Make Mine a Manhattan
byTodays post is devoted to my favourite cocktail. The Manhattan. The Manhattan appears to have originated in the mid to late 1800’s, like most…
Food & Drink
How to Make Hot Mars Bar Vodka
byIT’S SNOWING! Well, it was snowing at the weekend and the newspapers are gleefully reporting weeks of travel chaos and arctic temperatures. When it…
An Excuse to Throw a Tea Party for Marie Curie
byMarie Curie Cancer Care have very helpfully provided you with an excuse to throw a vintage tea party. Isn’t that nice of them? From…
Any Excuse – Vintage Sweets
byYum, yum, yum…. For my birthday I got a packet of my favourite sweets in the world. I don’t have a big sweet tooth,…
Retro Chick Cooks: Cranberry & Mulled Wine Stew
byI promised I was going to try and do some recipe and food posts this year, and here we are, my first try! I’m…
Have a Happy Halloween!
byTo ease you into the weekend here’s short video I took of the String Quartet at the Norwich Beer Festival yesterday. I only had…
The Changing Face of the Babycham Deer
byI love Babycham glasses and that iconic Babycham Deer. I always buy Babycham glasses whenever I see them. I started picking them up about…
Hidden Gems – Bobby Jo's 50s Diner in Southend
byI really love it when you unexpectedly find fantastic places, but last time I posted about one of my hidden gems it proved unexpectedly…
Sponsor Spotlight: The Perfect Afternoon Tea
byAfternoon tea. That’s a very British institution. Apparently introduced to England by the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in the year 1840 it involves Tea…