Easy on the Tonic
At the East Dulwich WI annual quiz night last year, I was on the team that placed second… from last. Yeah, whatever. It was my first time and I was more interested in making new friends/having…
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Flashback Friday
When the Greek God(zilla) and I first got together, I was living with my sister in a lovely garden flat in Maida Vale. There is lots to like about Maida Vale. It’s distance to Selfridges…
Sharing the bloggy love
I don’t about you, but I love nothing more these days than settling down on the sofa, cuppa in one hand*, biscuit in the other**, and having a good read through my favourite blogs. Reading…
The day Sarah Brown mentioned me on Twitter
My husband is a financial journalist. He writes about business, he writes about the economy and sometimes, when it is a slow news day, he gets to help out on the sports desk and cover…
Chicken pox strikes twice
So, apparently it is an absolute myth that you can only catch chicken pox once in your life and then you are immune for all eternity. My mum thinks, that either my sister or I…
New Year, New Grenglish!
Welcome to the new look Grenglish! I’ve been tinkering around with this new site off and on for quite a while now and it is still not completely how I want it to look but…
The Morning After
When I left you last, I was getting ready for my first Saturday night out in Central London, possibly since my twenties. I managed to find something to wear, apply a few layers of concealer…
Saturday Night
I am going out in Central London tonight to drink cocktails and eat tapas. I cannot remember the last time I went out on a Saturday night, in town, with four other women. It is…
EDWI Pamper & Swishing event
The last thing I fancied doing on the eve of my return to work, when I had a two-year old at home recovering from chicken pox and it was absolutely piddling down outside, was attend…
2011 highs and lows
2011 was the year that the Greek God(zilla) and I bought our first house ‘together’… and sold his bachelor pad. 2011 was the year that I joined the East Dulwich WI… and later went on…
Boxing Day
The Greek God(zilla) woke up at Yiayia’s house on Boxing Day with a raging hangover and flu-like symptoms and loss of voice. This often happens when there is a long drive ahead of us and…
Christmas Day
The problem with not sitting down for Christmas lunch until almost 5pm, is that you will most likely already be quite squiffy. Especially if you cracked open the bubbly at noon. There are mixed opinions…
