Coffee, Cream and Breakfast in Bed

When it comes to special occasions I am all about the small details and the little things you can do to show your loved ones how much you care. It doesn't have to be a big grand gesture or something expensive but rather a home-made card or breakfast in bed, which is always my preference over anything else, so for this Fathers Day I have planned something a little extra special. Both John and I are big coffee fans, I mean who isn't when you have kids, hello caffeine! We have been trying to refine the art of coffee making at home and I recently upgraded our ageing coffee machine to a Krups Nespresso Prodigy & Milk coffee machine and will hopefully master latte art soon but for now I thought I would put something quick and easy together for Fathers Day as I know I will be short of time with the two kids running around wanting to help. Pancakes in our house is a regular thing on Sunday mornings so I thought I would get creative with my go-to American style pancake......

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Bringing the Coffee Home

I was recently invited to amazing little coffee workshop event at one of my favourite places to grab a cuppa - Wyndham Tea (part of the home-grown Waterloo Tea houses) in the Arcades in Cardiff. The event was being put on my Currys and I really didn't know what to expect but there was a fantastic turnout and it's always really exciting to see something like this come to Cardiff with a few bloggers travelling from Bristol and further afield. It started at midday and as soon as I arrived I was greeted with a delicious de-caff iced coffee which I really need to learn how to recreate at home. The room was setup into Stations and we were all split into smaller groups to allow us to get as much out of the day as possible, First up was Latte Art and I have to say even though my attempts were unsuccessful I had a lot of fun in the process as well as learning more about how important a good Coffee grinder is, the process of making coffee decaffeinated and how temperamental soy......

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Mercure Eastgate Hotel, Oxford

Last month Mr A and I set of on an mini adventure to Oxford, not only to have a little bit of time exploring this wonderful city but also enjoying some Christmas delights at the Bicester Step into Christmas event. Oxford is such a visualising inspiring city and has to go into my top 10 of favourite British destinations and think this was only helped by the fact that The Mercure Eastgate Townhouse hotel was so perfectly located, just off the high street down a quaint cobble road with a wonderful outlook across some old historical University buildings and even though it was right in the city centre it was very peaceful and quite inside. The hotel has a contemporary interior with colours that really pop and works surprisingly well in such a character style building. We were given a Mercure Privilege Room in the eaves and it was perfect, it had a lovely and spacious seating area, minbar, nespresso machine, office desk and large double bed and free wifi. The bathro......

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