OK, I've gotten carried away with the exclamation marks in the title, but it was one hell of an experience and the slightly histrionic exclamation marks are entirely deserved ( Read more... )

So, on Saturday, my childhood friend A had her Hen night. It was organised by some of her friends. I went along. It was... Well, to put it bluntly, I had no real idea what to expect or what it was about. It was one of those interesting rights of initiation and a huge insight into being female among other women that I'd always missed ( Read more... )

My eldest cousin finally married her partner. She's been living with him for at least 6 years, which was when he first proposed, and they have a five year old son with another on the way. The wedding was low key, consisting of just a civic ceremony at the town hall, which for all its legalistic simplicity, was actually really nice ( Read more... )

I arrived back from Poland yesterday and finally arrived in Birmingham earier today. It was a good holiday. I need to catch up and post properly what happenned, but among the highpoints:

1. Wesele: The traditional Polish celebration after a wedding. Twelve hours, eight courses, unlimited alcohol, dancing all night and not one drunk person. I have ( Read more... )