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Baby’s First Trip to the Circus
On her four-month birthday on Sunday, my niece Isabel had her first trip to the circus. The Moscow State Circus was in town, and it was a brilliant show, with incredible arial and acrobatic acts. Of course, it was all just lights and bouncy blobs to her, but she had a good time all the same. Being Continue reading
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Resolve to Shine
I haven’t even begun editing my Electric Picnic pics, but thought a GIF of the Friday night fireworks would be a fitting illustration to this quote, taken from this beautiful piece Caitlin Moran wrote to her daughter. Kids or no kids, it may bring a tear to your eye. Full quote below. Just resolve to Continue reading
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Dinners with Friends
This weekend, we made new friends, hung out with much-loved old ones, listened to Bill Withers and Ella Fitzgerald on vinyl (man, do I want a record player), tucked into delicious veggie chilli and home-made crepes, admired a seriously cool cacti collection and saw Baggot Street and the canal from an incredible roof top vista, Continue reading
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She Smiles
Isabel has started to smile, and what a smile it is … For The August Break. Continue reading
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Inspire My Day Tip 3: Friend Dates
Every one has tough work weeks – project deadlines, targets, quarterly reviews. In mag land, it’s press week. It’s the last push to get the magazine out and while it’s exciting and incredibly gratifying to see it all come together, it’s also exhausting. I get into a little work tunnel, disconnect and float though haze of Continue reading