mandy’s blog
On Chesil Beach
I have enough trouble remembering my wedding day – it was a very low key affair with only two witnesses and one three-month-old baby in attendance – let alone my wedding night. As the presence of the baby (my little …
Greenbanks
There was a time when the only reading I would have done on a “romantic” weekend in Brighton would have been the occasional menu and cocktail list. But the peace and quiet that comes with your children being 50 miles …
ZaraMama Gourmet Popcorn
We went down to Brighton last weekend. My mother-in-law very kindly had the kids and we had one of those weekends that we probably could have had much more pre-children, but didn’t – or did, but didn’t appreciate. However, you’re …
The Old Romantic
We have a pretty simple rule on our blog and newsletter. If we like something we’ll write about it and, if we don’t, we won’t. I think that’s the way all blogs should be and it’s depressing to see how …
Engrenages (Spiral)
I don’t know whether the French have an expression for boxset. They probably do – but it’s probably about five words long, and so everyone says le boxset instead. Well, as we’ve started with a French lesson, I can tell …
e-magazines
My husband very kindly bought me an iPad for Christmas last year. I told him I didn’t want one or need one, but it turned out I was wrong about the first and probably wrong about the second – and …
