Canoodling + Fresh Breath

Wouldn't it be marvellous if we could revive that rather quaint custom of the courting candle?



Courting candles were a wax curfew of sorts. The man of the house would use the candle when a suitor came calling for his daughter. The candle would be lit and placed in the parlour (or wherever the covert candoodling....I mean conversation would occur) and when the candle burned down to the metal at the top of the holder, it marked the time for the suitor to promptly up and leave.

I doubt very much that the young 'uns of today would adhere to the alarm of a candle. In fact, I would put my money on them misreading the use of the candle completely!

Canoodling of any kind would be greatly impaired by foul breath. I therefore recommend these mint-some lovelies from Peppersmith:

Handsomely packaged and flavoured with made with fine English mint and much thought, Peppersmith have a nice capsule collection of gums and mints

I am looking forward to their Fish & Chip flavoured offering with much curiosity.... Do take a moment to read about them {HERE}

Matt's Fattburger

Photo courtesy of Fattburger

Never had a big appetite for burgers me. Nah-uh!

But then we bumped into Matt who introduced us to his Fattburgers and I was....so this is what a good burger tastes like!

Matt is a Michelin rated chef who has worked in top kitchens in London and Japan and now, much to my delight, he makes his rich real meaty tasting burgers at the Three Compasses in Dalston.

Fattburgers are made with quality, thoughtfully selected and carefully prepared ingredients and they are amazing value at a mere £5.00 each.

The Fattburger is by far the best burger in London for me. If it aint Fatt, I aint 'avin' it - Although, I am now rather partial to the Kimchee Burger (Fatt Korean) too!

Get your Fattburgers at:

The Three Compasses

99 Dalston London

E8 1NH

{FATTBURGER}

Scribble Lips

When I was a kid I used to use my pink felt tipped crayola (it may have been strawberry scented) to colour in my lips.

Far too many years later to actually calculate, I find myself doing the same thing!

Revlon's Just Bitten Lip Pens must have been thought up by a once mischievous kid like me.

I liked these lip pens at first, they applied well with the right amount of colour pop and though the lip balm end was nought special, it did the trick and the overall result was brilliant.

Fast forward 6 weeks and the pen tips have dried out and I feel a bit cheated. I don't think that I am being greedy by expecting them to last a good deal longer. I have other lip stains and they are still going months and months after I bought them.

This could have been real LOVE Revlon but you just ain't in it for the long haul with this one are ya!?