Category: ADVENT CALENDAR
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IT’S YOUR PARTY- HOSTING FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Hosting for the holidays is not for the faint of heart, it requires the coolest of demeanours and the smartest of machinations to get it right. One left foot and it all comes tumbling down. So here are some guidelines to save your sanity: CROCKERY | Set the table one week before; get your china…
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#6 GIFT FOR THE PECULIAR PENNIES AND SUCH LIKE
The ETO wine decanter might just be the most genius idea since sliced bread. Imagine you open a bottle of wine, after a long day from work and all you need is a hit, a pick me up. One glass and that’s your lot. You do not want the other 4 glasses to go to…
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#5 | GIFT FOR THE FAMILY
Freeze your memories in time with a puzzle. Puzzles are a wonderful way to spend time with the family, make some new memories and while away time whether solo or all together. Take it one step further and frame the puzzle to forever hold that moment. What you’ll need; IKEA Frames and Glue. HOW TO:…
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#4 | GIFT OF MEMORIES
London at Christmas time is magic and filled with wonder. There are many small business owners running tours in and around London. Many places to dine in that can bring the city to life unlike other seasons. Dine on the Thames? Check Dine on a boat? Check Dine in crypt? Check. Check. Check. You would…
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#3 | GIFT OF TIME
London is not known for its wine, matter of fact we prefer to drink foreign wine from the continent; France,Italy, Spain, and farther newer worlds. But that’s a thing of the past or pretty much soon will be, much like it did with Bottle Shock as covered in the Autumn Newsletter. London Cru, a winery…
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#2 | THE GIFT OF A GOOD MORNING & THE ARTS
I am not a lover of coffee, but I can appreciate this morning routine by those who indulge in it hence I am a firm believer in gifting good coffee; nothing short of excellent, because if there is one thing I know, true coffee lovers do not play with their coffee. More often than not,…
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GIFT OF HISTORY | #1 BRITISH HISTORY
When people talk about British History I think about stories of Oliver Twist and Alice in Wonderland and how they inspired a generation of curiosity that resonates to the present day. Oliver Twist is one of the earliest books I read as a child, gifted to me by my grandmother. The story of Charles Dickens…
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ADVENT CALENDAR FIN | A SHORT STORY
I wrote a thing here on kindle, a short story for the holidays. Go read and enjoy. Buy here.
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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 24 | THE HOLIDAY WINDOWS- SELFRIDGES
Home. A concept we have become even more familiar with these last ten or so months we have been asked to stay indoors as the world heals herself from within. Home, the one place we ought to find love and light and be nutured. Home as a concept and a physical safe space to be…