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Jun 2nd, 2010
Paintballing: full body armour and 100mph missiles
So Thursday, then, dawned bright and gorgeous. Perfect weather for cramming yourself into full body armour, a helmet and goggles, and firing small missiles at your fellow man.
No, I’m not going mad. It was The Brethren’s paintballing party (yes, yes, several months after their actual birthdays but then I never pretended to be organised).
Here’s a little précis of my highlights:
#1 stomping...
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May 12th, 2010
Review: Tana’s Kitchen Secrets
Maybe it’s because spring is finally in the air (or maybe its just publishers’ deadlines), but there seems to have been a little flurry of new cookbooks published recently (and a few more to come, I gather).
This one’s completely different to the Canteen cook book, but that doesn’t mean it’s any less worthy of a spot on your kitchen shelf. Firstly, it looks very nice and is rather...
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English Mum |
May 7th, 2010
Bloom in the Park
I don’t think there’s really a day goes past without me missing Ireland. I miss our lovely house and our wonderful garden, our friends, our neighbours, even our chickens.
I also miss being able to go to Dublin, the wondrous, fabulous city that it is, for museums, restaurants, or just a quiet bimble along the banks of the Liffey.
I’m especially gutted at the moment, because I’m going...
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English Mum |
May 2nd, 2010
Review: ‘Canteen: Great British Food’
Every so often a cookbook drops onto my doormat with a request for a review. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t (I’m picky like that). Recently, I’ve had some absolute crackers though, and this new one from Cass Titcombe, Patrick Clayton-Malone and Dominic Lake, the brains behind the wondrous Canteen restaurants, it’s just fabulous.
First off, it looks and feels really lovely. It’s...
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English Mum |
Apr 30th, 2010
The April Roundup. This month I have been mostly:
Loving…
the cute and quirky (and sustainable) wooden items at Lulabird.co.uk. Lulabird is a brand new company producing a unique range of wooden clocks and wall art. All of their gorgeous designs are inspired by grown up interior trends and would add retro style and quirkiness to any child’s bedroom. The products are made from high quality birch plywood, sourced from sustainable forests, so are...
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English Mum |
Mar 31st, 2010
A New Generation weekend in Disneyland Paris
So blimey, what a weekend! I hardly know where to begin. Brace yourself, this could be a bit of a big one (as the actress said to the bishop). A little while ago, the Hubby and I were invited to Paris for the launch of Disney’s New Generation Festival. Basically, Disney are introducing their newest generation of characters, from Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen from The Princess and The Frog,...
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Mar 19th, 2010
Review: ‘Eat Me!: The Stupendous, Self-Raising World of Cupcakes & Bakes According to Cookie Girl
Well firstly, I’m a bit cross. This ‘Cookie Girl’ has just gone and written the book that I was always meant to write, goshdarnit.
Seriously, if you’re a bit of a cupcake afficionado like my good self, Eat Me!: The Stupendous, Self-raising World of Cupcakes and Bakes According to Cookie Girl is the book that you will cherish, love and continually be covering in dropped splodges of...
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English Mum |
Mar 16th, 2010
A beautiful parcel from Snapdragon
SO excited this morning – a rather beautifully wrapped parcel arrived from my lovely fellow blogger and twittermate, Jane from Snapdragon’s Garden.
About ten years ago, Jane did what I would love to do – she changed her life completely. She gave up the 9 to 5 office grind in Glasgow and retrained in horticulture. She then moved to a smallholding in Stirlingshire where she created a beautiful...
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English Mum |
Feb 11th, 2010
In which my mojo returns and I make ganache with Green & Black’s
So as you know, I kinda lost my blogging mojo.
It all started to really bug me. I mean, what am I exactly? A foodie blogger? In which case, should I concentrate on food, and not talk so much arse? Or am I a ‘mummy blogger’ (how I hate the term)? A foodie mummy blogger? A foodie blogger who’s also a mummy? A doggy blogger? A foodie doggy mummy blogger? A blogging mummy foodie… er…...
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Jan 28th, 2010
Review: ‘My Kitchen’ by James Martin
So I get some pretty wacky PR approaches – you name it, everything from: ‘would you like to come to our breastfeeding seminar?’
Er, no.
and… ‘would you like to write an article on our intimate lubricant? Go on, we’ll send you a free sample!’
Er, no.
…to: ‘would you like to come to Vinopolis in London for an evening of fine wine and dining with James...
