Tag: this & that
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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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The Lazy Girl’s Holiday Gift Guide (2)
I love Christmas, have I told you before? I really love Christmas, everything has a glorious glow to it, everyone is nicer, the air is cleaner, people are friendlier, shoppers are chirpier, and there is that invisible hug of happiness all around. And Christmas Carols and Christmas Movies. Christmas for me has always been about family,…
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September
Of all the months of the year, September is most fulfilling. Tired old August, for whom the sun never shone, fades away along with memories of the summer that never was. September is the promise of good things to come, endings and beginnings; school starts, holidays end, work resumes. New books, new toys, new tricks,…
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Christmas- The Windows
Christmas is my second favourite time of year, the first being my birthday of course, Christmas has a special place in my heart, the season, the feeling, food, weather, family, friends, carols, church… for me its all good things rolled into one. One of the things that makes me excited for Christmas are the holiday…
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Warby Parker; Cool In Winter
I love a good pair of spectacles, I couldn’t ever wear contact lenses because I’m far too impatient to bother with the application I’m afraid I’ll gouge my own eyes out. Frames on the other hand, have a reserved kind of coolness, its almost too sophisticated for any old home body. Warby Parker is the…
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Christmas, From Selfridges With Love.
I love a good Christmas window, and I love how the shops get decked up all through the holiday season. Its christmas in London already, normally Christmas never starts for me until the 1st of December when I start counting down until the big day. Besides my birthday, Christmas is my favourite holiday. The feeling of…
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Grammar- The FANBOYS
As a writer I am always at odds with the English language, between starting a sentence with a conjunction, for purely rebellious reasons, and using ellipsis and exclamation marks more often than is humanly appropriate, I should be locked up for crimes against the English language. Over the past few months however, my attitude towards…
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London- Monday Evening at Mason’s
Fortnum and Mason that is. One of the best things about not living in London is getting to see London in a whole new light. Discovering places that were right outside your door, and meeting old friends in new places. I miss London for its familiarity, but I love it even more now for its…
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Derek Jeter- RE2PECT
In all my life I’ve watched maybe two games of baseball, besides sports movies, and until I met my friend Valerie, @vogueandcoffee, on twitter, I didn’t really know much about the sport. I still don’t know an awful lot, but from what little I’ve learned one thing remains constant- Derek Jeter is one hell of…