New Year’s Eve in Big Sur

New Year’s Eve in Big Sur

The central Californian coastline is a place I’ve wanted to visit since we moved, so in December we finally got around to it, spending New Year’s Eve weekend in Big Sur. The objective was simple; eat, hike, read and relax. Staying in…

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Outside Lands 2015

Outside Lands 2015

This year was the first summer I didn’t get to go to Glastonbury Festival for the first time in about eight years. I avoided the coverage like the plague and winced when I heard about amazing performances or saw photos of…

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South Beach-Inspired Dressing

South Beach-Inspired Dressing

Confession: I didn’t take a single outfit photo on our recent jaunt to Miami. Bad, bad blogger. I had all these grand ideas about what and where to shoot but in the end that all went out the window in favour of…

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Six Months

Six Months

The passing of the bank holiday weekend (it was Memorial Day for us over here) marks six months since Mr Ship-Shape and I moved to the States. Six months! I know that I’ll no doubt be spouting the same clichéd comments when…

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Back to Basics

Back to Basics

Today I’m talking basics or, more specifically, jeans. Back in the day (the day being when Evanescence were on the radio and Buffy Summers was my idol ) I owned a ton of jeans – bootleg, flare, patchwork, skater, even a pair or…

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