According to ‘experts’, i.e some pseudo-psychologist who has made it all up, unbacked by any scientific data or research whatsoever, the second week in January is the most depressing week of the year. We at AlaraApothecary say ‘Yah boo sucks!’ to the second week in January. As far as we are concerned, it’s the second […]
Well, 2015 was a humdinger of a year, wasn’t it? You know how at the end of a year your main thought is, ‘Thank God I don’t have to live through that again…..’ The year was an eye-opener to so many things I would never have believed to be possible, but then again, a lot […]
Looking around over the past few days, I’ve noticed that the Post-Christmas hiatus has set in. It’s that weird period between Christmas and the New Year when most people have a lot of time on their hands. We look back on the past year and re-appraise everything we’ve done – usually, with non-hilarious consequences. AlaraApothecary […]
Having spent most of the week struggling with using my old-skool Photoshop Elements software to insert bleed guidelines and crop marks in artwork for the printers, Sunday came as a much-welcomed day of rest. I was taking part in my first carol service since I was 8 years old. (I played a stroppy proto-feminist […]
Furo e Ponteruolo Gelateria Santa Trinita Green Life During my recent trip to Florence, I was amazed to see how much the city had changed in the year since I last visited. There has been a substantial increase in the number of small shops offering artisan-handmade and eco-aware products. There has also been a corresponding […]
