Elin Hilderbrand, the queen of beach reads set on Nantucket, is back with a book of short stories and novelas. This collection is a series of stories that are prequels, sequel stories, lost chapters and longer stories that tie into her previous books and characters. We revisit characters from books like Summer of 69, Beautiful …
When Sherri moves to town with her 10 year old daughter Katie, she manages to upset the tight knit and cliquey group of mothers by befriending the grieving widow Rebecca, who has a daughter the same age, and a teenage daughter Alexa. Alexa is at somewhat of a loose end over the Summer, and babysits …
Look at all those berries.... The top layer sprinkled on, ready for the oven! Voila! Delicious! This cobbler recipe is delicious and really easy to make. I love it because it's all simple ingredients and you can use either fresh or frozen strawberries. This time I tried it out with frozen mixed berries. It didn't …
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I'm one of the few women I know who likes her body. I just like being me. It's oddly unfashionable to like yourself. There seems to be a thought that a woman who likes herself is somehow arrogant or uncaring. But what's uncaring about saying, hey, it's fun being me? It's wonderful being a woman? …
Continue reading Talk Body Positive: White Summer Bikini And Maxi Dress from Boohoo.com
This week marks the Autumnal Equinox, which means the very last days of Summer are upon us. Definitely time to wear some of your favourite dresses before it gets too cold. This one is from Joe Browns, which you can shop HERE. I paired it with some vintage accessories and a bold red lipstick. I …
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Ah, Collectif, where have you been all my life? On a recent jaunt through East London, I wandered into a vintage style store and fell in love. And not only that, they were having a sale. Cue this dress, a modern reproduction of a vintage pattern with little 50's pin up paper dolls printed all …
Continue reading OOTD: Pin Up Paper Doll Vintage dress and Nars Rita Lipstick.
London is often called a green city, because although it's very densely populated and built up, it's also got some truly lovely large parks and gardens. One of the smaller gardens is in Chelsea, and contains the second oldest botanical garden in the UK. Chelsea Physick Garden was established in 1673, and remains to this …
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I won an award! I'm really excited and I have to say a big thank you to Discount Sunglasses for the award, and a big thank you to my friends and blog followers who voted. I love you guys all so much, reading your comments and your blogs, it's great fun. My blog post, about …
I came across Swim Classy, the New Jersey based Swimwear brand on Instagram, and I loved the way that they used real women as models. The designs of the bikini's and one pieces are really good: modern, flattering and sexy without revealing too much. I started to wonder, who was behind this great brand? Swim …
I have a bit of a thing about white dresses in Summer. They feel so cool and fresh, and perfect for barbeques, garden parties, whatever. Although I invariably spill something on them almost immediately, I still buy them every year. I fell in love with this dress which you can find along with a myriad …
Continue reading Summer look: White Paint Splatter Dress and Bright Lips.
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