Christmas at Cosmo

Christmas at Cosmo

Last week I was invited to kick off the Christmas party season with an evening at Cosmo in Southampton – drinking fizz and tucking into the array of yummy food they have on offer.  I hadn’t visited a Cosmo restaurant…

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A supper safari

A supper safari

Last week I hopped along to West Quay Shopping Centre to go on a ‘supper safari’ – which sounds like you might be eating dinner surrounded by lions and tigers, but actually means that you have a starter, main course…

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Review: Franco Manca Pizza, Bermondsey

Review: Franco Manca Pizza, Bermondsey

A couple of weekends ago we hopped on a train to London to stay at the citizenM hotel at Bankside, mooch around London and meet up with some friends.  We arrived into London mid-afternoon, and with a selection of train…

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Review: citizenM Hotel, Bankside, London (my new favourite hotel!)

Review: citizenM Hotel, Bankside, London (my new …

Finding a nice but reasonably priced hotel in London can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack.  A haystack populated with broom cupboard sized rooms, hotels in insalubrious districts or, if you don’t want those, then sky high…

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A spa day, afternoon tea and a nose around Bournemouth Hilton Hotel

A spa day, afternoon tea and a …

There comes a point at which a spa day is no longer a little treat popped in the diary as something to look forward to, and instead turns into something which is absolutely necessary due to your general emotional state.  This…

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