by Hannah on September 29, 2011
There’s an old saying that you may have heard of: When you’re wearing rubber boots, you’d best not stroke a pumpkin. Wait, no. That’s not right. I meant: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Yes. That’s more like it. In keeping with that [second] quote, you might be wondering why I took the most [...]
by Hannah on September 27, 2011
Today, I got into my car after a busy day at work. I slid into the front seat, flicked my hair out of my eyes, and put the keys in the ignition. I looked up, and a movement directly in front of me caught my eye. Ah, I thought to myself. That car across from [...]
by Hannah on September 25, 2011
I’m having one of those days. One of those days where you wake up feeling like something inside you won’t stop crying, but you aren’t sure why and therefore can’t do anything about it. It’s just there, underneath, trembling, while you keep going about your day with as calm a face as you can manage, [...]
by Hannah on September 23, 2011
I eat so very, very much chocolate, and have so very, very many pages of tasting notes stored on my computer, that I often discover half-written reviews of chocolate bars that I’d completely forgotten I ever partook in. If a chocolate bar gets eaten in the woods, and nobody hears it, did it truly fall? [...]
by Hannah on September 21, 2011
Every now and again, a little voice pipes up inside my mind. I’d like to say that this voice comes out of nowhere, but it usually comes out of a day in which I’ve survived solely on chocolate and vegetables. This is what the little voice says: Protein. Prooooooootein. PROOOOOOOOOTEIN! Please? I think it might be this [...]
by Hannah on September 19, 2011
After being tagged for this Seven Links meme by four of my magnificent friends (Camille, Conor, Anna, and The Spy Lady), I decided to finally bite the bullet and start poking back through the archives of my blog. Several hours down the rabbit-hole later, I present to you my Seven Links: Down Memory Lane. Enjoy! [...]
by Hannah on September 17, 2011
I waited over a year in between buying and eating this Amadei Porcelana dark chocolate. Somehow, knowing that it was waiting for me in the depths of my chocolate stash was comforting. As long as it was completely intact, so too were my memories of the city in which I found it. Florence. That beautiful [...]
by Hannah on September 15, 2011
I’m sure you’re sick of hearing about hospitals by now. Believe you me; I’m sick of writing about them. Luckily, after this post, I shouldn’t have to do so again for a long time (knock on wood, knock knock knock). Two of my grandparents will soon move into rehab wards, and the third grandparent has [...]
by Hannah on September 13, 2011
Once upon a time, there was a blogger who had never really seriously dreamed of being a princess, but who was nevertheless determined to stop casting herself in the role of a troll. Who’s that trip-tripping over my bridge? Grrr! Roar! Frangmozzle! Roar! One day, this blogger used her magical telepathic woodland animal friends (who [...]
by Hannah on September 12, 2011
Last month, I was contacted by a fellow chocoholic and asked whether I’d be interested in checking out the first edition of a new fortnightly magazine series called Baked and Delicious. Interested? But of course! It’s been years since I’ve allowed myself to buy a cooking magazine, due to a teenage tendency to buy too [...]