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London: Review of The Glasshouse Restaurant at The Grove

London: Review of The Glasshouse Restaurant at The Grove

I was a guest of The Grove and reviewed the Glasshouse Restaurant for lunch. The famous hotel, restaurant and spa, The Grove has recently renovated their restaurant. The Glasshouse opened recently, fully re-furbed with a luminous new decor and absolutely gorgeous in style along with […]

Grenada: Painting the Calabash

Grenada: Painting the Calabash

Painting a calabash bowl is fun and a great souvenir to bring home from Grenada. This year I attended the 6th annual Grenada Chocolate Festival. This was my 5th consecutive year of attending the festival. Each year the organisers try to think of new and […]

Devon: Salcombe Harbour Hotel

Devon: Salcombe Harbour Hotel

I was invited to Salcome in South Devon to attend Salcombe Gin School.  As it was a 4 hour drive Mr R and I decided to stay a couple of nights and get to know the area a bit.  We stayed at the Salcombe Harbour […]

Giveaway – Stationery Bundle

Giveaway – Stationery Bundle

I have teamed up with Collins-Debden to offer you a great Stationery Bundle! Everyone knows stationery company Collins-Debden and their wonderful range of journals, diaries, notebooks etc.  As a stationery addict I love note books and pens and as a food and travel blogger I […]

Devon: Salcombe Gin School

Devon: Salcombe Gin School

I was invited to attend Salcombe Gin School recently.  I hadn’t been to Devon before, just through it and was really looking forward to spending some time there with Mr R. Salcombe is about a 4 hour drive from where we live so we planned to […]

Devon: 48 Hours in Salcombe

Devon: 48 Hours in Salcombe

Spending 48 hours in Salcombe, Devon If you have 48 hours for a quick break and want to go somewhere quaint, cosy and off the beaten track with great food and drink as well as luxurious hotels then Salcombe is the perfect spot. After a […]

Greece: Kubic Smart Hotel Athens

Greece: Kubic Smart Hotel Athens

Kubic Smart Hotel Athens During my recent trip to Athens I stayed at Kubic Smart Hotel (Agiou Konstantinou 26, Athens 104 37/Tel: +30 21 1402 1695). The Kubic Smart Hotel is the first smart hotel in Greece. Situated on one of the main roads in […]

Oploft – Sit – Stand Desk

Oploft – Sit – Stand Desk

Discover the Oploft Sit-Stand Desk The Oploft Sit-Stand Desk is designed to keep you moving throughout your working day.  It has been said that we should not sit for long periods of time at a desk whilst working on a computer. Sitting during the day […]

Cook Authentic Indian Food at Home with Simply Sensational Food

Cook Authentic Indian Food at Home with Simply Sensational Food

Cooking authentic Indian food at home with Simply Sensational Food. Do you ever go out to an Indian restaurant and wish you could cook food like this at home? My friend and fellow food blogger Nayna has started her own company teaching people to cook […]

Kingston: Review of Chakra London Kingston Restaurant

Kingston: Review of Chakra London Kingston Restaurant

My review of Chakra London Kingston Restaurant:- With my blogger friends Nayna and Manjiri I reviewed Chakra Restaurant in High Street Kensington some time ago so I was really excited to visit Chakra London Kingston restaurant. You can read that review here – London: Chakra – […]

Giveaway: a bottle of William Kerr’s Borders Gin

Giveaway: a bottle of William Kerr’s Borders Gin

I am giving away a bottle of William Kerr’s Border Gin! Ask anyone these days what is the most popular drink and they will shout “GIN”!  There used to be only a hand full of gin distilleries making gins with names that would be in […]

Greece: 48 hours in Athens

Greece: 48 hours in Athens

48 Hours in Athens – Sleep, Eat and Play. If you want to spend some time in an exciting European city then Athens is the perfect place. Ancient yet vibrant, cosmopolitan and yet very Greek.  There are fantastic hotels to stay in, restaurants to dine […]

Greece: Spending Ash Monday in Athens

Greece: Spending Ash Monday in Athens

Greek Ash Monday My second visit to Athens, the capital city of Greece recently also landed on a public holiday.  Greek Easter is one week after the Christian Easter and although has some differences there are also some similarities . To celebrate Ash Monday (in […]

Hamburg: Fun, Film and Food with FoodBoom

Hamburg: Fun, Film and Food with FoodBoom

Hamburg – Discovering the fun, film and food at Foodboom I recently visited Hamburg in Germany for a Traverse conference KeyFrame19. This was four days packed with sessions to learn about filming videos and creating a YouTube channel as well as getting the most out […]

The Chiltern Brewery Makes Gin with a Difference

The Chiltern Brewery Makes Gin with a Difference

The Chiltern Brewery Makes Gin with a Difference Mr R and I visited The Chilterns with rolling hills, crystal clear chalk streams and an abundance of nature to discover the charms of The Chiltern Brewery and to sample their range of locally brewed cask beers.  I […]

Recipe: Easy Peanut Butter Brownies

Recipe: Easy Peanut Butter Brownies

Here is my recipe for Easy Peanut Butter Brownies, rich and chocolaty with the salty stripes of smooth peanut butter. Recently it was national chocolate day as well as national peanut butter day so naturally I decided to combine the two and make Peanut Butter […]