Author: Susan Blakey

  • The City That Doesn’t Sleep

    Combine too much bad office coffee downed during interminably long meetings, a rich dinner with cocktails and wine and a double espresso to top it…

  • Par avion

    Une femme loves to fly. I love almost everything about it (except the lines and the hassle of practically stripping down to skivvies to go…

  • Another reason why…

    …it pays to buy good shoes. Bought these Ecco’s over a year ago, and just had them “refurbished” by my local shoe repair guy for…

  • Foulard de la semaine

    This is a smaller (70cm x 70cm) silk square. Fold diagonally into an oblong shape, then tie a knot in the center, and one on…

  • Meme: More Factoids About Moi

    Tagged by Shefaly at La Vie Quotidienne: 1. Last movie you saw in a theater?“Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day” 2. What book are you…

  • Weekend Update

    I’ve been tagged by La Vie Quotienne and Always In Style for memes, and I will get to those shortly, I promise. Of the jackets…

  • Foulard de la semaine

    Moreton Bay Fig Morris Happy May Day! Back in my Morris Dancing days I would have been lacing up my bells about now to dance…

  • Poaching

    Picture: http://castletapestry.com/customtapestry/ No, une femme hasn’t been hunting stag in the Earl of Wibberley’s forest again. I’m referring to poached eggs, a skill which I’ve…