Fight or Flight? | Flight Club Review
I recently had a day out in London at Flight Club; and to be honest, I was a little sceptical about it… No, actually, I was completely perplexed by the whole concept (which is why I’m bring you a Flight Club Review. You need to understand this too). I just couldn’t get my head around how something so stereotypically… boring (a game of darts) could be turned into a modern, quirky and exciting game. When I...
The Ingredients for Family Movie Night
We’ve been looking at the new Autumn-Winter range from Fox & Ivy – Tesco’s own luxury brand of homewares and soft furnishings. They challenged us to pick the key ingredients for Family Movie Night from the range; knowing how perfectly our outdoor cinema was thanks to them, I didn’t bat an eyelid and headed straight to my local Tesco Extra… See, there are just a few key ingredients for a truly successful movie night –...
In Defence of the Do-Nothing Family Holiday
I’m waiting patiently for my Do-Nothing Family Holiday – and I’ve been watching with mixed envy and smugness over the summer as my social media feeds fill with friends and acquaintances heading off on their annual summer pilgrimages. I’ve watched them choose and plan their summer family holidays, and then watched how those trips have panned out, my feed filled with city explorers and sunshine hunters, beaches...
Getting Ready for the Estate Agents – When You Live With Teenagers…
Selling a house is stressful. Everyone knows this – it’s one of those ‘facts’ that everyone can trot out at a party “the three most stressful things in life are death, divorce and MOVING HOUSE!”. But what people don’t mention so often is the whole Getting Ready for the Estate Agents. With teenagers in your house. (and if you find yourself in this situation and by chance you’re located...
Food Tour of the Jordaan With a Local – Amsterdam Walking Tour!
We’ve found, on our new kid-free city breaks series, that a perfect way to instantly get to know a new city is to take a walking tour with a knowledgeable local guide. Which is why when we visited Amsterdam recently, we jumped at the chance of an Amsterdam walking tour; thanking Eating Europe, and signing up instantly for their Jordaan Food Tour. We were in Amsterdam on a kid-free city break, trying out the new direct...