Author Archives: melissawolfe

This post might be my most contentious. Seems that, for me, Madmen didn’t live up to the hype. I made it through an episode but that’s possibly as far as it will go. After the fish pedicure, this might be … Continue reading →

I got a facial thrown in with my holiday package thing, which was really handy considering number 32 and that it has always seemed a waste of money and a little over indulgent to pay someone to rub things into … Continue reading →

I have taken myself to a spa for a few days before starting my new job. There is, already, a theme emerging. It is around the fact that our bodies hold all the answers, if we are able to tune … Continue reading →

This is the crowd flowing over London Bridge. The Waste Land is one of my all time favourite poems. The meaning is as much in the sounds as in the picking to pieces of the words. It is clever and … Continue reading →

Anyone who read my Barcelona entry may remember that I seem to have developed a random fear of heights. I thought it would stop me from climbing Monument but it turns out that, provided I have a hand to hold … Continue reading →

There’s only one thing that you can do after eating your first steak. Drink your first smoking nitrogen cocktail. This is how it was presented: Unfortunately, it was not quite as great as it looked. And I’m not sure it … Continue reading →

Last night I had my first steak. There is a theme emerging this week. I was surprised by how many people volunteered to join me on this challenge And how popular eating steak is. So popular, in fact, that we … Continue reading →

This is proof that I have now roasted a chicken. It is fortunate that roasting potatoes was not on the list as, with the chicken preoccupation, we forgot that they needed to be boiled. Ooops. It is strange how something … Continue reading →

Yesterday I went to St James’s Park. It was my first trip out in about 5 days because I’ve had something that felt just like the flu but wasn’t, hence the radio silence. Apart from on Facebook and Twitter where … Continue reading →

Ok, so this wasn’t strictly on “the list” but given the 20 or so items that have been lost (or delayed) due to the ankle situation, I figure I can let it slip through. It does, at least, fit the … Continue reading →