A Manhattan Bridge Walk
I think most of us who have visited New York City (NYC) may have done the iconic Brooklyn Bridge walk. We even made the kids do it with us one time (we weren’t too popular that day). It was similar to the day […]
How to manage two (or more!) kids and car seats in taxis
Just when you thought you’d mastered the car-seat-in-taxis-thing and avoided spending the better part of your child’s college fund on getting a car in Singapore, you find yourself with TWO kids (or, the horror, THREE kids!) in car seats and […]
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 […]
Novice Guide: Homebrewing with the Iwaki Water Drip (Cold Brewed)
The heat of Singapore makes a cold brew coffee the perfect beverage for this coffee lover. My first bottle of cold brew coffee was discovered while rushing from one part of town to the other. No time to wait or […]
Red Brush Art, a Journey of Hobby to Business
Could this be a match made in heaven? So many business owners I’ve talked to have bemoaned the fact that they had started their enterprise because of a passion. They absolutely loved what they were doing. Unfortunately, the day-to-day running of […]
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 […]
Ohmyhome, Helping Singaporeans Buy, Sell and Rent their Flats
Rhonda Wong’s vision of “making it” is not of herself, in fact, her millionaire status has no bearing on what she considers “success”. In our email interview with founder and CEO of Ohmyhome, the young entrepreneur told us her about what […]
Top Three Coffee Spots of the Week (Round 5)
Finally! I’ve gotten around to my Top Three Coffee Spots of the Week! Obviously, it’s not “of the week” anymore seeing as December was our last post on this. The only fix to this problem would be for me to […]
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 […]
Our Monthly Planner and Calendar
Late last year, we discovered bullet journaling and fell in love with the process. Together with Sabina Spiteri (aka @deepestdarkestsuburbia) we developed the Vanilla Beige Monthly Planner and Calendar. We also did a collection of Planner Lists that you can download […]