Entries by alaradesigns@gmail.com

A Woman’s Work Is Never Done

The wonderfulness that is New London Pharmacy, East 23rd St. Big shout out to Ony. Cake of splendour at Empire Cakes, 8th Avenue Beautiful rings by Rhea Kulcsar at the Artisan market next to Downtown branch of Dean & DeLuca. That mother of pearl ring is boss.   Have you ever made and poured out […]

Brave New World

They actually really did. I never thought I’d see the day when the rule of law would be so comprehensively trampled into the ground in the UK. Of course, it’s been a long time coming but it’s still something to actually see it demonstrated so unequivocally. 412 MPs decided that the votes of 33.5 million […]

Roll Up, Roll Up

Hello dear readers. To get the real stuff out of the way first: Yep, AlaraApothecary will be exhibiting at the Country Living Fair at Alexandra Palace in London from the 28th – 31st of March. How excited are we? Impossible to quantify. In our usual spirit of generosity, we are holding a competition and giving […]

Sleep? What’s that?

I am thrilled to be getting back to posting. So, new-look Alara; what’cha think? It has been quite a rollercoaster journey updating the website. Let’s just say I got to know the folks at my hosting company really, really well. It was a Godsend that they’re based in the States. All I had to do was stay up till the early hours of each day and it was a doddle…..But,

Straight to my heart

So people, listen up. Valentine’s day is fast approaching. You have to face the fact that unless you’re pro-active, you will end up with some sickly ‘Prosecco’ chocolates and a set of hideous, scratchy, red lingerie. Or even worse, sickly pink lingerie. Double eek!, I hear you exclaim. Exactly.