Whipped Body Butter

  So I have just realised that I totally omitted to post last week in my excitement of things garden, rain avoidance then sudden sun appearance! The crazy thing was I have been quite the busy bee in the kitchen this week in my bid to get back on top of my diet and to [...]

Leila’s Cafe and Shop

What is not to love about Leila’s Cafe and shop?  Reminiscent of times gone by, full of charm and tradition. This little shop and cafe nod somehow ooze optimism and good feeling.  The staff are great and whilst the menu could not be described as extensive, the items in the shop and cafe are chosen [...]

Sharing some Livity Love

Today’s weather is rubbish….grey, wet and totally miserable…but let’s not to get to drawn into that feeling of doom and gloom that this time of year can bring on.  To continue the theme of all things Valentine and cupid let me share with you some Livity love…some things that The Livity is loving right now [...]

The ‘T’ Word

Once upon a time in a city not that far away I developed somewhat of a coffee addiction.  My morning would start with a cafetiere filled with those lovely little beans ground to a intoxicating powder that smelled oh so good and filled the kitchen with an aroma that was and still is very hard [...]

The Livity Top Ten | Cooking Tunes

Cooking can sometime take you into a world all of your very own and on other occassions you can create that world for yourself….here are a few of the tunes I love to chop, roll, shake, grate and stir to. Just Fine | Mary J Blige, Growing Pains Yekatit | Ethiopiques, Vol 4 She Wolf [...]

A Bronner a day keeps the Dr. away….

I have been using Dr Bronner’s liquid soap for about 7 or 8 years and now that I think about it I can’t exactly remember when and how I came across it or it became such a staple part of my skin care routine.  I say skin care routine like there is some type of orderly [...]