When my good friend asked me to host her 31st birthday dinner party, I gladly accepted, and promptly started making the necessary arrangements. We were also set to host two of our old college friends, which meant that I had more of an excuse than usual to make an extra effort. The theme was inspired […]
MOON-ROCK KRISPIES (in honour of our greatest space pioneer) The passing of Neil Armstrong in August 2012 served to highlight exactly how long ago man first landed on the moon. His one small step was taken over 40 years ago, in July 1969, relying on technology no more powerful than the smart phone sitting in […]
O say can you see Captain Steve Rogers hosting his first 4th July party?! In 2012 , the release of the First Avenger movie triggered the start of a new theme-based approach to our annual Independence Day celebrations. As the quintessential American patriot, the red, white and blue palette provided the perfect backdrop to this […]
The sporting spectacle that is the Super Bowl, took place at the Big Easy’s Super Dome on Sunday, and spectators were certainly not going to be disappointed. It was a game of brothers, brawling and blackouts, with the Baltimore Ravens securing an historic victory over the San Francisco 49ers to walk away with the coveted […]
Rugby, the John McClane of British Sport, is back with a vengeance this weekend, as we welcome the return of our favourite rugby tournament, the Six Nations Championship. Over the next six weeks, the subzero gloominess of Winter will thaw, and Super Saturday will herald the long awaited start of Spring. Tens of thousands of […]
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