Over the last few months I think we have all been collectively and gradually stretching out of lockdown life- like a bear coming out of hibernation. Everything is falling into a ‘first time since the pandemic’ tick box … first coffee shop, bar, pub, restaurant, hotel, cinema, theatre etc. etc. While these final stages of…
Restaurant Review: Ingham Swan
Loving food as much as I do, one of the things I missed the most during the (many!) lockdowns was going out to eat in restaurants. I love the whole experience of dining out – the atmosphere, the service, menu studying, beautiful wines and great food. Obviously, I have my favourites – but I am…
Merchant Gourmet: Plant-Based Recipes
Merchant Gourmet: Plant-Based Recipes We all love good food, but when good food and convenience go hand in hand with plant-based living, you have struck gold. Merchant Gourmet represents just that- delicious, healthy, veggie and vegan food pouches of wonderful grain and rice mixes. Merchant Gourmet were kind enough to send me a selection of…
The Wonderful World of Podcasts
I may be quite late to the game – but I have recently discovered podcasts, and I really cannot get enough of them. Lots of friends and family have made some wonderful recommendations and I have tuned into (and binged!) quite a few podcasts over the last month or so. I include at least one…
DIY Wine Tasting at Home
DIY Wine Tasting at Home If you know me at all, then you know I love Birthdays and love to make each of them fun and unique! We have done spa days, treasure hunts, birthday pub crawls, birthday lucky dips (yes – really!), surprise trips and even ‘pick an envelope’ to choose a birthday activity….
Veganuary 2021
Happy Veganuary Happy 2021 and Happy Veganuary! I love that January has been adopted by Veganism and plant-based eating. If you didn’t already know, Veganuary is a campaign which is set up to encourage people to try being vegan for the month of January. It is a really great way of trying out veganism and…
2020: My Favourite Things
2020: My Favourite Things What a year it has been for us all. It has felt like we’ve all been on a rollercoaster, rolling off the tracks… into the unknown, with more ups and downs and loop-de-loops than anyone really cared for! But we made it- the last month of 2020. I wanted to end…
A Simple Life
2020 hasn’t been quite what anyone expected. I started this blog, looking back at my blog posts from November and then December 2019- and couldn’t help but giggle at my optimism for a New Year, knowing now, what was to come. Thinking about February/March 2020 – you’d be forgiven for thinking it was the start…
Benoli. Restaurant Review
Benoli. Restaurant Review Norwich is lucky to boast Benoli an independently owned Italian restaurant offering beautiful authentic modern Italian dishes with the most delicious hand-made pasta and carefully sourced ingredients. Benoli is owned by Chef-Patron Oliver Boon, a former ‘Masterchef Professionals’ finalist- and the restaurant is run with pride and enthusiasm which is obvious as…
The Power of Journaling
Generosity of Mind ‘Words are our most inexhaustible source of magic’ For as long as I can remember, I have loved to write. One of my earliest memories is of a tiny little diary with a golden padlock and miniature key that I would hide under my pillow. I would write and write, filling up…