The Meal Planner that Brings Me Joy
The Reluctant Housewife Blogs (Post #1) – Meal planning, the weekly chore that I dislike oh so much! Meal planning is an agony for me! I live to eat, but my family members eat to live. They claim they aren’t […]
Tuscany Has My Heart
Cold, wintry weather has me dreaming of my summer days in Tuscany. It has always been a dream of mine to spend some time in Tuscany, Italy, and 2023 was the year we finally made it. The rolling hills, gorgeous […]
Natural Bar Soap – It’s Back!
Rough Cut Soap Co, Raw Origins, Drunk Elephant – all clean beauty bar soaps reviewed by Suniana Patel
Back on My Yoga Mat
I’m writing this article as a practitioner and not a teacher and it has been a long time coming. Not because I haven’t wanted to put pen to paper. In fact, I’ve started a few times but didn’t finish. Life […]
Missing the Tastes of Singapore in London: C & R Café
Many years ago, whilst living in London, footloose and fancy free without kids (we call those times BC, i.e. “Before Children”), the Man and I discovered this little hidden gem, surreptitiously tucked away in a wee, cobbled lane in Soho […]
Tween Shopping and Good Coffee at Kaffeine
So, The Man came home last night at 0230, that’s 02:30am for the 24-hour clock challenged people. (I must admit, I can be 24-hour clock challenged before my caffeine hit each morning.) Therefore, I got little to no sleep as […]
Brooklyn Wanders
Whenever I think of Brooklyn, I think of Kate Spade, you know “Cobble Hill’, “Cedar St”, “Cameron St” … or maybe, it’s because I’m slightly obsessed with handbags (and shoes). However, whilst I’ve heard of these places by living my […]
DDS in NYC – A Trip Out to Woodbury Common
What do you do on your first day in New York City (NYC)? Shop of course! Okay, really we had an excuse. We had flown into NYC on Sunday during the day and had to stay awake until bedtime so we spent the […]
DDS Goes to New York City (NYC)!
Last year Misses 12 and 10 (then 11 and 9) went on a school ski trip to Courmayeur, Italy. It was an 8-day trip so they were away from home for eight days, EIGHT days, that’s VIII days. BOTH of them […]
Natural Beauty Remedies from the Kitchen Cupboard!
It is often said that the heart of a home is the kitchen. Food plays an integral part in our wellbeing and I always find the kitchen to be a place that is the soul of my family life. It is […]