Category Archives: kids

sink or swim

All over the country you’ll find Mothers On Steroids.  Rushing her poor little darlings this way and that in some over-charged effort to make them THE BEST at everything.  Meanwhile, there are mothers like me who try not to be … Continue reading

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freedom of paint with Cass Art

An artist  I am NOT.  But I do love mucking around with paints, brushes, pens and some really thick white paper.  It’s the feeling I get, you see, each time I start something new.  A blank piece of paper which … Continue reading

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Restaurant review: Barnyard

Just about everything describing Barnyard, the latest opening in London, W1, appealed.  Home-cooking, no booking, small plates (for Smalls), wings-waffles-shakes, a properly rusty interior to photograph and the name Ollie Dabbous.  I was sold – and seeing as we’re mid-Easter … Continue reading

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Skiing in Sölden, Austria

I think one of my previous posts more than confirmed that He and I agree our Smalls need to learn to ski.    But – on top of learning – they need to feel the WHOOSH of it all too.  And … Continue reading

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