We came, we saw, we ate all the things and we fell completely in love with Venice! Here’s what happened on our Carnivale adventure. One thing you will inevitably do in Venice is get lost, so we got this over and done with as soon as we got off the boat! Eventually we found our…
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Six years ago, after watching the ballroom scene in Labyrinth for the five hundredth time, I decided I couldn’t wait any longer to tick off something that had long been at the very top of my bucket list – attending a real life masked ball. Since I couldn’t quite summon up the Goblin King and…
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October! <3 I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it is the most wonderful time of the year. Halloween seemed to be huge in London this year, with more parties than you could shake a broomstick at! It makes me chuffed indeed to see more and more people embracing their inner fancy dress…
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Less than a week to go before the BEST DAY OF THE YEAR! World Zombie Day London is here again folks! Here’s a post I wrote which previously appeared on the World Zombie Day London website. PLease make sure you register so you can come along, and buy your tickets for the end part before…
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FINALLY I popped my Rocky Horror cherry! I adore a musical and this is one of my favourites, and I’m not alone, arguably no other musical/ midnight movie has such a cult following. If I say ‘It’s just a jump to the left…’ and you are already singing the next line then you are probably…
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My Summer House Weekend story continued, read the first part here! Saturday was the day of the big party! I woke up SO EXCITED and was even happy to see the bugs who had been resident in my tent for some days by this point, including a cricket which may or may not have been…
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Take three fields surrounded by beautiful quintessential English countryside – hills rolling away into the distance. Imagine them flecked with pockets of woodland, a clearing with a campfire glowing, and a soft green lawn. These are sprinkled with marquees and colourful tents, and crowned with a quirky manor house, straight out of a fairytale and…
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Waaay back in March Megan and I took a little escape from everyday existence when we attended the incredible Gala Nocturna, at Antwerp Zoo. Finally I have time to tell you about it… (Ok, so I’m a few months behind in writing up about this, I’m now on summer break from my studies, so normal…
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Tuesday evening in a lovely studio off Oxford Street you would have found me deep in concentration (probably with my tongue sticking out a bit) trying to thread the teeniest needle I’ve ever seen to embroider a golden feather! I was invited down to Hand and Lock’s studio on Margaret Street by the lovely Pinterest…
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While some people count their days, months and years by the calendar, we GyspyPixiePirates mark the year in costumes! Here is a run down of a few of my favourite events and costumes that happened in 2013… January I’m cheating a wee bit here, because we all know January is the month of being skint…
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