Just a step beyond the rain.

Unless you have been living in a cave you would have noticed that it was Valentine’s Day last Thursday. As I am currently single I don’t do much on the day apart from give cards to each one of my cats (yes I am one of those people) and scroll through insta liking pictures of my friends with their boyfriends. Valentine’s Day can be one of those days that suck for single people and a few years ago…

One of my goals in January has been to practice yoga everyday. I love yoga and have been practising it on and off for about five years, however towards the end of last year I was barely doing any yoga at all. I knew I wanted to refocus on my mind and body in January and practicing yoga daily is one of the best things for them.

I have been to several yoga classes before, some I have loved and…

The easiest Veganuary yet

Happy Veganuary everyone!

Last year I did veganuary and really enjoyed it. I aim to eat vegan about 90% of the time, however towards the end of the last year I was definitely eating more chocolate and cheese than normal and my body was not liking it. So, after the indulgences of Christmas, eating an entirely plant based diet in January is just what I need.

Veganuary this year has been so easy.…

Hello and Happy New Year! It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. Sometime in Autumn last year I fell out of love with my blog. This blog has always been a fun hobby, but posting weekly started to feel more like work. Therefore I started to post less and less which made me sad as I really didn’t want to get to the stage where I abandoned blogging completely. However with the new year comes a fresh…

New York is a foodie heaven. Around every corner is a variation of restaurants, bars, cafes and bakeries to suit any palate. As a vegetarian (and wannabe vegan) with a particularly sweet tooth I hunted out bakeries, ice cream shops and vegan cafès. In this post I share with you five of my favourites.

Taiyaki NYC

My sister Helen (read her blog here) heard about Taiyaki NYC on Instagram and said we had to go. After some searching we found it tucked away in Chinatown. For such an insta famous place the shop is absolutely tiny. I can imagine that it gets really busy on summer days. The day we went it was a rather chilly autumnal day so we didn’t wait long to get our hands on the Unicorn ice cream. Not only did it look gorgeous (and rack up the likes on instagram) but it also tasted delicious. The waffle cone was filled with warm custard and the vanilla soft serve was so creamy. I really hope Taiyaki open a London store at some point!

The Bagel Store

The Bagel Store in Williamsburg was conveniently located a short walk away from our Air BNB. We went here to sample the famous Rainbow Bagel (and get all the photos for Instagram). Whilst I knew that the bagel would look gorgeous as I had seen lots of photos before, what I wasn’t expecting was how good it tasted. I had mine toasted with Oreo cream cheese filling which was to die for. Literally the best bagel I’ve ever had.

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By Chloé

By Chloé is a vegan fast food cafe and the food is just divine. After eating a lot of sweet, carb based foods I loved getting some plant based goodness from By Chloé. I went for the smashed avocado on toast and sweet potato fries. Recently I visited one of their two London restaurants and had cinnamon pancakes which were also delicious. By Chloé is now one of my favourite cafes.

DŌ Cookie Dough

For a sweet treat there is no better place to go than DŌ Cookie Dough. DŌ specialise in cookie dough, there is a range of flavours and you can have it in a cone or a tub with sprinkles on top. Even though I have a sweet tooth this cookie dough is seriously sweet – almost too sweet for me – so I just went for one scoop in a tub. I had oatmeal and M&M cookie dough which was tasty but I couldn’t finish it all at once so put it in my bag and had the rest later!

Cha Cha Matcha

Matcha is a superfood. It is packed with antioxidants and vitamins and also tastes pretty good (well I think so anyway, others may disagree!) Cha Cha Matcha do a variety of matcha based drinks  with cute latte art and lettering on top. I had ginger & turmeric matcha with oat milk which was so good as well as so healthy. Cha Cha Matcha has inspired me to get back into making my own matcha drinks!

