The Waiting Place
Dr Seuss ‘The places You’ll Go’ Are you stuck in the Waiting Place? Are you mindlessly consuming other people’s content? Do you wake up in the morning and check what other people have written on...
View ArticleTop 10 guide – Dinner Party Checklist!
photo courtesy http://www.desiretoinspire.net/blog/2011/5/13/fairytales-come-true.html Friends coming for dinner – make sure you get to enjoy YOURSELF too. These are quick and easy steps to make sure...
View ArticleHousekeeping Books
from OnBoard the magazine http://www.onboardmagazine.fr/ Housekeeping – love it / hate it? If you’re in the hospitality industry, it’s just something you have to deal with, so you had better at least...
View ArticleThoughts on Entertaining Guests
1. SETTING THE SCENE People can be deadly serious about their parties, many of them forget that entertaining is meant for pleasure. Once I walk into my party, there is nothing more to be done than to...
View ArticleiTuned Out last night
My reading nook This week I banned all screens for my kids. There was uproar, so I agreed to ban them for myself too (with the exception of necessities for work). Indeed I composed this blog post the...
View ArticleMy favourite blogs today
I was going for a slice of dark chocolate, when I changed my mind and opted for red, red wine, a delicious St Emilion ….. It seems somehow to go with my new change of look (and outlook? I dare …. !) So...
View ArticleGetting cosy
It is about this time of year when the days start to shorten and the leaves turn to orange, that I dream of an Autumn mini break to somewhere cosy and inspiring. It seems like weeks since we were...
View ArticleRowan
Everywhere I go these days I see the trees laden with red berries: Rowan trees. I have a series of beautiful little books called Flower Fairies, and I want to share a pretty poem: “They thought me,...
View ArticleA Passion for Food
I recently saw this video clip about Irish food. It inspired me to think about everything good in food that I believe in. Local produce provides us with what we need the most of. For the restaurant...
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