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A Romantic Long Weekend in Paris

August 6, 2022Zoë Leave a Comment

Reading Time: 11 minutes I packed up my favourite vintage outfits and took my fiancée for his first ever visit to the gorgeous city of Paris for his birthday! We enjoyed a romantic weekend exploring diverse neighbourhoods and indulging in lots of treats!  … Continue Reading →

Fashion & Style, Lifestyle, Travel Long weekend, Paris, Romantic trip, Travel

Urban hiking adventure: London’s Regent’s Canal

June 17, 2022Zoë 1 Comment

Reading Time: 9 minutes   If you like walking alongside a peaceful and bucolic waterway while never being more than 10 minutes from a trendy cafe, pub/bar, or transport to escape back to civilization, then this could be the perfect day trip for you!… Continue Reading →

Inspiration, Travel Canal, Hiking, London, London day trip, Regent's Canal, Urban adventure, Urban hiking

7 days in beautiful Iceland

December 21, 2021Zoë Leave a Comment

Reading Time: 13 minutes While many people plan winter escapes to the sun, I organised a very different trip: Iceland in November! With incredible landscapes to explore, interesting folk histories, and world-class spas, I was in! Here’s a run down of my 7-day itinerary.… Continue Reading →

Inspiration, Travel Adventure holiday, Glacier, Iceland, Iceland travel, travel guide, waterfall

Exploring medieval histories with the SCA

August 18, 2021Zoë Leave a Comment

Reading Time: 8 minutes   I’ve recently added a suite of new hobbies to my repertoire: dressing in fabulous medieval gowns, enjoying lavish feasts, witnessing armoured combat and archery contests, attending royal courts, and learning about medieval arts and sciences- how did this happen?!… Continue Reading →

Events, Inspiration, Subcultures historical reenactment, LARPing, living history, Medieval history, SCA

Celebrating a century: happy 100th birthday to my Gran

June 26, 2021Zoë 1 Comment
Cover image of Win and George, 1943

Reading Time: 12 minutes Today’s inspiring biography subject is my Gran, Winifred (“Win”) Guest, who is turning 100 years old! I reflect on her working class roots, experience as Lady Mayoress, love of football, and role as matriarch to 4 generations of our family.… Continue Reading →

Fascinating Lives Biography, birthday, Century, Grandmother, inspiration

An Introduction to Goth: Part 2

May 22, 2021Zoë Leave a Comment

Reading Time: 10 minutes   I’m passionate about the Goth scene! I love the music, clothing, dancing, and community. In this second post in the series, I’ll shed some further light on this part of my life by answering some more frequently asked questions.… Continue Reading →

Goth, Goth lifestyle, Subcultures Goth, Goth culture, Goth lifestyle, What is Goth

The fascinating life of a… video game developer!

February 26, 2021Zoë 1 Comment

Reading Time: 12 minutes From an unlikely start playing lawnmower-themed games at age 5, to working at XBox, and now at an Indie studio developing games as a service, I talk origin stories, inspiration, and all things video game careers with Avery… Continue Reading →

Fascinating Lives, Inspiration, Subcultures careers, developer, gamer, games, gaming, inspiration, video games

12 swaps for a more sustainable home

December 28, 2020Zoë Leave a Comment

Reading Time: 9 minutes I’ve been doing an audit of my life as a consumer and seeing where I can make some more ethical and environmentally sustainable choices. Turns out there were at least 12 easy swaps I could make around the home!  … Continue Reading →

Lifestyle, Sustainability carbon neutral, climate change, eco-friendly, eco-products, green, sustainability, Sustainable lifestlye

An Introduction to Goth…

October 24, 2020Zoë Leave a Comment

Reading Time: 10 minutes I’m passionate about the Goth scene. I love the music, clothing, dancing, and community. In this post I’ll shed some light on this part of my life by answering some frequently asked questions I’ve encountered over the past two decades.… Continue Reading →

Goth, Goth lifestyle, Subcultures Goth, Goth culture, Goth lifestyle, Goth music, Goth style, Gothic, subculutre, What is Goth

My Top 10 Street Art pieces!

September 14, 2020Zoë Leave a Comment

Reading Time: 10 minutes I’m a big fan of street art in its many glorious forms and I appreciate the flashes of creativity, colour, and variety of voices it adds to urban areas. Here I show you my top 10 picks that I’ve spotted… Continue Reading →

Inspiration, Subcultures, Travel Banksy, Bees, Graffiti, Murals, New York, San Francisco, Street art, Street artist, Urban art, Yarn bombing

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Hi, I’m Zoë, a Swing dancing Goth and travel enthusiast. This is my blog exploring the (un)popular aspects of life that surprise, fascinate, and inspire – welcome!

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