Where did the years go! It’s the Year Of The Tiger, this Chinese New Year. As you may know, my son is a tiger and the inspiration for the blog and its title. Born in 2010 is he’s a Golden Tiger. He’s grown to be charming, loyal, gentle giant. I couldn’t be more proud....
February is the shortest month of the year and quite busy. In February there’s Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day and if you from the Caribbean it’s Carnival season. This year all those big moments are happening within a few days of each other, albeit Carnival parades...
Chinese New Year fell on the week of school half-term this year. I seized to opportunity for us to mark the occasion with family days out, as well as arts and crafts. In a previous post, I talked about the challenge of celebrating our cultural heritage in February....
February is a tricky month for our family, that’s when our cultures clash. It’s the month of Chinese New Year, Shrove Tuesday and Carnival in Trinbago. It’s a challenge to celebrate it all with the children sometimes. England is their country of birth. Pancakes...
There’s a culinary gem in London’s historic Square Mile, nestled inside the Crown Plaza London Hotel. It’s the Chinese Cricket Club Restaurant on New Bridge Street. The hotel was built on the foundations of King Henry VIII’s former Bridewell Palace and the...
It was wonderful to see blue skies today, although it will do little to help the families suffering from flooding up and down the country. More bad weather is set to come, in the face of such gloom I hope the families get the help they need soon. Things have been...
