On Saturday, 20th April we went on a little day trip to the ZSL London Zoo. I feel like it might be a little too early to bring him on these things because he doesn’t pay too much attention to things in general. But I still do because I think I’m doing us a favour. In my head, the earlier I get him used to museums and such, the more he’ll enjoy them. So far, this seems to be true for books, so I’m expanding this thought to other areas of life. Most of all it was a necessary family day out. The husband is working day and night on different projects lately, so we all needed a day off together. Lunch at Purezza We got out of the house far too late (as per usual) and Dinis was ready for his midday nap. So he fell asleep on the way to Camden, and there was no point in heading to the zoo with him fast asleep. He’s a much better sleeper now and his daily naps range between 1 hour and 30 minutes to 3 hours (not just lucky though, we did teach him to sleep – I can […]

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The date is June 21st, 2016. Exactly one month after we got married in our home country, Portugal. Just like most men (married or not), I too remembered just two days before that this was a date worth some celebration (no..? just me?). So after scouting a few websites for recommendations on romantic restaurants and getting slammed with the harsh reality of late booking anything trendy in London, I luckily found an option that had been on my hit list for a while and would be a first for both of us: Bob Bob Ricard, a Russian restaurant in Soho. I did some research on the subject matter beforehand and found both ravishingly good reviews and some atrocious ones. Usually positive on the food but negative on the design choices of the venue. Went back to double check all the venue photos I could find online and decided to just ignore those bad reviews. The same way I would ignore my late grandma’s poor taste in home decoration. With the booking done, I sent a calendar invite to Millia for our first wedding monthiversary dinner while keeping the location a secret. The only tips were the nearest tube station (Piccadilly […]

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Getting rid of stuff can be really hard. I confess that I do have more things in my house that I don’t really use that I’d like to admit. But it can be handy in the future! Because, you know, I will be invited for that Gala dinner one day. Or I will definitely read those magazines. And newspapers. And books. Definitely. #not Truth is: When we really need something for a specific reason, we will go out and buy it. We all have those clothes that we didn’t even wear once. We bought them because they were “oh, so cheap!”. Or we saw someone wearing them and it looked cute on them. Or “I will eventually need this in the future“. Or they will one day fit (I’m so guilty of having bought some jeans I never slim down enough to fit in!). We all have those shoes that hurt and, let’s be honest, they will never stop hurting. No matter how cute they are, or how handy they’re supposed to be, if they hurt from the moment you put them on, you’re not really going to wear them, ever! Come on, admit it to yourself! I once bought […]

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