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…the pervasive chill filling the apartment emanates not from the open windows, the comfortingly well stocked fridge-freezer nor even from my reaction to the eleventh ‘hey babe’ text message of the weekend; in time honoured BH tradition the combi boiler has decided to join the rest of the nation in kicking back for a bit [...]

And spring has most definitely sprung at last – yay! The sun is still shining outside my windows at seven pm, Scarborough’s lovely daffodils and primroses are all in full bloom amongst the woodlandy-bits and I, ever the optimist, have left home without a coat on two separate occasions this last week for the first [...]

And as the memories of mighty skyscrapers, 24 hour diners, hot dogs and wintry sunshine in Central Park and microwave tea fade away for now, I am happily ensconced back in Scarborough and looking ahead to the upcoming weeks in our own fair(ish) country. And plenty to look forward to, thankfully! A brief missive this [...]

And a couple of decent nights’ sleep later I am bright eyed, bushy tailed and very much refreshed following a wonderful few days! I began last week with the nostalgic pleasure of a night at an airport budget-chain hotel (keycarded lifts as a legitimate security measure rather than a headache being something of a novelty) [...]

And hello from Terminal 2, JFK airport – the least temperamental wifi so far this week in fact, the promised free connection at the hotel eventually and after much panic-stricken hand wringing coming the way of the ubiquitous plastic boxed Ethernet cable, once I had cast my mind back to yesteryear and remembered what one [...]

And another whirlwind visit to the capital ends, after four days of hi-jinks, more spoiling-rotten with Ladurée macaroons, wine and dining out under Waterloo Bridge (in, I should hastily explain, a restaurant) which I had at one point thought may never get underway following one technical hitch after the next, and coupled with the usual [...]

Well a week on and I can confidently say that I am fighting fit and more than ready to well, roll, (as it were) and after a handful of fun and lively meetings over the past couple of days I am very happy to be diligently handwashing, mending, decanting (my favourite part, the soothing effects [...]

Well predictably, any ideas about birthday celebrating went out of the window when what began with a nasty headache and faint general feeling of shivery, not-very-well nausea around mid-afternoon on Saturday (enough, thankfully, to stop me actually travelling anywhere and spending money on anything) escalated to full-on, violent, hell hath no fury, food poisoning (presumably, [...]

And it’s that time of year again; having waited up until gone midnight in order to alter (most) online ads and profile pages (those which UK internet users actually look at taking priority – the rest can be gradually updated without anyone noticing), loyal readers can now see that Birthday has rolled around again and [...]

Firstly, may I add my voice to those of the other Nigella-appreciating ladies – having first noticed Claire‘s blog and then spotted a Girly Crush confession on Laura’s, I have to join in and state that there is nothing I too would like better than a lovely Nigella of my very own. Unfortunately, some things [...]