Chilling out in Central Park
My boy doesn’t usually look quite this zen, but he was pretending to meditate when this shot was taken. I’d love him to do it for real sometimes. He also went to yoga quite a bit when he was younger,...
View ArticleI want to live in Don Draper’s apartment
Well obviously preferably with him *cough* but I’m SO in love with Don Draper’s apartment on Mad Men. The Knoll sofa, the Eames chair, the balcony, the fabulous colours (SO into orange) and just that...
View ArticleSex and the City perfume review
If I think of New York – and I really do love it there, it’s one of my favourite cities in the world – I guess the first smell that springs to mind is hot dogs. It’s a good job that the new Sex and the...
View ArticleIn praise of the Mums Only holiday
No 1 Son was about 18 months old when I was asked to go on a work trip abroad for the first time. There were two reasons I didn’t feel I could turn it down: 1) My boss made it clear it was expected...
View ArticleThe One with the wrinkle-free skin
I was about 13 when this photo was taken – we were on our first trip to Canada and the US, and having had a brilliant time in Toronto and New York, we’d arrived in Washington DC, where it was about...
View ArticleMy Top 10 luxury hotels of the world
Anyone who knows me knows that I am definitely a Princess. Yes, I can feel that pea under any number of mattresses. I like sheets with high-thread counts, indulgent pampering products in the bathroom...
View ArticleLike the Brady Bunch, but not
I tend not to talk very much on the blog or indeed elsewhere about being a single parent, mainly because I feel like a bit of a fraud; Man of the House has always been a completely devoted dad, and...
View ArticleMy 2014 travel wishlist – where do you want to go?
I’m very excited because tomorrow I’m flying to Belfast so I can see some of the sights of Northern Ireland for the first time. Northern Ireland was one of the places on my wanderlust wishlist for...
View ArticleTop 10 Family Travel destinations 2015 part 2
So, apologies for being a teeny bit late with the rest of my Top 10 family travel destinations for 2015 – I was slightly waylaid by watching back to back episodes of Breaking Bad (more on that story...
View ArticleWin goodies from Macy’s New York
So as you know when I was in the Big Apple the week before last I was treated to a guided tour of Macy’s New York. My guide, John, has worked at Macy’s for 17 years so knows absolutely everything there...
View ArticleMy top 10 family things to do in New York
In one of the episodes of the final season of Friends, when Monica and Chandler announce they’re moving out of New York because they don’t want to raise kids in the city, Rachel is genuinely surprised....
View ArticleThe most beautiful buildings in the world
One of the things I love about travelling is seeing different buildings; even though we have some astonishing architecture in London, and I grew up here and have seen so many fabulous changes to the...
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