Love in a Heatwave: Ice Cream at Marrocco's, Hove, East Sussex
You won’t remember because you’re too busy expiring in today’s THIRTY-DEGREE heat, but exactly a month ago there was a terribly dull Sunday of wind and rain.
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Food for the Fam: Anna Jones's Coconut Vanilla Loaf from 'A Modern Way to Eat' (Slightly Adapted)
I exaggerate not that during the Easter school holidays I baked this cake four times – three of those times was within one week, two of those times was at either end of one day. Each time it lasted less than 24 hours.
Read MoreLunch with Your Bunch: Marmalade, Kemptown, Brighton
As I mentioned in my post about the Giles Leisure hot tub/swim spa (have you entered the comp yet?), my son broke a limb in November. We’ve spent a bit of time at the (fabulous) Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton, because it turns out bones heal slower in winter due to children absorbing less […]
Read MoreLunch with Your Bunch: The Front Room, Seaford Old Town, Sussex (and a Secret Place to Play)
I should have written this post a year ago, when we first went to The Front Room in Seaford having been tipped off by a friend. That day last January, we were BLOWN away on the beach, and then BLOWN away by the café’s mega croque monsieur, the like of which I’ve never eaten before […]
Read MoreMade-to-Order Lifesavers (AKA Children's Birthday Cakes from Rosehip Sussex)
Well that’s done and dusted for another year, and as of yesterday I’m the mother of a six-year-old. Although this makes me feel decrepit, I must say that this year I feel I finally ‘got’ the kids’ party thing.
Read MoreGuilt Be Gone! And Ice Cream on Eastbourne Beach
Whether from friends or from those who guess that Little Lewes is my blog, I sometimes hear remarks such as ‘your life looks so idyllic’ – or worse, ‘your blog makes me feel so guilty, you do so much stuff with your kids’. So here’s a quick post to put that to rest. Now don’t fear, I am not getting defensive […]
Read MorePOST UPDATE: Cream Teas and Peace at a Mini Farm: Gibby's Cottage Tearooms, Nr Jevington, East Sussex
UPDATE TO POST 31/08/14 I wrote this post having not visited Gibby’s myself, and a reader kindly took the time to email me her feedback after going for a cream tea there. Here are her comments: Very unkempt, grass up around your ankles, around the house needs a good sweep to get rid of dirt and snails, […]
Read MoreLunch with Your Bunch: Mister Magnolia's, Ditchling, East Sussex
Whenever we go to Little Museum Visitors at Ditchling Museum, we head to Mister Magnolia’s for lunch. It’s relatively new and is named for the marvellous single-shoed protagonist of Quentin Blake’s book of the same name. The guy with sisters who play the flute, an enormous pet ‘brute’ and owls who have lost their hoot. (We’re impressed […]
Read MoreIn Town: Bonne Bouche, Lewes
Now that we have ‘after school’, we have a new tradition (which we’ve happily borrowed from my friend Anna and her daughter). This is the ‘after-school treat‘. Theirs happens on a Friday, ours now happens on a Monday – don’t ask me why, it just feels like we need a boost on a Monday, is […]
Read MoreCool at the Pool: Stan's Snow Cones
Last Saturday I went down to the Pells Pool to meet Stanley Wood of Stan’s Snow Cones. Stan is 13 years old. He’s been saving his pocket money since he was five – yes FIVE – because he “couldn’t think of anything to spend it on.” All his mates had an Xbox, so he’d just go […]
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