Belhaven Brewery Tour

When part of your day job involves going to a brewery and checking out how they make some of Edinburgh’s best beer, you know you’re on to a good thing. So, as part of work I found myself driving with some work colleagues to Belhaven Brewery near Dunbar. Belhaven is Edinburgh’s oldest Brewery with the…

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And Just Like That, She Was Back…

I know right, I’ve started with that sentence so many times, but dear blog readers, (you lucky (?!) two who stayed with me) I think I am back, I am definitely still dreaming! It’s tentative, but the creative juices are flowing at Casa De Karlie. I’ve been writing a bit, I’ve been thinking a lot,…

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You opened a can of WHAT? #Hotdoglegs, a cautionary tale.

I love a bit of craze as much as the next gal, and personally I enjoy trying to figure out if those brown baked up sausage type things are hotdogs OR legs, I mean some are just so obvious right? However, the hotdogleg rug was ripped out from my feet recently when someone said to…

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Where Does The Time Go?

<a href=”http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/4793811/?claim=z7rrvcgdwey”>Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> Hello! I am back. I have been so busy doing other things that writing has taken a backseat in my day to day. I’ve talked so much about cultivating good habits in writing in this blog, it is a shame I have not taken my own advice! Write daily,…

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Gluten Free January

Well, here goes.. That’s a deep breath for me committing to this. My theory is, If I tell you, I have to go ahead with it. Over Christmas a friend mentioned he’d gone gluten free and felt amazing for it. Whenever anyone mentions feeling great as the result of something, I’m like a meetcat; back…

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Feel the Fear and Do it Anyways

Hello January, Hello 2014! I thought I’d start this year off with some inspiration, while we need it all year round, January is a great month to kick start things. Towards the end of 2012, an author named Susan Jeffers lost her battle with cancer. For those of you unfamiliar with her name; Susan Jeffers…

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Edinburgh’s Christmas Winter Wonderland

       Ahhhh Christmas, such a lovely time of year. A time so wonderful it will even entice the laziest of bloggers, Moi, out of coupledom and back onto page. The gardens have been taken over by the Underbelly group this year, a name you may recognise from the Fringe Festival. A name which evokes images…

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Why Friends are Better Than Ice-Cream

When you are newly single, it’s natural to look back and miss what you left behind. If you read this blog you will know this happened to me recently. As thoughts whizz through your head, I am a real advocate of listening to the right things. Positive things. There is no better time ever than…

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How To Write A Successful Screenplay

This week I was added to a list of Screen Writers to watch. I know, exciting right! I thought this would be a great opportunity to share with you some of my top tips on how to write a successful screenplay; and what it is like in a day in the life of a supercool…

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Pout Event Edinburgh

Edinburgh’s corn exchange played host once again to Pout. A weekend event full of fashion, beauty, health and SHOPPING! Beauty Products on display from Norton House Spa. Myself and a friend happily spent 4 hours walking around the hall going from stand to stand, in between chatting, we sipped on a delicious Cointreau cocktail, munched…

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