I don’t mean what kind of neighbours you have or what day the bins go out. More, have you ever wondered about the origins of your street’s name? I started web searching mine this week and pretty easily found myself here. In a nutshell, my street is named after a posh family from Camberwell whose ancestors were […]
A colleague today passed on a bit of trivia he knew I’d enjoy, about the laundry habits of another (single) person in the office. “This person,” he said with delight, “does five washes a week.” I leaned in to hear more. He listed the washes as: Underwear – whites; Underwear – darks; Clothes – whites; Clothes – darks; Towels […]
It was my birthday, and my friend, knowing that I love Battenberg, made me this. Enjoying the geometric clash with the Neisha Crossland cushion that I set up here? Isn’t it a beauty? It tastes great too. I’m so touched. x
Never mind what I said before about my old ropey CD storage solution being dated. Last night, tasked with the job of making a compilation tape (or whatever you’re meant to call it now) for an old friend, I passed several happy hours raking through that storage system for songs from my student days. Here’s a […]
Just back from a wedding in Toulouse, which took place in the grounds of the bride’s parents’ home. It was the stuff of A Place in the Sun dreams. An ivy-covered red-brick house with Toulouse-blue shutters and a pool, perched on rolling green fields. The highlight though, was a central rose-filled courtyard with space enough for […]