Mates and Dates

Believe me, it has been a mad, crazy week. Although as a rule, I like to live by Muhammad Ali's words "don't count the days, make the days count," I was pretty relieved when Friday rolled around. This [Read More]

Guy’s Cardamom and Apple Cake

Serves 8-10 This is the cake that Guy baked for me on my birthday! I loved it so! Apple and Cardamom the perfect partners in this cake-y crime - who would have thought it? This was a real hit in [Read More]

Sunny-land to Surf

I've been an uber-lazy runner of late and just can't find my stride. Since my fight with the pavement, I'm not super keen to run in the dark in the morning, which has resulted in lots of twilight, but [Read More]

Ants in my pants

I am a big dreamer when I'm awake and I dream even bigger when I'm asleep. My dreams range from the sublime to the ridiculous and just about everything inbetween. They are always vivid, complicated [Read More]

My Birthday Bonanza

Did you see the Words of Wisdom yesterday? I just celebrated another birthday. That in itself is a reason to be grateful. This birthday was full of lots of good people and lots of good things. [Read More]

Takashi the Masterchef

After a day recovering from David's birthday bonhomie, the Birthday Festival went up a gear on Friday when we went for a gala dinner at Simon and Takashi's. Takashi's dinners are the stuff food [Read More]

Let the Birthday Festival Begin

I never wanted to fall in love with someone who had a birthday on the same day as me, for I like the birthday glory to be all my own, but the same month would do just fine! Yes, I always dreamed of [Read More]