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More Dash than Cash

'More dash than cash' - a phrase borrowed from UK Vogue referring to style on a budget. But here it's also a place posts are filed away if they are about somewhere you can (literally) dash to - be it for a quick dinner or just something/somewhere easy, low maintenance and relatively good value...
House & Home

Antique Alley

By On Monday, 28 January 2013

I have banged on about this before, but I love discovering places in Singapore that make you feel like you’re stepping back in time.… Read More

Brit Stuff

Bra Shopping

By On Wednesday, 23 January 2013

I hate bra shopping. Nothing bores me to tears more than the thought of having to traipse down to Marks & Spencer’s to pick everything out myself, only to find once I’m… Read More

House & Home

Proper Hand Written Thank you Notes

By On Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Putting pen to paper to say thank you…do you or don’t you? I have to say, up until a moment in time yesterday, I do.  I mean I did. I’m quite relaxed… Read More

Food & Drink

Polish Food…All Just Pickled Cucumbers, Dumplings and Goulash?

By On Thursday, 6 December 2012

Polish food – or certainly the food I have been eating here in Krakow – is delicious. Think blinis and salmon roe (accompanied by an obligatory shot of vodka), the thinnest veal schnitzel… Read More

Fash

From Cornwall…to Krakow

By On Wednesday, 5 December 2012

If you are finding somewhere unbearably cold and have another four weeks of winter weather stretching out in front of you, what’s the best way to get warm? Go somewhere much, much… Read More

Brit Stuff

Thrifting in Cornwall

By On Monday, 3 December 2012

Thrifting sounds better than bargain hunting; it sounds more purposeful and hobby-like… but there’s definitely an American ring to it. Being a Brit, I very boringly refer to it as second hand… Read More

Fash

Boyfriend Watches…and Holidays with Girlfriends

By On Thursday, 22 November 2012

I love the idea of an outsized watch strapped unapologetically to an arm it doesn’t look like it belongs on. Lady-like, dainty watches are all well and good if you’re having tea… Read More