Monthly Archives: January 2010

soy matcha latte (or milk matcha latte)

By Alice | Published: January 14, 2010

The matcha latte is not common in British coffee shops, I don’t even think Starbucks sell their version of the matcha latte over here. Matcha is a finely powdered green tea. It can be expensive, particularly the higher grades, but a little goes a long way (and when compared to alcohol the costs of tea [...]

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randomly big boulder on the cricket pitch

By Alice | Published: January 13, 2010

More snow today! Gosh it is getting a bit snow-centric around here, I am sure people must be getting sick of seeing it captured from all angles in photographs, it is the *big news* in these parts you see. I assure you I have many other things to talk about so I will move onto [...]

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canal

By Alice | Published: January 12, 2010

These are from Friday, I had had lunch with friends and was hurrying back along the canal path. The river was still running but the canal was frozen over.

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ick

By Alice | Published: January 11, 2010

I have a cold so am staying home and drinking as much tea as possible. It is nice hanging out with the kitties, they really know how to sleep! It’s quite amazing how much of the day they spend snoozing.

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Show & tell: bags

By Alice | Published: January 9, 2010

A brief pause in the snow pictures. I wanted to show some recent lucky finds. This is the Larch bag by Valhalla Brooklyn. I thought as I was 30 it was about time I found a proper bag :) I had been looking for a squishy large-but-not-too-large bag that would age well for ages. It’s [...]

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