I’ve already spoken here about how wonderful Wilderness Festival was last weekend, but because it was so hard to capture its beauty in a single post, I thuoght it warranted a second. On Saturday afternoon, my friend Dearne and I took off for a few hours of splashing in the lake, attending discussions on happiness, lying in the long grass… View Post
Last weekend, I ticked another item off my ‘30 Things to do Before I’m 30‘ list; I took a day off from my day job/real life, hopped on a train to Oxfordshire, and spent the weekend in the blissful Cotswolds countryside at Wilderness Festival with my friends at Hunter. Now I’ve never been to a festival before, but I’m fairly… View Post
Regular readers may remember the ’30 Things To Do Before I’m 30′ post I did for my 29th birthday back in February. Six months on, I’m still joyfully working my way through the list and am well on my way to checking off all thirty. Because it remains one of my most popular posts to date and because so many… View Post
As regular readers will know, I have a serious designer weakness. But because I have a normal person’s salary which is somewhat at odds with my Upper East Side tastes, I’ve become rather skilled at hunting down my favourite brands at bargainous sale prices (in fact, I hardly ever pay full price for something). Because, after all, if something is… View Post
Filling my home with sweet peas and pastel hydrangeas from the market. Making the most of sunny evenings with nightly picnics on the banks of the River Cam as ducklings and punters drift on by and the bells of Kings College chapel chime in the background. Lazing in the grass with entire hours spent doing nothing more vigorous than reading… View Post
Summer has finally arrived here in England (at least for this week). The past week has been hot, and I’ve been joyfully having picnics on the riverbank most evenings, going on bike rides all over Cambridge, and relishing the chance to wear my summer wardrobe.I picked up this skirt on sale in Zara last weekend (I am all about white lace… View Post
A few of the things I adore this month: 1. Wearing: I had this Carven pinafore dress (just like a toddler’s pinafore for grown-ups) on my wishlist for months, and picked it up on sale at Net-a-Porter. It’s already a firm favourite; being worn with silk blouses and tshirts and pearls and bow heels. 2. Sparkling: This J. Crew crystal necklace which… View Post
I think a piece of my heart must surely belong in France. Whenever skies are grey, or a case of the ‘blahs’ strikes (that drab feeling you can’t quite place), a little dose of Paris is always the cure. And because persistent rain has thwarted all my plans for outdoor fun, this weekend is all about my favourite french movies, books,… View Post
Regular readers will already know of my love for all things Japanese, and their beauty products are special favourites. Japanese women take their beauty ritual very seriously, so brands there always seem years ahead of the West in terms of innovative beauty technologies, potions and lotions. By way of example, they were using brightening treatments, serums and BB creams for ten… View Post
