This week’s small pleasures #198

This past week saw both a trip up to Napier (see Thursday’s post about wine tasting and my next post …

Winter wine tasting in Hawke’s Bay

At this time of year, when the cold weather sets in, it is important to have a few little treats lined up. With our planned three-week trip to Canada obviously cancelled, we decided to head up north to Napier in the Hawke’s Bay region for a few days winter break

This week’s small pleasures #189

I think I have had enough of lockdown. On Saturday afternoon, I decided that the new routine of baking, Pilates …

Making the weekend shine…with a bit of rain…or a short trip to Nelson (part 1)

A weekend away is always a good thing I believe. You have to stop the normal rushing around and take …

2018: a year in eating

This is probably the most difficult round up of the year, as I just know I will miss things. There …

Ideas of civilisation…or our travels to Europe part 3

And so we moved on to the last two stops on our European trip – Glasgow and Edinburgh.  I’m from …

Copenhagen…or our travels to Europe part 2

From Stockholm, we moved south to Copenhagen, a city I lived in for eight and a half years. It is …

This week’s small pleasures #80

As another week starts, it is time to look back on the small pleasures of the past week. The weather …

This week’s small pleasures #72

A week that began with the Labour Day holiday on Monday, and ended with a weekend in Napier, is no bad week.

This week’s small pleasures #44

So here we are again with a round up of this week’s small pleasures.  In a week that saw heavy …