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Let Her Get Cosy: The Shelfie

from 24th May 2014 by .

Forgive me if you will. This post has nothing to do with nutrition and everything to do with interiors. But it’s about me and I love sharing a bit more about me with you in each post. When we left London I all of a sudden found this new love for interiors. Finally my husband […]

Cardiff was mine

from 19th May 2014 by .

Last week I got handed the keys. The metaphorical, social media keys to the Welsh capital and the opportunity to share how a week in my home city pans out via the Cardiff Is Yours Twitter feed. I’m sure we’re all often guilty of not appreciating fully that which is handed to us on a […]

My Happy Place

from 9th May 2014 by .

Nothing is more liberating than the great outdoors. I feel free, I feel whole, I feel like me. Nothing makes me happier than being outside. It’s painfully ironic really given I’ll be the first to admit I’m not one to shun life’s more material (indoor) delights – champagne bars? (the answer is always “yes please”), overpriced […]

(Un) healthy competition

from 22nd April 2014 by .

Being super fit and healthy is trendier than ever before. And that’s kinda cool. I’m all for folks wanting to better themselves – especially via nutrition and exercise but I feel it’s all getting rather desperately competitive, especially amongst girls. There’s a frantic daily race to post a bag of freshly ground flaxseed or a […]

Sometimes it’s ok to take the escalator

from 17th April 2014 by .

I was watching the London Marathon at the weekend, the first time since 2011 that I’ve played the part of spectator, not runner. I did more than my fair share of shouting, screeching, yelling and cheering but in amidst the madness of it all there was a fleeting moment of reflection and something I’ve been […]

What I learned about food styling

from 6th April 2014 by .

Earlier this week I had the absolute pleasure of working on a client food styling project with two insanely talented people – Lucy Heath from Capture by Lucy and Pete Cookson from Paleo Chef. The daughter of a Dad that went to catering college, I’ve inherited some glorious genes that mean I like to make […]

Making better connections

from 23rd March 2014 by .

We recently spent two weeks with two really good friends. It’s safe to say our insanely accommodating hosts learned even more about me in those two weeks than they already knew. Oh, it’s ok, they always knew I was high maintenance. And that becomes even more acceptable after 24 years of friendship when you’re impeccably […]

Clean eating in the Cayman Islands

from 20th March 2014 by .

One of my longest standing school friends is perhaps the longest suffering when it comes to every fad diet she was forced to endure throughout our formative years as I dabbled with calorie counting, point tallying, not eating very much, gorging myself stupid and quite frankly living a life of relative meal time misery. Whilst […]

Visiting CrossFit Cayman

from 19th March 2014 by .

I love visiting new CrossFit boxes. I especially love re-visiting really good CrossFit boxes and this month saw me head back to CrossFit Cayman for a second time. A return visit to CrossFit Cayman – but this time I succeeded in dragging my husband along too… Every time the haters rear their heads with ‘CrossFit […]

Results of the Dragon CrossFit Clean Living Challenge

from 17th March 2014 by .

Becoming part of Team DC and signing up to the Clean Living Challenge was a brilliant way to kick start 2014. It’s given me new training focus, new ambition, helped me appreciate my strengths and allowed me to understand more about the weaknesses that have held me back and how I can go about improving […]