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Category: Experiences

  • Burgundy is for lovers

    My two lovely friends got married last Monday in London with 20 of their closest friends from around the world looking on. Our troupe was then shuttled into cabs, whisked away to the Champagne bar at St Pancras station and herded into Coach 15 on the Eurostar bound for Paris. After a quick transfer to

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  • Love: Wine Tasting @ Beechmore Road

    Last Sunday, I hosted my first wine tasting. How excited was I? Pretty darn excited. Even though it was a group of my friends (or perhaps because of that), I was nervous. I had carefully selected 6 wines to taste with the group, assembled all my glassware, made the savoury and sweet snacks, had the

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  • What’s for dinner…

    I’ve had a day. Rode my bike in to work this morning, the sun was shining. Got my eyelashes done at work (a crazy experience) and my hair done in the evening (I love my hairstylist: she uses the most amazing products (Davines), gives head massages and she serves yummy full-bodied red wine while I

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  • Love: Isle of White and Alvarinho

    At an offsite for work today…absolutely spoiled with weather and an amazing wine. Portuguese Alvarinho on the patio of the sailing club = ridiculously wonderful. Crisp stoney steely wine, long length and great with seafood. £20 at restaurant.

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  • WSET Advanced- check!

    I came back to my flat yesterday to find my certificate for my WSET Advanced level certification- whoop! Not sure how that happened but they can’t take it back now! Very pleased. Off to a Sunday long lunch with friends to celebrate!

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  • London drenched in sun

    I arrived back from Paris last night to a heat wave in London. Even though it was 11PM, I was sweating in my brown leather jacket and sundress. This morning, I woke up to the sun shining through my window, made coffee, ran a few errands and made my way into the office. Ridiculously warm

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  • An American in Paris…

    I arrive in Paris this morning (gotta love the Eurostar…two hours and you are golden) and after an extended wait to store my oversized luggage in the left luggage area on Gare du Nord (apparently I’m not very unique and wanted to do the same thing as everyone else today) I was on the Metro

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  • The land of jewels, vines and feta cheese

    I’m just returning from 6 lovely days on the beautiful island of Santorini. For those of you that have been before, we stayed in Pyrgos which is away from the major tourist areas of Fira and Ia. Major bonus was that, without planning it, we ended up right in the middle of fields of vines!

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  • On the road to Santorini!

    Its time for spring holidays! An absolutely wonderful excuse to leave the office and the city for a few days of sun, sand and cocktails. Luckily, my chosen destination of Santorini Greece has it all: Sun (26 – 27 C for the entire time I’ll be there), Sand (yes, though we’ll be on a cliff

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  • Its been a while…

    So, I know its been a while since I updated this. But don’t worry – I have been drinking wine and testing them for you (as I know you can’t be bothered to do it yourself…jesting of course) – and thus I have a few very tasty morsels for you to take advantage of. But

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