Category: Food & Drink

The Perfect Little Black Dress

by Retro Chick • April 7, 2014 • 24 Comments

I’ve had an amazing weekend! I hope you did too? It’s not the sort of weekend I expect to come around again, and I feel very lucky to have had such amazing opportunities all in one go. I shan’t be…

Foraging Around

by Gemma • April 2, 2014 • 5 Comments

I have lots and lots of posts, all backing up that I will be writing soon, including a very stern and scientifically rigorous investigation into what is the best breakfast to have in a hotel room, a review of some…

Pink Hair and British Tapas

by Retro Chick • March 26, 2014 • 79 Comments

For weeks now I’ve had a tube of Raspberry hair dye eyeing me from the bathroom shelf. I bought some Schwarzkopf Raspberry Rebel on an impulse. Then chickened out after dire warnings on Facebook that it would never wash out…

P-P-Protein Power

by Gemma • March 4, 2014 • 8 Comments

One of my health goals for this year was to improve my diet, and in particular eat more protein, less fat and be more organised with eating around my exercise sessions. I’d never thought of using protein supplements to do…

Retro Chick Reviews: King of Soho Gin

by Retro Chick • January 29, 2014 • 25 Comments

I’ve mentioned before that I’m not really a gin drinker. I used to avoid gin like the plague, and then I discovered that actually there are some gins I quite like and that not all gins are created equal. With…

Breakfast in Mexico

by Retro Chick • January 27, 2014 • 21 Comments

It’s rainy, dreary, grey and windy. Welcome to Monday. And Saturday and Sunday for that matter. On Saturday I decided grey and dreary needed perking up and the only was to pretend I was on holiday in Mexico for an…

Because You Can’t Be Good All the Time

by Gemma • January 27, 2014 • 3 Comments

The other week I was contacted by Waitrose. In January they want to encourage people to enjoy life a bit more and find something to celebrate, so they’re giving away a free bottle of Champagne with all orders over Â£50.…

Cocktails with Bettie Page

by Retro Chick • January 24, 2014 • 18 Comments

Last night I took my new dress out for cocktails. Ever since I came back from Las Vegas it’s been hung on the back of my bedroom door eyeing me reproachfully. “I don’t care about your coughing and spluttering” it…

Flora Pro Activ Healthy Christmas Recipe

by Gemma • December 18, 2013 • 1 Comment

About a week ago I got home from a trip away to find a note saying a parcel had been left with my neighbour. I popped round to pick it up, only to find the HUGEST box (sorry neighbour!) I…

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