Sunday was the 180th lunch party for Annabel, Rachel and Rose in Lewes. Lots of other relations there too, and the weather was wonderful, with a patio at the back of the hotel to enjoy […]
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47th birthday celebration
Barely recovered, it was off to Queensway for Rachel and Ricky’s birthday meal (again, dreadfully belated). All the appropriate items were on the menu and excellent evening was had by all.
expose the young
The Martin Creed was such fun we decided to take Ricky. He loved MOTHERS, thought the explanation was very funny: ‘when you’re small your mother is always big. So it seemed like a good reason […]
l(a)unch for lea
On the day she was predicted to arrive, we had a launch-lunch for Lea (that’s Lee-ah) Alexa Cressey, Dan and Emily’s new small person. She’s already two-and-a-half weeks old, and Gwyneth, Rachel and Ricky, and […]
seaside treats 4
On the Friday, it was Whitstable. Jane H was going to come, but had too much stressful stuff to sort, so Robin came instead. The tickets had to be used, as they were bought with […]
cole hair passes to a new generation
Here is Dan and Em’s very fine new small person (as yet without a name, as they thought they had another two-and-a-half weeks to resolve the last differences of opinion). The Cole/Cressey hair (a fine […]
thank heavens for sick germans
Exploits in Istanbul 1.1 The rubber foot on Robin’s stick wore through on our first evening in Istanbul, so a replacement was rather urgently required. The local pharmacy thought hard and sent us up the […]
gallivanting 1
Robin found the perfect place for my birthday treat – a two-night break in a boutique motel by Camber Sands (to be fair, an ex-motel). Suitably blue-and-white-striped, with distressed white-painted furniture and very comfortable beds, […]
a new contributor
Things to do with toothpicks 7… Rachel C has sent this gem from Lewes. You press on the top and it pops up and presents you with a fan of toothpicks. This is becoming such […]
more birthday
Dan and Em, as well as cooking a fantastic meal for us, presented me with this wonderful object. As I had to guess what it was for, everyone else will, too. And the Haitian music […]