In Praise of Pausing
I’m not a fan of self-help books, as a rule: not because I’m fundamentally against the genre, but because most of them don’t seem to offer much real insight and many can be downright offensive (How to find a husband, anyone?). What I have become quite intere..
See You Next Week
Dear readers, I’m letting you know that after some soul searching, Life in a Cold climate is taking a week-long pause. It will be a very tough week at work and I’ll also be travelling most of the time, so writing and posting would be complicated. I could pro..
7 French Things That Made Me
I had in mind to post a rant about French style last Friday, but my sister’s piano arrived and intervened. Not surprisingly, I no longer feel like sharing my silly annoyances with the French lifestyle industry. I didn’t feel like writing anything at all, to ..
My Sister’s Piano
I haven’t done an interiors post in ages: for the simple reason that there hasn’t been much happening in that department. Our ground floor is more-or-less furnished, but upper ones still look pretty Spartan. Since the acquisition of the coffee table, there h..
6+ Favourite Skin Extras
If you’ve been here before, you are already intimately familiar with my morning and evening skincare steps and most of the time, that’s all I do to my skin. Well, many people would say that’s plenty (and I agree), but what I mean is that unless I’m having a ..
Mimosa Time
There is (or should be) a specific sub-category of First World Problems, called Bloggers’ Problems. I, for example, spent hours yesterday trying to locate some mimosa branches that I could photograph for my long-planned mimosa post. I did not succeed, but at..
Coconut, Pomegranate & Date Drink
My brain has helpfully blocked most of the unpleasantness that accompanied my pregnancy, but there is one issue I do remember quite clearly: what the hell to drink? It wasn’t even that I missed drinking alcohol, I just missed drinking something exciting. Unp..
Why You Need a Hairband With Flowers
Well, you don’t really NEED a hairband with flowers, not in a way you need amino acids or love. But I have this basic instinct of championing things that some people dismiss as ridiculous or useless. For anyone who has read my defence of overdressing, this d..
A Very Short Introduction to Being Well Informed
One thing that happens when you blog (almost) every day is that you notice your thought patterns more than you otherwise would – writing things down kind of makes them difficult to ignore. So what have I learned about myself, in addition to the fact that I’v..
The New Shoe
I haven’t really fallen in love with shoes since this glorious pair of Roksanda heels I bought in July: either I’m becoming more restrained or this was simply a very tough act to follow. I’m willing to bet it’s the latter, I don’t really see that restraint t..