“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
OMG I'm so behind with blogging!! I promised myself when I started this that I would blog at least twice a month and I was doing so well and I honestly can't tell you why I disappeared for 3 months. Well there is probably a few reasons but the main one is that I am …
I'm so behind this month. Only posting my July wrap-up and it's almost August. *FOR SHAME!!* July had some of my favourite books of the year so far and some books I'd rather not think about again. I started the month with Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. It's been almost 2 months since I read …
My Jambalaya has changed a lot over the years. It used to be very much the standard 'trinity' Jambalaya. The 'trinity' being onion, celery and bell peppers. I also didn't use much spices but relied mainly on the chili, thyme and hot sauce. The biggest change to my recipe came after I visited New Orleans. …
The June FairyLoot theme was 'Rebels in Ballgowns'. The loot: 'Corvere' Candle by Geeky Clean inspired by Nevernight by Jay Kristoff. I still have not read this series. I have two copies of Nevernight and two copies of Godsgrave and I know I'm going to like them but I'm doing that thing where I'm 'saving' …
How fitting that my first recipe post is a cocktail. 😀 I love to make cocktails and I will usually make one or two over a weekend. With summer comes the Margaritas and the Aperol Spritz and after our trip to Amalfi the Amalfi Spritz has been added to the rotation. Made with Limoncello instead …
This was our luxury day. We slept in, ate late and spent the day in a beach club spa. We ate in Libeccio which was a fabulous little mother and son enterprise. It was a wonderful way to spend our last day in Italy. All in all we absolutely loved the south of Italy. We …
This should have been another relaxing day and I had promised that it would be but I couldn't help myself. I knew we would regret it if we didn't so we went to Capri for the day and it was a wonderful trip. We got the boat from Manori to Amalfi and then took a …
