that canadian girl

Recently, I’ve taken a particular interest in technology in public places, probably due to spending too much time pondering my surroundings while waiting for the train. This latest example, discovered thanks to Michael Dales, is close to home just North of Cambridge. It’s so simple and it’s bound to make a lot of young people happy [...]

Nearly a year ago, I wrote about my #themeword for 2008, which was exploration. My objectives were to explore in four key areas; travel, business opportunities, new or unused skills and friendships/ relationships. In reflection, it was a good year. In fact, it was an amazing year. I could have done better in terms of [...]

The weeks preceding Christmas are bloody awful. I hate going into Cambridge and finding myself attacked by people with a dozen shopping bags in each hand, looking haggard and miles from the supposed Christmas spirit we’re meant to be in. My favourite bit about shopping centres is usually people-watching; everyone is so self-absorbed when shopping, [...]

Dan Germain blogged about the ultimate job at Innocent Drinks, one of creative writer. Anyone who knows the Innocent brand and loves it as much as I do will agree that these are big shoes to fill. The writing is one of the assets that make the (somewhat overpriced) smoothies seem so much more appealing [...]

Dear Britain, Every year, over 17.5 billion plastic carrier bags are given out by supermarkets to enable you to take your shopping home. We all collect bags of bags, reusing maybe 5% of them at most, and disposing of the rest either by dropping them in those big supermarket bins, or at home in the [...]

I don’t know why I’m calling this post off-topic, it’s not like there’s much consistency in what I post here. It’s a bit like me talking, it rarely makes sense and there’s little common thread! A couple of months ago, I went on a little hippie trip and bought a sprouter*, in which you can [...]

My Sainsburys purchases for the next couple of days Olives Mozzarella Sunblush tomatoes (mmmm!) Sea salt & rosemary flatbread crackers Chilli topped hummus Lentils, carrots, parsnips and coriander to make a nice hearty soup tonight Chorizo sausage Fresh thyme and rosemary Antipasto tear & share bread Big juicy cherries and greek yogurt for dessert While [...]

I gasped at the stats I heard this morning on Radio 1 and had to go find the original article myself for a bit more information. Research highlights our lack of imagination in the kitchen, with few of us bothering to cook new dishes, and most living on around just four regular dishes. The average [...]

Thought I’d post this to let the girls know… Lush*, who usually make funky soaps and can cause a cloud of girly candyfloss smell to take over a mile ’round every one of its shops, is opening a few spas across the UK. No details as far as locations go, but the goss from the [...]

This might seem like a bit of an inane topic to be posting about, but Seth got me thinking tonight. (he does that a lot…) The reason this got me thinking is that we (my husband and I) have swapped every possible lightbulb in our house with energy saving ones, and I take such a [...]