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Month: February 2013

  • In need of a name

    A belated post of sorts yep, but I was lucky enough to be given this beautiful vintage record player as a Christmas gift. She was generously given to me by someone special whom not only tracked her down, but painstakingly restored her; taking her to bits and soldering, de-rusting her amongst more laborious tasks I’m…

  • Breakfast of champions

    Yesterday I took to the kitchen to recreate M1lk’s/Salad Days, Offal Nights Kurdish Baked Eggs. Daunting though the task felt – thanks to a gazillion ingredients and it being something entirely new – the complicated-seeming recipe was not only super-easy to make, but utterly delicious too. I heartily recommend swapping your fried favourites for these…

  • Hey lovers, Hey haters

    May today bring you sunshine, smiles and togetherness. Happy Valentine’s Day, tinkers x

  • Fresh outta the frying pan

    Sunday morning. I’m hungry. The boy? ‘Hungry’ doesn’t even touch the sides. In order to satisfy our rumbling bellies, we headed to M1lk in Balham, the one-time greasy spoon ‘Bistro’ which I’d tried, tested and hated. Thankfully, new owners have taken over the corner-cafe and despite it dripping of ‘hip’ – more undercuts than you…

  • “Sometimes love isn’t firecrackers, sometimes love just comes softly”

    The focus of my recent admiration has been well and truly honed in on one brand and hush now, don’t tell anyone, please, but it’s a wedding brand – The Lane. It’s their mixture of well-chosen photography that you can relate to, plus words that simply charm my inner hippie to the ground. I very…