the knackered mother's wine club
the blog where it all began
Last Saturday, I went to New York for work for a few days. I ate banana pancakes, sushi and steak. I drank a ginger mojito and glasses of German Riesling, Ribera del Duero and Albarino. I walked the...
Last Monday, I hit send. I pressed the button and off went my book (or manuscript, apparently) to my editor. Thing is, I still can’t say manuscript without feeling like this shouldn’t...
There are a good few thought-provoking posts about having it all around at the moment, sparked in part by a session at that blogging conference I told you about. I thought I might post about it too...
So I didn’t win the blogging award as mentioned last week but I did win a Wii at the same event, thereby making me the most popular parent in our house by quite some margin. The week’s...
It was my friend’s 40th on Saturday night and the theme was Caribbean. So I had a spray tan. The idea was to look slightly less knackered bronzed. As it turned out, I got caught on the eyebrow...
It’s not out yet (due for launch February 2013) but here it is. My book cover. I’ll do wine recommendations tomorrow. For now, I’ll just stare at this a wee bit longer...
Make-up wise I favour the natural look, but nowadays this requires a certain degree of pre-planning. Sadly, I can’t seem to carry off the salt ‘n’ pepper look as well as Clooney...
This is me, celebrating the Jubilee. The Silver one, that is, in 1977. Today, as I sat under a canopy with my own children, in the pouring rain, I wondered what their memories might be. Hopefully...
There’s a lady I know, Fiona, who’s written books on matching food and wine. She’s really good at it. I mean really good. Wine and truffles? She’s on it. Wine and Japanese...
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