Entries from May 2008
letter from france.. or for whom the bell Tolles
August 17th, 2008
I am awakened by the dulcet tones of my husband and his mother having a row in the kitchen. Olly has got up early and offered to drive to the village to pick up the croissants. (note: croissants cannot possibly be bought the night before, oh no, they have to be bought as the [...]
welcome all Amazonians..
August 11th, 2008
if you’ve just been directed to this post from the Amazon page (yes, it only took me two months to get round to setting it up), welcome! Hope you enjoy this website, check out the Soundtrack page, it’s one of my favourites and will be yours too if you love music. If you haven’t actually [...]
Shop with the Pros - Lucky Mag Interview
August 10th, 2008
The September issue of Lucky Mag will include a piece on myself and Sephora, New York.
Download the Full article (PDF)
The Good Web Guide reviews Face Value
August 10th, 2008
“If you take one book to the beach this summer, let it be Face Value by Kathleen Baird-Murray – a highly readable, wickedly indulgent read for girls on their hols.
The chick lit genre is one that generally provokes a bit of scorn from those who like to think of themselves as more serious readers, and [...]
Useful things I have learnt from my french mother in law…
August 8th, 2008
1) it is an indisputable truth that all French cakes are tres leger. Whether it’s a custard flan made with a dozen eggs and a vat of cream or a buche de noel, unctuous with chocolate and six kilos of butter, it will not be fattening, bad for one’s cholesterol, or symptomatic of the [...]
HOW SHE REALLY DOES IT - Podcast
August 5th, 2008
Listen to Kathleen’s interview on Radio show “How She Really Does It” on KDRT 101.5 FM in Davis, CA.
Listen to the podcast
TRACEY ROSS! LOVING YOU TOO!
August 4th, 2008
After the Book Soup reading, Nico Golfar drove me up to Tracey Ross’s store in Sunset Plaza in his old Bentley which has a special bottom-warming button on it (I am serious). Just as I was walking in, late, to my own party, how fashionable is that, Cat Deeley was leaving, but bless her, she [...]
BOOK SOUP - I LOVE YOU!
August 4th, 2008
I knew I was going to really enjoy the launch at Book Soup when I popped down to the famous store in Sunset a couple of days prior. Tyson and Charlie were upstairs in the office, I sat down on one of those swivel office chairs, the one that’s abandoned because it’s stuck permanently at [...]
