Party Like It’s 1930s Shanghai

Oh dear lord, if there was ever a party that I simply must attend it is a 1930s Shanghai party in London.

The events are organised by the Nudge and UFF Tea Merchants. The theme is as described and my friends and I have added a sub line of “Go Large or Go Home” .. we shall be glittering in crystals, jewelled turbans, elbow gloves, velvet, red lipstick – more is more, as they say!

Stressing About De-Stressing

Stress, stress, we’re all stressed.  Lifestyle pages often overflow with tips to de-stress your life.  However, there are so many tips and new ways to de-stress and an overload of advice from the latest research is it in turn causing more stress?  Am I doing the right de-stressing technique, how do I find time to write a diary, what if I do the labyrinth meditating technique

Cappuccino Walla

Starbucks is due to open its first store in India by the end of the year. Location; either Mumbai or Delhi. Watch out Bubbly, Starbucks knows your in town.

So can a nation that drinks 838 tonnes of tea a year be converted to coffee?

Caffeine Addict

Sex, Tea and Rock ‘n’ Roll doesn’t really have a ring to it so I’ll never be a pop star.  My addiction is available in any grocery store – just plain old caffeine.  Over the weekend, David Lynch wrote an article for Huffington Post about his addiction to coffee.

I totally relate to where he’s coming from guzzling 20 cups per day

Traders: The East India Company & Asia

A new gallery launched this week at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.  Traders: The East India Company & Asia is a splendid display of artefacts from our history and the history of the world’s first ruthless capitalist power.

The Museum organisers got together with members of the Indian community