People from other more tropical countries like to point out all the bad things about English weather, like the fact that it’s cold more than it’s hot, it rarely ever gets above room temperature outside, and that it rains almost every single day up north. Personally I think they are missing out. They are missing out on the drama of the great outdoors, something that Great Britain has in spades!

I recently took my Brazilian friend out to show him Read the rest of this entry »

As soon as I saw Charlie and the chocolate factory (the original) I knew I wanted to see my name in lights. There was just something about the golden ticket–the way Charlie looked at it–I wanted to be that boy! I wanted my very own most excellent golden ticket and I wanted grandparents that both slept in the same bed and were always around to tell riveting stories! And so I got in to chocolate eating in a big way, Read the rest of this entry »