Everyone has told me how AMAZING Chicago is in the summer – and I am sure…
On my recent flight from London to Chicago (for an unexpected trip to see my…

The past few weeks have, to put it mildly, been pretty rubbish. My husband’s four day business trip to Chicago in late January has turned into six week stay for all the…
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock. Sometimes it goes fast, sometimes it’s just a steady…
I never thought I’d be blogging from a hospital room in Chicago but I’ve had…
Thinking about where to go on your next trip and don’t know where to start?…
Going on a ski holiday when you have small children takes on a different sheen.…
Weeks before our planned skiing trip over New Year, I had daily updates from my…
The children’s book Stick Man is a favourite with my two daughters. They just love…
You have little option but to eat copious amount of chocolate when in Bruges and you…
On the whole, toddlers can provide hours of amusement with their silly antics and inquisitive…
Ever since my husband pointed out a “scary pumpkin” sitting in a display in a…