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I have never fancied myself as much of an artist having always preferred a pen to a paintbrush, but give me a bottle of champagne, a blank canvas and some old-school tunes and suddenly I have the talent of Picasso. Or at least one of those elephants in Thailand that paint pictures for tourists. On […]
MoreWho can believe that it is already that time of year when people start breaking (or have already broken) their New Year resolutions? Have you already broken yours? I haven’t but that’s because I decided to ditch the whole ‘new year, new me’ bullsh*t and not bother making resolutions in the first place. Yes, I […]
MoreStand up paddle boarding is currently taking the world by storm with everyone from celebrities to soccer mums getting in on the action. A quick google will reveal celebrities like Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Victoria’s Secret Angel Alessandra Ambrosio, Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Cindy Crawford and Pierce Brosnan pictured balancing on a board, usually smiling […]
MoreOn Tuesday morning, as I took part in my standard morning multitasking madness of making lunch, trying to find something to wear to work and taking photos of unwanted items for eBay, something strange happened … my phone threw a tantrum. “What do you mean there is not enough available space,” I muttered, “I’ve only taken … (long pause while […]
MoreOn Saturday night I threw a mini surprise party for my friend Jane, whose birthday last month was a bit of a fizzer—one that was topped off by a lack of cake. “A party without cake is just a meeting.” —Julia Child— What made the lack of cake even sadder was the fact that Jane is the […]
MoreWhen it comes to Segways, most people know one of two things; that President George Bush—dressed in tennis gear and clutching his racquet— fell off one in 2003 when taking it for a test ride or that the owner of the company, James Heselden, drove one off a cliff to his death. But the Segway […]
MoreStanding in the middle of one of the world’s largest shopping malls, I couldn’t help but shiver. Not because I was overwhelmed by the 520 stores than make up Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates—although they were quite jaw dropping—and not because the centre welcomed more than 33 million visitors in 2012. (Although to put that […]
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