Note to self and everyone else who might attempt this, jelly/jello takes a lot longer to set than you would expect. You have to make this the day before your party and keep shaking it at regular intervals to see if it is ready to bung all the walnuts, apple and celery in. When Julie...
Nice hairdo Margaret. Hair very much on my mind at the moment as I prepare for Vintage at Goodwood. Shall I go and have a radical haircut so that I can do some proper Victory Rolls? As I got a surprise bonus at work today perhaps I should? EVERYONE is going to be super glamorous...
“This little box makes you candy conscious!” So said Margaret (in The Shop Around the Corner) to a rather hefty customer who didn’t like the song a particular music box played when the lid was open. Margaret’s sales patter was to suggest that every time the lady opened the box to get another chocolate, she’d...
“Most actors are basically neurotic people. Terribly, terribly unhappy. That’s one of the reasons they become actors.” It’s New Year’s Eve and I have made Hermits for my workmates. It’s like a ghost town here but we had to come in just in case somebody famous popped their clogs overnight and there was a clamour...
“Most actors are basically neurotic people. Terribly, terribly unhappy. That’s one of the reasons they become actors.” Well there is a word of warning for myself and Grace. Might help prevent a cat scrap over the handsome new rockabilly… Margaret’s recipe stated that there would be enough cookie dough for “eighteen Hermits” and so there...
