Pumpkin Spiced Swiss Roll
Learn how to bake cute designs into a cake batter to decorate a Pumpkin Spiced Swiss Roll.
Life, with Clotted Cream
An ordinary life with a dusting of luxury.
Lifestyle
Join me here where I write sketches on the Daily Prompt, make lists on life’s little essentials (who doesn’t like a list?) and share with you my days out and visits to restaurants all over the world.
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Top 5 Most loved ingredients: May
A list of my favourite ingredients that I’ve used during the month of May.
My first visit to Paris
It has been nearly 12 years since my first visit to Paris, France. I had a bucket list since I can remember and one of the things I wanted to experience was to be at the top of the Eiffel tower by my 25th birthday.
Eating our way through Vienna
If there is one thing in life that I truly love, then it is the art of good food. The Hubby and I spent a day and a half in Vienna on a short little weekend break and consumed way more calories than what was needed to sustain life…
Planning a weekend city break to Vienna
I’ve always been a romantic at heart. Besides Paris, I’ve always imagined 18th Century Vienna as one of the most romantic cities on earth. To say that our visit was a slight disappointment is somewhat of an understatement…
It is time to make time
Sometimes it feels as if life is just racing by: the weekends are way too short and before you know it, the vicious blurry cycle starts all over again.
Quote for the day: Monday 7 January
“Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.” Cavett Robert.
Quote for the day: Sunday 6 January
“Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.” Neil Gaiman.
Quote for the day: Saturday 5 January
“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.” Tony Robbins.
Quote for the day: Friday 4 January
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” C.S. Lewis.
Quote for the day: Wednesday 2 January
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” Benjamin Franklin.
Quote for the day: Tuesday 1 January
“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” Oprah Winfrey.
Quote for the day: Monday 31 December
Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one. Brad Paisley.
Quote for the day: Sunday 30 December
“When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things—not the great occasions—give off the greatest glow of happiness.” Bob Hope.
Quote for the day: Saturday 29 December
“Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance—each beautiful, unique, and gone too soon.” Deborah Whipp.
Quote for the day: Friday 28 December
“Peace on earth will come to stay when we live Christmas every day.” Helen Steiner Rice.
Quote for the day: Thursday 27 December
“Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.” Dr Seuss.
6 Things I loved in South Africa
You often see these extreme health and safety picture meme’s with the caption ‘Only in Africa’… I’ve identified 6 things I truly love about South Africa.
Quote of the day: Saturday 29 September
People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the people they ignore at home. Dagobert D Runes.
Quote of the day: Friday 28 September
Life must be terrible for working people, considering they spend every Friday night celebrating a two-day break from it. Robert Black.
Quote of the day: Saturday 22 September
I dislike feeling at home when I’m abroad. George Bernard Shaw.
Quote of the day: Friday 21 September
Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forth! You have my blessing. Florence Welch.
Quote of the day: Saturday 15 September
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. Mark Twain.
Quote of the day: Friday 14 September
Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music, and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays. Henny Youngman.
Coffee Shop Gems in North West, South Africa
I love the fact that there are very few coffee chains in South Africa. People make a living by trying to be more unique that the next person down the road. The result? Gems!
Quote of the day: Saturday 8 September
Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. Gustave Flaubert.
Quote of the day: Friday 7 September
“It’s Friday morning mankind! Good vibe, don’t frown and let the monster see you smile!“ Napz Cherub Pellazo.
Top free-ish things to do in London
William Shenstone said: “Nothing is certain in London but expense.”
I disagree…
My top six Restaurants in London
Oscar Wilde said:
The man who can dominate a London dinner table can dominate the world.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little bit extra…
I am a firm believer of many things. One of those are that one should never settle for ordinary. Always do that little bit extra to make the ordinary, well, extraordinary!
I’ve cheated!
I rarely buy ready made meals; I prefer making everything from scratch because that way I know exactly what goes into my body.
