It still stings, even after all this time. The table cloths were crisp and white, the frock perfect, the back-ground tinkle and hum sophisticated and the waiter attentive. Or at least he was. “I think we’ll have a bottle of the soave (pronounced to rhyme with Hove) thanks.” The sneer was fleeting, but it signalled […]
I love my children very much, but I wish they’d stop giving me rubbish
My older boys are the most fantastic and generous little people. They are often giving me things… only yesterday Boy Two gave me two of his SillyBandz. It absolutely squeezed my heart when he insisted I have the bands, they were from his first packet. I had to wear them then and there in the […]
50 Shades of Mince – Family Supper at the Fisher’s Hotel, Pitlochry
Mince: full of beefy potential Ooft. The smell of mince hit us as soon as we found our way to the ‘family’ dining room. Every adult in the place bore the look of someone who had just been momentarily transported to their school lunchtimes only to realise it was just a trick of the mind. Perhaps […]
They had me at “we’ll supply you with Soreen”…
Inboxes are funny old things. One minute they’re full of once-in-a-lunchtime offers to do something you don’t fancy for a few quid off and dodgy press releases, and the next well there’s something wonderful. And on one day last month, it was an email inviting me to test and help promote Soreen in exchange for free […]
How can I cure a picky eater?
Food, for me, is one of life’s joys. I’ve never understood pickiness, it’s all marvellous to me. A decade or so ago, I fully anticipated family meals of the future where my children happily tucked in to whatever tasty treat I’d rustled up, turning their noses up at breadcrumbed pap in favour of sophisticated flavours. […]