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Review of Smashing Pumpkins’ “Rotten Apples” – Greatest Hits

Smashing Pumpkins’ “Rotten Apples” – Greatest Hits
Excellent compilation of the brilliant Smashing Pumpkins biggest hits.

This is an album I return to again and again. When I get bored with Arcade Fire, The Killers, Feist etc etc and [...]

Review of Dryer Balls

Dryer Balls
Too loud to use, with no discernible improvement in clothes softness or drying time.

I bloody hate needless loud noise, drives me nuts. So you can guess my delight when I discovered what a racket [...]

Review of www.gymboree.com

www.gymboree.com
Great quality and range of children’s clothes from babies to aged 10 years.

I really liked the gymboree range of clothes for kids when the shops were open here and was disappointed when they closed.
Thankfully I discovered the american based website www.gymboree.com. This has the added bonus of pricing in dollars as at the moment [...]

Review of Bandon beauty clinic

Bandon beauty clinic,77-78 South Main Street, Bandon, Co Cork, Ireland
Professional, friendly and efficient beauty salon in the heart of Bandon.

Alot of things make me happy.
One such thing, that although very superficial, but that doesn’t cost me much [...]

Things that remind me of my Da

Prawn cocktail or more specifically Marie Rose sauce: he had perfected his own version which was served on Christmas day and whenever else he felt like it and it was the business.
Long walks.
Clunt: his favourite derisory term.
“He’s a wrong one”: his second favourite derisory statement.
“It’s in the sand”.
Being busy and the ability and compulsion to [...]

Review of Plum babyfood

Plum babyfood
Handy tubs of organic, preservative free baby food with not just the usual carrot/potato/pear main ingredients.

The baby really loves the spinach, parsnip and basil variety of this babyfood. It smells like pesto and she [...]

Review of Usborne Lift and Look books

Usborne Lift and Look books
Brilliant, robust, beautifully illustrated toddler board books that keep them interested with embedded flaps.

The 2 year old now has all but one of this range of board books. He absolutely [...]

Review of Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs

Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs
Run of the mill book in the Dr Temperance Brennan series of crime thriller novels.

I read this novel over a couple of days last week, but to be honest, I’ve forgotten [...]

Review of Hoxton Hotel

Hoxton Hotel,81 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3HU, UK
Great, clean, modern, good value hotel if you’re a single person travelling on business in London, not so perfect if you’re a couple on a tourist trip.

I love the idea [...]

Review of Nobu Restaurant

Nobu Restaurant
Superb food but crowded loud room and mediocre service at expensive prices.

To be honest, prior to this visit to London, I hadn’t been a huge fan of Japanese food. I had thought it [...]

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