Tag: Christmas

  • Trip to New York

    As a pre-Christmas treat we flew to New York. This was only my second trip to the US ever so I had plenty to do and see. It’s an impressive city, across six days we managed to walk for 25 hours. And we only scratched the surface. Here are some pictures from the trip. And…

  • Photos: Sheffield at Christmas

    While admiring the decorations in London, it’s always nice to appreciate the ones a bit closer to home. These decorations aren’t new but the variety of lights across the city centre are fun. I especially like the projections of snowflakes across the Town Hall building.

  • Photos: London at Christmas

    It’s always fun to be a tourist in London, especially near Christmas time. I haven’t been to the capital for a while so it was nice to just wander around and take photos. I went to the store Liberty for the first time and I found the building absolutely beautiful. While in that part of…

  • Carnaby Christmas Lights switch on

    In November 2013 it was part of my job as a Social Media Executive for Sister to update the Carnaby Facebook page on the day of the Carnaby Christmas lights switch on. The role involved posting a variety of pictures, videos and status updates to let people know what was happening on Carnaby throughout the…

  • Regent Street Christmas lights switch on

    On the day of the Regent Street Christmas lights switch on in November 2013 I ran the Regent Street Facebook page. This involved posting updates and pictures from the day as well as responding to comments left on the Facebook page. The point was to promote Regent Street for Christmas shopping and to let people…

  • Festive food tidings

    I didn’t realise that I was in a Christmas mood until I noticed that my last few blog posts have been about it. I think I can live with that though. After last week’s special Food for Thought I still had plenty of interviews and ideas to make another special, and when else am I…

  • Christmas cake conundrum

    It may only be the early days of December but I have started to plan Christmas. This is after months of purposefully ignoring it. Now I have succumbed to the yuletide spirit I am ‘urming’ and ‘ahhing’ over what Christmas cake to make. I am not a fan of the traditional fruit cake, so if…