My breakfast yesterday was slightly different than normal, as I was invited by Silver Cross to the launch of its new Wayfarer pram and Simplicity car seat; no-one tried to flick cereal at me, for a change! It took place at the Club at The Ivy, in Covent Garden. You can read all about the pram and…
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How not to buy your child’s first pair of shoes
Photos: shoe buying attempt one, shoe buying attempt two, and shoe buying attempt three (success!) Buying your child’s first pair of shoes can’t be that difficult…can it? Well you’d think so, but we’ve just bought ours; on the third attempt. So to avoid making the mistakes that we did, here’s a guide of things to…
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Where Next? The ‘Life After London’ Question Mark
The Life After London Question… Are you thinking of moving out of London? Just had kids and need more space and a garden? We’re thinking about the options for life after London. Moving Out Of London – A Crossroads One night in my mid-twenties I’d gone out out after work with my friend Nick and…
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The weekly shop would cost £453 if food had risen in line with house prices…
I am currently taking a healthy interest in property prices. To be more precise, the impractical, sky-high price of London property, coupled with our need to upsize in the next year or so. Watching all the property programmes? Constantly looking at Rightmove? Yep, that’s me…it’s fair to say it’s something that’s on my mind a…
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Baby steps
So we’ve had quite a week! There were lots of things I was going to write about in this post. Like how we’re getting on so much better following Eliza’s first full three days at nursery (once she’s distracted she really likes it, once I’m distracted I’m not quite as emotional as I was last…
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Happy 150th birthday to the London Underground
Eliza is very nearly the grand old age of one, but everyone’s subterranean soul sister the Tube is much, much older; happy 150th birthday to the London Underground! Like most Londoners I have a love / hate relationship with it which is often hate / hate when you just want to get home from work,…
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The best place to have a manicure in South London
Mums, how often do you take time out to do things for yourself? Pre-baby, you’re used to wallowing in that luxurious concept of free time, so it’s a shock when you don’t have five minutes to even consider doing something like straightening your hair, for days, when you have a tiny crying newborn. It’s a tired…