Style Treaty

You know that story about Mohammad not wanting to go the mountain - well I know how he felt when it comes to beauty. It can be so hard to fit trips to the beauty salon into your routine, especially if you are working and looking after a family etc. Anyway, Caroline Rafter offers an [...]

I’ve seen cookbooks by Tessa Kiros in many bookshops and indeed in the homes of many foodies and I’ve always been smitten by the beautiful covers but with that childhood lesson “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover” in the back of my mind, I’ve always resisted buying them. That is until I spoke to [...]

 
Actually I prefer Chicago, but the folks at Greenhouse “heart” NY so much so that they’re having a weekend to celebrate the big apple. Kind of appropriate really since a lot of us associate Halloween and Autumn in general with Apples (apple crumble, apple jelly, bobbing for apples).
Anyway, details are on the poster and if [...]

I have been searching for the perfect floor lamp for about 2 years now, honestly I have.  If Mary T ever decides to grace us with her presence again you can ask her about it.  First there was the search for the perfect table lamp (which I still haven’t found but in the end settled [...]

Votes are now being accepted for the RSVP (a munster based social magazine) Fashion Oscars. The awards will take place in the Silver Springs, Cork on Saturday, November 10th.
Post or email your vote from today until 9th November. Email to oscars@rsvpmagazine.ie and post to RSVP Magazine, RSVP House, PO Box 69, Ballinlough, Cork.

The [...]

I happened to click onto Sinead Gleeson’s blog today wondering if she might have started blogging again and low and behold, she is back and has been for ages…..where have I been!!!! Sinead’s blog is about music, reading and all things cultural!! It’s been added back to the links at the [...]

Sheila Fits-Patrick is the new Alternative Miss Limerick, the pagent was held in Dolans Warehouse on Saturday October 20th.  The Euro Diva stormed her way through  a fantastic set and stunned the audience and judges with her combination of Irish Dancing, Eurovision homage and powerful singing voice.  I’d say it was a great night and Val [...]

Ah, yes the Mammy’s favourite - brown bread, and the mammy’s other favourite Darina Allen.

Here’s the recipe:
600g plain flour
600g wholemeal flour
850ml’s buttermilk
2tsp bicarbonate of soda or bread soda
2tsp salt
Method:
Preheat your oven to 230 degrees C.
Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl, make a well in the centre and pour the milk in. Start [...]

Sometimes designers can have very exotic sounding names that just sound glamorous but poor Orla Kiely sounds like someone you went to primary school with.  Not that she’s very poor of course, and it is possible that someone reading this did actually go to school with her since she is of course “one of our [...]