I don’t believe in drastic New Year’s resolutions. 2014 is going to be the year of little changes: a little bit healthier, a little gentler. A little bit more compassionate, a little less stuff. A little plot of land, a little big building project coming up. A new book, a little bit more published, please. […]
There is a reason I am not bestowing self-made gifts upon my loved ones: I really suck at crafty things. Nevertheless, I am not self-conscious enough to keep all the fun (sticky glue! paper snippets sticking to your socks! oh YAY, the fun!!) from Lil’ L. And so I set out to bake a gingerbread […]
Last time this year, I have spoiled my loyal readers to a daily treat on the blog. This year, instead of wrapping gorgeous gifts to send them around the world, I am wrapping a new baby’s bottom in diapers to send her to sleep at night. How things change… Fortunately though, the people at Hallmark […]
If you find yourself in a bit of a kitchen rut, I warmly recommend checking out the courses at La Cucina Caldesi cooking school in London’s Marylebone. Big M and I had been given course vouchers as a Christmas present last year, but have only now got round to using them.
They say all good things must come to an end, and this time, “they” are right. This is the last day of Metropolitan Mum’s 2011 Advent Calendar. It’s been enormous fun – apart from making other people happy, I loved seeing who really reads my blog. Commenters are usually bloggers themselves, i.e. I don’t get […]
Just as much as I had vowed not to convert into a tea drinker (HA!) or to ever drive on the left side of the street (HAHA!), I once declared to my pasty, continental European self never ever in my life to succumb to fake tan. Seven rainy summers, countless home experiments with St. Tropez […]
When in New York, one of my favourite things to do is to nip into the Mandarin Oriental at Columbus Circus, have a drink at the Lobby Lounge, enjoy the dramatic views over Central Park and use the washrooms. Because in the washrooms, they have luxuriousness that comes out of a bottle and drips right […]
Apart for my love for all things British, I have a thing for the French. They have a way of putting things together with a certain je-ne-sais-quoi that lets my heart beat faster, and their melodic language makes everything sound like music, even when they are talking crap du taureau. Of course I would easily […]
There’s a bit of added sparkle in today’s Advent Calendar. A set of three gorgeous charm bracelets, courtesy of cutey. Jewelry company cutey was created to provide a range of affordable charm bracelets, whilst maintaining a very high quality product. When the company launched in 2012, there seemed to be only two types of charm […]
Wandering the streets of London in late November, there is little more promising than spotting the first Christmas decorations going up, clutching a Starbucks red cup between your cold hands. Ever since I moved to the UK in 2005, Starbucks red cups have made it onto the list of ‘Things that make me feel Christmassy’. […]
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