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  • Bakemas has not been forgotten…

    …merely its coverage paused due to illness; yuck. Here’s what been happening in the Eco Office while I’ve been away (I think – no, I know –  I’ve been sorely missing out). Day 7 of Bakemas Holly with her Bakewell Tart, Amanda and her Gingerbread Cookies, and Edith with her double chocolate biscuits. Day 8…

  • The 12 Days of Bakemas – we’re half way there

    Following on from yesterday, Charlotte,  the Eco Office’s PR Guru, crafted Pesto Palmiers (much neater than mine, I must say). Lilly, our buying assistant extraordinaire, whipped up festive-hued “I Have No Ideas” – we pressed her to give her white chocolate creations a name, so she did.

  • Bakemas – Day 5

    As we march towards the half-way mark of The 12 Days of Bakemas, today saw Zoe and Yours Truly as the girls with the goods. Zoe went for a savoury number – homemade sausage rolls – and on a similar pastry-based slant, I tried my hand at Liberty London Girl’s Nutella and Toasted Nut Palmiers.…

  • The 12 Days of Bakemas – Day 4

    As The 12 Days of Bakemas continue, it’s safe to say we’re in full festive swing here at the Eco Office. Today, it’s Kris and Caroline’s turn to showcase their sugary treats. Kris (left) made the South African-inspired Chocolate Crispies and Caroline; homemade cookies – one batch of gingerbread and another of chocolate chip. Delicious……

  • Bakemas, Baby – Day 3

    Today Laura and Paola took over from Claire and Fiona for the third instalment of The 12 Days of Bakemas. On a Monday afternoon, I think we were all in need of a pick-me-up and the girls did us proud – Laura with the curious, yet totally delicious Mint Bark (an American, crispy, peppermint biscuit) and…

  • The 12 days of Bakemas – day 2

    It’s the end of the week, it’s Christmas (almost), and we’re feeling festive hunger pangs in the eco-office. Thankfully, as day two of The 12 Days of Bakemas is upon us, Claire and Fiona have whipped up quite the sugary-sweet feast. Today we have Blondies with Pecans, and Melted Snowmen to fill our faces with…

  • Introducing The 12 Days of Bakemas

    Today marks the beginning of two-and-a-bit weeks worth of toothsome delights in the eco office – a.k.a. The 12 Days of Bakemas.  This involves different members of the team baking on a daily basis and sharing their hand-crafted goodies amongst the rest of us greedy lot. It’s important to mention that this is not a…

  • Telling tales of adventure

    A few years back I met a tall, utterly modest girl named Hannah. She soon scurried off from the brand we worked for, swapping the London 9-5 to cross continents upon the back seat of a sand-sprayed motorcycle. She explored the sites of, and drew inspiration from, her surroundings and with nonchalant strength, endured –…

  • Music to move you

    This song, a certain someone, a slow dance. Can it get any better?    

  • Bright lights, big city

     

  • Things I’m grateful for

    It’s been quite a while since I last posted about the things I’m grateful for. Great start at a regular feature there, soldiersailor. However, here I am, thinking about the last two weeks that have been action-packed and fun-filled. My, there are a plethora of things that I’m thoroughly thankful for. Here goes… wonderful friends, from countries far and wide…

  • In the company of legends

    Last night we dined on seared trout, sipped ginger beer and spiced rum, and shaked, rattled and staggered rolled as the Classic Rock Magazine Awards played out in London’s Roundhouse. A good friend and I sat amongst famous faces including everyone from Vic Reeves to Status Quo and the phenomenal Billy Gibbons of ZZ top…

  • Loved for an altogether different reason

    There is no nook, no space, where one can’t find inspiration. Sometimes I find myself drifting off – years down the line I’m still the ‘daydreamer’ school teachers reprimanded me for being. Midst reverie yesterday, it was Aussie singer-songwriter Angus Stone’s new video – Monsters –  that caught me in its mysterious and rather beautiful web. The…

  • Be gone, Tuesday blues

    It’s Tuesday. It isn’t the beginning of the week, nor the middle, and its preposterously far from the end, too. My point? We’re in the weekday equivalent of No Man’s Land, and darn it, we find ourselves in this virtual ill-lit hole once every seven days. All is not lost though, not when all you…

  • The sound of seven days

    It’s been a mental, crazy, crazy seven days. A week filled with laughter; nerves; immense decisions; old, and newborn friends. Who knew so much could happen in such a short space of time? Six songs became the soundtrack to this abbreviated epoch, each offering a bit of a buzz, right when it was undeniably needed. As…

  • Henrik Schwarz – Where We At (Part 2) feat. Ame, Dixon, Derrick Carter

    A lot of people talk about music ‘taking you on a journey’. Often, it’s just PR speil, but sometimes, you really are in for one heck of a voyage. Henrik Schwarz’s Where We At (Part 2) – featuring Âme, Dixon, and Derrick Carter – is a track that fits this very bill. After spending most…

  • Sock-knockin’, road-trippin’

    Every now and then you discover something that knocks your socks off. For me, it’s currently YouandEwans’ track ‘1988’. Maybe I’ve heard it before, I don’t know. Maybe it’s because I’m going on a three-day Bavarian adventure from Monday. Whatever it is, this song has literally injected sunshine into my morning. Hopefully it’ll do the…

  • A little Friday inspiration

    Featuring/from: Pinterest Fashion-and-fine-reads (Pinterest) Richard Braqo Div Sagar Marlene Dietrich (in Hitchcock’s Stage Fright) A Bohemian Life Gabriella Marina Gonzalez Nowmanifest  

  • Embracing the dark side

    My mother loves goths. More to the point, she loves being one. When she first revealed this penchant for dressing-up I asked her, “What would you have said if I was a goth as a teenager?” Her reply was simple, “I’d have loved it.” Unfortunately for my mother, I think I was a bit of…

  • Arm candy (that’s ethical, too)

    This little treat arrived in the post today. A travelling, trackable wrist accoutrement that’s not only ethically-sourced and utterly beautiful, but is also designed to encourage global acts of kindness. Band 4 Hope are responsible for its conception – a team that’s formed of the fair trade warriors Lachlan McWilliam, Miriam McWilliam, Hamish McWilliam, and Lucie Gait.…

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