In my Christmas stocking was a pampering package to a Day Spa. I vaguely recalled hearing very positive things about this Spa. Yesterday I set out for what I expected would be a relaxing and rejuvenating and indulgent day out. When I walked through the door I immediately just loved how serene and clean and […]
Archives for January 2012
Pork Belly with Five Spice Powder and…The Linear Bride
January 20, 2012 By 32 Comments
Haven’t we all had fun being in that special role of bridesmaid for that very special friend. And the bonding between the bride and the bridesmaids can be enriched and strengthened from all the flurry of activity and building excitement that leads to the wedding day. But that’s the happy story and tragically some bridesmaids […]
10 Questions
January 19, 2012 By 38 Comments
For the last few weeks I have been enjoying discovering, as I open a blog, that the blogger has been ‘tagged’. And being the great sport that the blogger is, they have embraced the challenge and answered 10 set questions about themselves. I’ve enjoyed these posts because it’s always so wonderful to find out a […]
Titanic’s Apple Meringue Pie and…Desserting Cruising
January 18, 2012 By 38 Comments
I’ve never had much of a desire to go on board one of those massive cruise liners stuffed to the brim with thousands of others with floating casinos and dancing girls and 24-hour nightclubs and buffet roast and carveries and over-crowded decks etc. But for others I realise this kind of a holiday is a […]
Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic
January 17, 2012 By 25 Comments
It’s so fabulous when a recipe on a blog grabs your attention. It makes you immediately rush out to purchase the necessary ingredients, come home to cook up a storm and all going to plan, the recipe is a huge success with all members of the family including the fussy eaters. There is a blog […]
Chicken Stir-Fry and…The Curtain Falls on Archie’s Gap Year
January 16, 2012 By 39 Comments
Thank you for all your prayers. The Good Lord has looked after me. The last day of Archie’s Gap Year was Sunday, January 15. This is how I manufactured it. Last week Archie went away for a few days. While he was resting/holidaying/partying and spending while definitely not working I, by a stroke of good […]
Vanilla Malted Thick Shake and…Pediatric Trauma
January 15, 2012 By 44 Comments
Some days in a child’s life are better than others. A few years ago we were invited to Archie’s school for a dinner function. It was the annual get together of the parents of the boys in Archie’s boarding house. Each year group had to put on a performance whether they wanted to or not. […]
Chicken Tikka Masala and…Christmas with the In-Laws
January 14, 2012 By 31 Comments
Christmas is a time that so many of us look forward to but is it also a time that we dread because it brings family members together who at all other times of the year do their very best to avoid each other? Last Christmas my friend Julie had to spend Christmas with her husband’s […]
Retail Trauma
January 13, 2012 By 32 Comments
If you can’t get yourself to Vegas to be married at the Little White Chapel by an Elvis Impersonator who takes offense that you don’t refer to him by the more status-gratifying title of ‘Tribute Artist’ then you do the next best thing. You get married on Elvis’ birthday that we would all be aware […]
Spinach and Sweet Potato Cannelloni and…Haere Mai
January 11, 2012 By 38 Comments
Translated, that’s ‘Welcome’ in Maori. I did experience a Haere Mai when I was eight years old and it was an experience I’ve never been able to forget. When I was growing up in New Zealand I went to Waiwhetu Primary School and it wasn’t multi-cultural because there were just two cultures – the Maoris […]
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