The Blue Lounge - my favourite room at The Grove
This half term, determined to do something to counteract the Year of Doom, I decide a spoiler of a family staycation is in order. As luck would have it, I discover Football Escapes is running a staycation at The Grove, the exact same gorgeous Hertfordshire hotel where I got engaged to the Pink House Husband 15 years ago…
Read MoreI’ve never lived anywhere with a bathroom big enough to swing a cat. The littlest room in every home I’ve ever occupied would only just accommodate a revolving hamster. Or possibly, at a push, a whirling guinea pig. And my current home, The Pink House in South East London, is definitely no different…
Read MoreThe kitchen/dining area at Chalet Mirabelle, St Gervais
Here are my 5 family holiday skiing commandments, to guarantee your time on and off the slopes is sensational, no matter how many small people you bring with you…
Read MoreThe jetty at the resort, complete with lounging nets and cushions
With such differing approaches to good times, finding a holiday to suit every family member isn’t always easy. But find one we did, in the shape of our recent half-term break to Mark Warner’s new Phokaia Beach Resort in Turkey…
Read MoreIt’s no secret: I don’t love cooking. When I’m hungry I don’t want to cook; I want to eat RIGHT NOW. And when I’m not hungry I don’t want to think about food; I want to be otherwise engaged. That’s before we even get onto grocery shopping (scream face emoji)...
Read MoreMartinhal Cascais: even the lobby is relaxing
Martinhal is a great relaxing family holiday. Maybe not as great as the pre-kids days where the relaxing came without the shouting, but hey, I chose to create life, and now I have to live with it. Even on holiday.
Read MoreWhen I pictured having a daughter, I imagined our girls’ days out, bonding over pink, cupcakes-and-sprinkles afternoon teas in fancy hotels. It was fantasies like these that meant, when I had my 20-week scan and discovered I was having a second boy, I cried for a week.
Read More"If you touch this, it will explode, and all the tiny shards of glass will fly into your eyes, blinding you forever." This was how I introduced the small Pink House Dwellers to our pink neon sign...
Read MoreWhen The Balmoral invited The Pink House to experience a night's stay, we decided to use our luxury sleepover as an excuse to spend the weekend with the kids, being tourists in our own town...
Read MoreSmall Pink House Dweller Oscar and friend, doing the blue steel thing for Bon Tot/Photo: Susie Lowe
Q: What do you get if you mix together a few determined mumbosses, a handful of small children, and armloads of too-cool-for-preschool kids' clothes?
A: The beautiful Look Book for uber-cool kidswear company Bon Tot
Read MoreTom & Serg: Shoreditch in Dubai
What springs to mind when you think of Dubai? Whatever it is, I bet it isn't organic kale, converted warehouses, or public bookshelves. But Dubai's coolest cafe, Tom & Serg, has all three.
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