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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...
Brit Stuff

Porter Magazine

By On Sunday, 11 May 2014

A slightly odd post considering I was delivered this magazine to my door in Asia and I am now in rural France…which makes fashion seem somewhat meaningless as I trudge though muddy… Read More

Food & Drink

Three Brilliant Apps

By On Monday, 7 April 2014

Following on from my last post on apps that are actually helpful and vaguely deliver on their life changing promises, here’s my three latest downloads that I’m loving:… Read More

Fash

My Edit: Search and You Will Find

By On Friday, 4 April 2014

I am not much of a fan of Tanglin ‘maul’. It’s useful but there’s something distinctly over-priced and over-rated about the whole experience.  And just when you thought Cold Storage couldn’t be… Read More

Brit Stuff

Tartan Trend

By On Monday, 31 March 2014

Despite my Scottish roots, I don’t own any tartan. Our family tartan happens to have an orange streak running through it and always used to remind me slightly of sick (although looking… Read More

More Dash than Cash

Where to Go When you Bump Your Car

By On Friday, 28 March 2014

I am often getting in to slight scrapes with my car. Generally nothing too serious – I tend to run in to bollards, the odd wall and, on more than one occasion,… Read More

Day Trips

Teck Sing and the Mind-Blowing Chicken

By On Monday, 17 March 2014

Last time I checked, Johor Bahru was not listed in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s recent global survey as being one of the most expensive cities to live in. On the basis that… Read More

Beauty

Organising My Life

By On Tuesday, 4 March 2014

I have a veneer of organisation. A thin one. Scratch the surface and it’s chaos. I am, however, feeling a new sense of empowerment having more or less tipped my house upside… Read More