I'll be the first to admit - I'm just not that into musicals. Yes, I have seen some and liked them (enough to see Wicked twice) - but as a general rule, once the storyline of a performance continually gets broken up by outbursts of song, I find myself losing interest. However, when you bring together [...]
A few years ago, I felt about leopard print on clothes how I feel about playing sport for fun or cheese fondue - nice for some people, but definitely not for me. But then strange things started to happen - my mentality towards it began to alter. I'd like to say this change in mindset was [...]
As you probably already know, I'm pretty terrible at cooking, baking and generally making...anything. But, I have a secret weapon that I bring out for dinner parties so that people don't think I'm a complete no-hoper in the kitchen...and that's my dairy free Lotus biscuit no-bake cheesecake. I was originally inspired by a pretty picture [...]
I don't know why it's taken me so long to get around to writing this blog post, but now that Christmas is over, I'm officially swapping turkey for Turkish and encouraging you to pay a visit to Zorba Meze Grill in Tunbridge Wells. The restaurant opened earlier this year, and has been doing a roaring [...]
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 [...]
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