forth between several people we gathered there … [Read more...]