As it's Wool Week, I have a special edition of my Wonderful Women series featuring the two entrepreneurs, Cat and E-J — or Emma — who are two friends who live in the UK but hail from New Zealand.
A few weeks ago I was invited to Jalon Vally in Spain to stay in a wonderfully charming villa c/o James Villas (you can read my review here).
I've been incredibly lucky this year and have been invited on the most wonderful press trips. This is my second with James Villas this year (having stayed in one their Marbella villas in the Spring), as well as a stunning trip to Jamaica c/o Beaches!
We all dream of escaping the rat race, go travelling and leading a nomadic lifestyle.
Here, in the latest guest post as part of my Who's The Daddy series, Samuel Stonehill of Moving Time Lapse shares his own experience of seeking out true happiness, travelling the world, creating films that matter while offering his young son Esteban an unconventional yet rewarding education.
This summer has been glorious- a slower way of life for us all, al fresco dining when the weather allowed, a week in Spain, good times in the garden growing our own produce (hello runner beans and strawberries galore), inventing games, painting (in the garage with newspaper on the floor of course-I've not gone totally insane)...just being happy, b
Within the gorgeous gift bag I left with after the wonderful dinner with Antonio Carluccio himself a few weeks ago, were the ingredients to recreate his exquisite pappardelle al funghi-so I gave it a whirl at home.
I hope you love it as much as we do!
Today (Oct 2nd) is World Smile Day, a day coined by Harvey Ball - the creator of the iconic smiley face no less! An emoji before phones and computers even existed! :)
To mark World Smile Day, Primula Cheese are working with Make-A-Wish® UK to raise funds to help grant magical wishes to children fighting life-threatening conditions.
Drum roll please folks, I have some incredibly exciting news to share, and if seeing me by a petrol pump filling up isn't obvious enough, then I'll spell it out for you (literally)!
If you had one wish for your children, what would it be?
I was recently asked this question by Pampers and Unicef as part of their 10th anniversary campaign of coming together for their one, unified wish - to eliminate maternal and newborn tetanus everywhere.
Readers who also follow me on Facebook, will know that my husband Peter has developed his own fan club of late.
OK time for some honesty... put your hand up if you really only follow the blog to swoon at Peter...?
OK you can put your hand down now ;)
