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London Life

Staying at the best suite at The Beaumont

For Lu’s birthday, I whisked her away into Central London for a weekend of pampering, good food, shopping and cocktails! We stayed at The Beaumont primarily because of its fantastic proximity to the shops but with still feeling like its tucked away in a private corner of London. A cool thing about The Beaumont is […]

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London Life

Review – Hakkasan

We visited Hakkasan in Hanway Place, just off the bustling Tottenham Court Road as part of Lu’s birthday weekend celebrations this year, and this entire mini review is going to be simply talking about how every single aspect of it was exceptional. Hakkasan is a Cantonese restaurant famed for its dim sum, beautiful cocktails and […]

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Culture

Seeing Craig David

We saw Craig David at the O2!!! One of my favourite artists because EVERY SINGLE SONG – whether old or new – is a complete VIBE! We went for dinner first at Gaucho, then a quick drink in the AMEX suite, and then straight into the arena for magic!! Here is a random selection of […]

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Celebrate Stay Home

Celebrating my birthday 2022

I really wanted to have a big birthday party at home this year to celebrate the opening of our home bar! To make it feel special, I hired in a bartender for the evening to serve both signature and classic cocktails, and I also had the evening catered so that people had a great savoury […]

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Fly Away

Trip to the Maldives

Oh my gosh, so 2022 has started off RIGHT with an epic holiday to paradise on earth: The Maldives! After a grueling 19 hour journey, we made it from London to our resort in the middle of the ocean – a slice of perfection where we would spend 10 days doing nothing but anything we […]

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Stay Home

Creating a home bar

When we moved into our home in May 2021, one of the biggest highlights of the home was the lower ground floor area, that was being used by the previous residents as essentially a massive living room. These are a couple of pics of the space that I took on our very first viewing of […]

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Life List

2021 State of the Union

What happened in 2021: 2021 was the year that I thought everything would finally get back to normal, given that the COVID vaccine was being distributed. How wrong I was! Two vaccine doses later, plus a third booster, and the latest COVID wave is still running rampant, dictating how we all live. There is no […]

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Celebrate

A special Ruby wedding celebration

Can you imagine being married for forty years to the love of your life? That’s the dream that my parents have lived, and I knew we needed to commemorate it in style. Over the last few months, planning this party has basically consumed me. From figuring out how to keep it as a surprise for […]

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London Life

Review – Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon at Fortnum & Mason

Our friend Katie is getting married in a couple of weeks, and so to celebrate her with a little mini hen situation, we whisked her into central London to enjoy a beautiful Fortnum & Mason’s afternoon tea. First off, a disclaimer. We visited Fortnum & Mason during the height of Christmas shopping fever, so the […]

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Celebrate

Bertie – the goodest boy

This is an incredibly difficult post to write, so please bear with me. A few weeks ago, we saw a plea for help from a lady who’s mother had Alzheimers and was going to be moved into a home. They had arranged for her mother’s 13 year old border collie, Bertie, to be rehomed, but […]