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New York, New York

Well hello there,

It’s been a while since I have posted on here. Since coming back from New York I have been busy with work as well as editing and uploading my New York vlogs on my YouTube channel and posting loads of the photos on my Instagram (I think everyone is sick of them now!). Therefore, this blog has been quite neglected. However, that is about to change! For my first post in over a…

Tips to cope with travel anxiety

I have had anxiety surrounding travel for as long as I can remember. I suffered from bad travel sickness as a child, so long journeys meant feeling (and often being) sick. These bad experiences left me feeling anxious before travelling, which often made me feel nauseous even before I had gone anywhere! This was not ideal as I love exploring new places all over the world. Over the last few years…

What Feminism means to me

This week I read Feminists Don’t Wear Pink and other lies, a collection of essays about feminism by a selection of inspirational women curated by Scarlett Curtis. It was a fascinating read – I learnt a lot about what feminism means to different women and it got me thinking about what feminism means to me.

Feminism is not something I have really talked about. I probably first identified as a…

August & September books

I read quite a few books in August and September (14 to be exact). A mixture of a weeks holiday in Italy and a lot of good books meant that I read at a faster rate than usual. As a result I have now completed my GoodReads target of reading 50 books this year! So that this post isn’t super long, I thought I would just give brief comments on the books I have read.

The Love Letter by Lucinda Riley

My thoughts on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Contains Spoilers

After over two years of waiting, last weekend I finally saw Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre in London. Like many in my generation, I am a big Harry Potter fan. I have read all the books countless times, seen all the films, visited the Warner Brothers Studio tour and dressed up as characters for Halloween. Therefore I was excited to see what Cursed Child…

Places to visit in and around Sorrento

I have just returned from the most beautiful week in Sorrento, Italy. Sorrento has been on my travel bucket list for a while and I am pleased to say that it exceeded my expectations. What I loved about Sorrento is that is not only the town itself super gorgeous, but it is surrounded by other stunningly beautiful places. Here is a list of my some of my favourite places to visit in and around…

How I pack for a weeks holiday

By the time you are reading this I will be on holiday in sunny Sorrento! I love taking a summer holiday in September; just when the nights are drawing in and everyone is going back to school and work, I get one last week of relaxing and exploring in the sun.

I have a medium suitcase that I take with me for a weeks holiday that I organise with packing cubes. I first used packing cubes a year ago…

The Wisdom of Pooh

Disney’s new film Christopher Robin was released in the UK on August 17th and being a massive Disney fan I saw it that day. I absolutely loved the film – I cried, laughed and was inspired by the wisdom of Pooh. Despite being a bear of very little brain, Winnie-the-Pooh has a wise soul and the way he lives his life is an inspiration to us all. Here are a few of my favourite Pooh quotes from A A…

Picnic at Hanging Rock

It is not usual that I will devote a whole blog post to one book / TV series, however I have recently been enamoured with Joan Lindsey’s 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock and the 2018 TV series starring Natalie Dormer.

I only discovered Picnic after seeing adverts for the new TV adaptation. I had been wanting to read some Australian literature as I have booked a trip to Australia next year (!)…

July has been another hot month here in England. I know this hot weather is not a good sign for our planet, but it has been quite nice to have a hot summer for a change. All this sunny weather has made the perfect conditions for lying outside in the garden on a sun lounger reading a book – and I have read quite a few books this month.

Hothouse Flower

Another Lucinda Riley book! They are just…

My love for Anne

A few weeks ago Anne With an Eseason 2 premiered on Netflix and within the space of a few days I had binged watched it all. I have loved escaping into Anne’s world since I was small. I had the 1985 film and video and watched it over and over again. I can’t remember the first time I read the books but I must have been quite young – perhaps nine or ten? Anne was always a kindred spirit and I…

This weekend I did one of the most British summertime things I have ever done: I went fruit picking and then made my own jam. Now I must be honest, this trip wasn’t inspired by a sudden desire to be all domestic and housewifely (although I do like to bake once in a while), rather being the clothes obsessed person I am it was inspired by a skirt.

I saw the Jamelia Jam Jar Print Skirt whilst…