La Chica Chocolate - Olivia Ruiz

Advantages: Appealing character, lovely illustrations
Disadvantages: Expensive, possible typo?

...Olivia is a book that was given to one of our daughters by her nursery at the end of last term. It quickly established itself as a favourite over the summer holidays. Olivia is a small pig with large ears. She is lively, energetic, precocious, opinionated and feisty. She specialises in tiring people out ? even herself! In many ways, she reminds me of our two girls?. This book doesn?t really have a storyline as such; it?s more of a ?Day in the life of?? Olivia likes to try on ALL her clothes when deciding what to wear in the morning. She likes to build very impressive sandcastles but she doesn?t like to nap. She?s partial to Degas and his paintings of ballerinas, but she?s pretty disparaging about Modern Art. She gets sent to the stairs for a ?think? when she?s naughty and demands LOTS of bedtime... Read review

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Advantages: Great food, reasonable fixed price menu
Disadvantages: None

...On our recent trip to the Loire Valley Mr Tart and myself arrived in Tours quite late on our first night. We drove down to Tours from Paris. We were going to stop for something to eat on the way but in the end decided to make our way straight to Tours and get settled in the hotel and then find something close by. A couple of minutes from our hotel we came across this place and were really glad that we did. LOCATION: La Chope is located at 25 Avenue Grammont. Our hotel was on the same road so we just came across it. It is about a ten minute walk from Tours? old town. The restaurant doesn?t stand out and the sign is not particularly bright so make sure you look out for it. THE EXPERIENCE: La Chope (which apparently translates as the tankard) is actually a fish restaurant. I?m not really a fish person (ok, that... Read review

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Advantages: Reasonably priced bras and lingerie, excellent staff and services
Disadvantages: You may struggle to find your size

...(Warning: throughout this review, the words ?boobs?, ?boobies?, ?bazookas? and occasionally ?breasts? will pop up at an alarming rate. If you?re not in favour of any of the above, please use the ?back? button and exit left. Thank you.) It?s always been quite nice to have a womanly figure ? so what if men notice your boobs before your face? At least they?re looking...at least, that?s the confidence boosting way to look at things! Anyway, whilst we?re on the subject of ?boosting?, it?s pretty incredible how when I visited one of my local La Senza stores the other week, I was informed that my bazookas had boomed up a couple of bra sizes without the aid of knives and other messy instruments. It?s most women?s fantasy to be able to say that but I met the news with utter dread, only to be consoled by the lovely shop worker who kindly told... Read review

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