December 2010
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Men’s Shades
I love men’s sunglasses. Simple and reliable and often built with endurance and such practicalities as polarized lenses in mind, I would take a pair oversized protective masculine shades over a pair of flimsy dimante things any day… It was always my father’s sunglasses that I would steal as a child, not my mother’s. He [...]
Look what I found! A little rummage through the Christmas sales…
These are my favourite finds in the Christmas sales so far:
THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!!!
And the prize for Best Christmas Present of the Year goes to my cousin Naoise, who gave my brother the most amazing book ever for Christmas: Information is Beautiful by David McCandless. This book contains exactly what it says on the cover: Information on EVERYTHING from the types of fish we should and shouldn’t be [...]
Bored this Christmas? Hop on board!
Sometimes, and it might sound terrible to say but just sometimes Christmas can be boring… Not at first when there is a magic in the sound of carols, the smell of pine, clementines and mulled wine but after the day itself there can be a bit of a lull. Not in a bad way… but [...]
All I want for Christmas…
Canon PowerShot SX210 IS Digital Camera – Black (14.1 MP, 14x Optical Zoom) 3.0 Inch PureColor LCD, Amazon 1. A Digital Camera: My last one is old and has aged rather disgracefully. Too many parties… too many dancefloors… it now thinks it should make films when all I want is to take photos. I keep [...]
Royal Charms
Two official engagement photos of William and Kate were released this weekend. Shot by Mario Testino, the couple look beautiful in both the photo set against the formal backdrop of the Council Chamber at St James’s Palace and the more relaxed photo in which the couple are set within the warm embrace of each others’ [...]
Doorstep Discoveries
Woke up this morning to make 2 wonderful discoveries. The first was outside my bedroom door – a little white paper bag with my favorite croissants from Le Pain Au Quotidien inside (LOVE my friends!!!) and the second was in the fridge downstairs in the kitchen… TRAFFIC JAM!!! The colour of red, amber and green… [...]
