I’m a bit of a lush. If there’s an opportunity to drink, I will. Brunch? Fantastic, I’ll have a Bloody Mary or a Mimosa. Thanks. Lunch with friends; wine. Dinner with friends; wine. Date? Bit of Dutch courage, glass of fizz while choosing something to wear. Night out with the girls, fizz to get us […]
The end of another year is just around the corner marked by Christmas finally arriving in Barcelona. I must admit that I love the fact that the marketing/adverts/festive lights/parades and parties aren’t shovelled down our collective throats here, like tinselled and baubled foie, until 1st December….. it feels easier to appreciate darling old Santa’s birthday […]
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Our hearts are with you once again, Paris. Love and peace will prevail. Xxx
You know when you were a kid and your parents said, “stop whingeing, these are the best days of your life”? Well, they knew what they were talking about and we all should’ve listened up, and immediately played hard and funned the sh*t out of life. They imparted this pearl (constantly) because they had – […]
I am in the grips of the first stages of the menopause. I have felt it very prominently over the last three months. Most notably because it’s created a huge creative block (actually not just creative, but everyday life administration too). My mind is so constantly consumed by anxiety; I can’t think of anything else […]
You may or may not have seen in various press today, reports about comments that Kim Cattrall made on Women’s Hour. She has recently spoken out about her feelings towards the term, ‘childless’, saying she feels that it suggests that women who don’t have children are somehow missing something. I am inclined to agree with her on this point. -less Word origin […]
After reading Alyson Walsh’s piece in the Guardian today, I took a long, hard look at myself in the mirror and decided I disagree with pretty much ALL of it. Firstly, that ain’t no grand embracing of nothing Ms Walsh; the change is barely visible, so don’t be patting yourself on your oh-so-brave back, just yet. If that […]
Bugaboo, Bugaboo, Bugaboo, what are we going to do with you!? A photograph from a Vogue Netherlands shoot was posted to the Facebook page of the baby buggy brand, showing a woman running in her knickers. Pushing her toddler in said buggy. Through the park. Like you do. The woman is in incredible shape. But […]
Well, maybe I should have kids, after all! *PSYCH! After some months of rude, crude and downright dirty online dating experiences, (did I mention the **Italian journalist who wanted me to call him ‘slave’, lick my stilettos and sent a late-night, drunken message about pee? Nope? Another time maybe); I have seen a tiny chink […]
I’ve been in the middle of a weird work situation. That being that I am freelance, and that one of the partners of the agency that hires me for the main part of my week, doesn’t want to accept the professional relationship as such. As a freelance, you are your own boss. Or so I […]
The Secret Diary of Anne Pank 