A few weeks ago it was my (our) first wedding anniversary. For a while we ummed and ahhed on where to celebrate. I was very much in the "LET'S GO TO NEW YORK" camp, and Jamie was more of the meal in a local restaurant persuasion. So in the end we compromised and went for [...]
For a while now I've been trying to find out more about 'natural' beauty - what goes in to beauty products and which ingredients can be harmful to your skin. Ellie Gill, a makeup artist based in Tunbridge Wells has become an expert on it - she previously worked for Neal's Yard where she discovered [...]
My married name may be Baker, but by nature I'm not one. However, the influence of the Great British Bake Off has led me to believe I'm some sort of domestic goddess. Today, we had a lunch date at a friend's house, and rather than the usual stopping en route to pick up a Tesco [...]
If you've embarked on going sober for October, then I salute you. Not drinking is HARD, as I found out when I decided to cut out alcohol for a month back in the summer. I wouldn't say I'm a big drinker, in that, usually I tend not to drink during the week (ish), and I rarely [...]
Today, I turn 29 and over the past few months I've started to think about things I'd like to achieve before I turn 30. I'm not talking the big stuff - as much as I love to plan things, I don't agree with the pressure of setting an age goal for things like getting [...]
You know those places that people always say "oh, you MUST go?" Well, The Great House is one of them. Nowadays, in the age of TripAdvisor and social media, word of mouth recommendations are so important for restaurants, and as I'd only ever heard good things about it, a group of six of us shunned [...]
As a child, I spent many weekends and school holidays visiting (being dragged) around various National Trust properties, stately homes and grand gardens. At the time, I didn't really appreciate the beauty of the places we saw, mostly because my number one goal was to find the biggest hill to roll down, but now that [...]
