For March babies

 

Three of my friends are having March babies, here are some of the items I have been looking at.

To be ginger snaps...

This time last week we were here

This time last week we were at the Blue Lagoon, near Reykjavik in Iceland, bathing in a geothermal pool surrounded by snow-capped volcanoes. It was the best surprise I have had, in ten years of surprises. Here's to another decade.

More to come...

A wet shave with your brunch, sir?

A wet shave man spends every Sunday afternoon in our favourite place for brunch, the Truc bar round the corner on rue Poteau.

For €10, you can have the whole massage, shave, hot towel, oil experience.

Your wife can enjoy a final coffee and pampering by proxy.

Sunday brunch at the Truc is a bargain at €20, with patisseries, coffee, muesli, pancakes, and a salmon, bacon, or homemade burger main course. We have never managed the pain perdu dessert.

mmm, massage...

mmm, hot towels...

Baby-soft face.

Daniel Craig and Dame Judy Dench for International Women's Day

Check out those stats and tell me gender diversity is no longer an issue.

This week I have learnt...

• That an extra 50cm squared can make all the difference to a kitchen worktop (but so can the loss of an entire drawer).
• That sharing music when you're lazy and usually listen to the same artists can be much less daunting with a fab music-sharing site like Lets Loop.
• That Royal Jelly really is something, with added Vit B even better at boosting both energy and morale.
• That party costumes are best planned more than three days beforehand...