Wedding in Kinsale

I love weddings. I’m a romantic and have been known to ruin my make-up weeping buckets when the bride walks up the aisle and again when the newly marrieds kiss. Funnily enough, I didn’t shed a tear at my own wedding 33 years ago. Last week, however, I spent much of the day feeling emotional

CACI……Does it work?

What do Jennifer Lopez, Barbara Windsor, Cliff Richard and little old me have in common?  They are big fans of CACI facial treatments and now I am too. As you know, I am keen to explore ways to keep the wrinkles from taking over my face completely, eager to stop the jaw line from sagging
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Mocha Chocolate Tiramisu Delight

You’ve already had the recipe for the main course from our last Supper Club – well, here’s a real treat – dessert – in the form of Mocha Chocolate Tiramisu. Serves 8 500ml cream 325gm Mascarpone cheese 115gm/4oz caster sugar 60ml/2 fl oz coffee liqueur (Tia Maria) 2tbsp cocoa powder 1tsp instant coffee powder (dissolve in

Suede Coat

I never really got the opportunity to wear 70s fashion way back in the 1970s. Firstly I was in school and following that a poor college student.  A pair of pink flares and a paisley patterned, crimplene, maxi dress, complete with lime green hood are the sum total of my seventies fashion. So when I
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Playing dress-up in Arnotts

Predictability is my middle name when it comes to shopping and dresses. According to my family, most of my dresses are variations on a theme ….fitted and knee length in winter and fitted and maxi in summer. I argue the exceptions, but to no avail. So elder daughter (not the stylist) and I visited Arnotts
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The Supper Club Concept

We started the Supper Club eight years ago. That’s eight years of wonderful food and wine, laughter and serious debate, fun and above all friendship. Here’s how it works. There are six of us. Each person hosts once a year, provides the venue, cooks the main course, ensures there is plenty of wine ….. The

Does my bum look big in this?

Finding the perfect pair of denim jeans is never easy, no matter what age you are, but it is far more difficult when you are ‘of a certain age’. You know what I mean. The thickening of the waist, the dropping of the derriere etc. all add to the dilemma. My own bum is probably

The Juicing Game

We make a juice two or three times a week, particularly when I feel like I need a light breakfast or an energy boost if I have over-indulged at dinner the night before.   GG is the juicer in our house and in our favourite he uses the following ingredients: 2 apples or half a

If my back could talk…

If my back could talk, what would it say? It would reprimand me for years of neglect and abuse. I did aerobics on hard floors, I did Jane Fonda’s Workout (complete with leotard and leggings!), I ran for miles on tarmac roads, I rushed out to play sport without properly warming up, particularly in my

‘Orange is the New Black’

No, it’s not a fashion piece but a review of a comedy-drama series on Netflix based on a book of the same name by Piper Kerman. Maybe you have all been watching this already and I came to it late, but if you haven’t put it on your list. GG and I have just finished
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The Soother Issue

I don’t understand all the furore about little Harper Beckham and her soother. It’s the first time I’ve seen her pictured with one, so most likely she was tired and cranky and needed a comforter.   I didn’t give mine soothers and looking back, I’m sorry I didn’t! Our eldest never slept through the night
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Quick, easy and tasty…very, very tasty – dinner for two

  I often cook salmon – it has numerous health benefits – the Omega 3 fatty acids are good for the heart, the joints and the brain, to name but a few. If I can’t buy fresh, I always have some frozen from LIDL in the freezer and dinner can be ready in less than

Holidaying in Malta

Do you have the same problem as me when travelling, namely taking too many things that will never be needed and forgetting items that were much more important … and then convincing yourself that you will write a list down for future trips? A recent trip to Malta (to attend a wedding) was a perfect

The Coffee Fix

I love a good cup of coffee. I only allow myself one a day so it has to be perfect! For me, it’s not the milky latte or creamy cappuchino – it’s all about the Americano, smooth yet strong and rich! At home, I get my caffeine fix from our Nespresso machine, well used over

Implant Transformation

“I wish I’d looked after me teeth!” (Pam Ayres!) Just back from a visit to the dentist. How things have changed over the years. When I was a child, such a visit was a traumatic experience, as I sat in the cold, antiseptic waiting room with out-of-date magazines, listening to the terrifying sound of the

Wrinkles, wrinkles everywhere and not a cure in sight!

I am always shocked (well, disappointed maybe!) when I look in the mirror and see my face – it’s not bad, as faces go, it’s just that I seem to think I should still look like the photos hanging on the wall that were taken nearly 20 years ago. The sagging jawline is always traumatic
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