Tag: family
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Beach Bum – West Wittering Beach
I never know how much I crave the beach until its scorching hot in the UK, you know that one day in the summer where everything is so hot, and muggy and stifling only a beach would do and everyone else has the same idea and we hightail it to the beach… yeah that day,…
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SUMMERING – BROOKLANDS MUSEUM
Parents, the children are out of school for the summer holidays, and I know, I know, they literally need to open the schools back up! Because what are you to do with little humans in need of food, drinks and supervision to avoid starting WWIII, all day? Well on one of those days, you are…
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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 23 | SEASON YOUR CHICKEN
It’s the twenty-third of December; SEASON YOUR CHICKEN. This year is going to be different for all of us. Some of us will be spending Christmas alone, others will be getting together in our bubbles trying to be as careful as possible, and others might not be in the mood to celebrate. All of the…
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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 10 | THE WATCH LIST
Where are all the vanilla hot men for the Christmas movies?! I must say all the romcoms I have seen so far, the men are blah. Look we do not come to holiday movies for the heavy narrative or deep meaning stuff, we come because at some point towards the end, the guy will get…
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Moi-Moi | A Taste of Home, A Lesson In Patience
One of the fundamental lessons I learned growing up in Lagos is that patience is a worthwhile trait to have… of all the virtues, patience is the most exhausting yet rewarding- talk about a conundrum. I am yet to master this, I am as impatient as a three year old, and everyday brings new lesson…
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Happy New Year!
I am sucker for New Year. I love it! Everything about it. I am that cliched person who looks forward to the newness of the year ahead. I love the possibilities of beginning again- new beginnings, days ahead, adventures unknown to places remote, friendships, hopes, dreams and all that ish. I love it all. Even…
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The British Summer
Nothing, NOTHING, is more perfect than the British summer, when she does decide to show up. For two weeks of what should be a twelve week season we get the perfect summer weather; sun shining, sky as blue as the ocean on the coast of Italy, trees green, full of life and blossoming with flowers,…
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A Death In The Family
My dad passed away recently, hence the almost silence on the blog and social media, it was sudden but a good passing. A good passing but no less sad, because someone I love and was close to is gone. There is nothing like a death to bring the family close or closer. My dad was…
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Longleat Safari & Adventure Park
What are you doing this summer? Chances are there are lots to do on your list and little time. Its always the way isn’t it? A few weeks back myself and three really good friends took a road trip to the Safari…in Warminster, Wiltshire. I didn’t even know there was a safari in the UK…