Ally's Eight-Legged Journey

Summer is the time of fun, holidays, relaxing, and potentially bad decisions. Okay, by the time this post hits it won't be summer anymore, but maybe that's a good thing? An injection of silly fun during the cold dark months. I recently spent a week in Mallorca with my partner - sun, sea, sand, and lots and lots of Lumumba. Lumumba is a milky chocolate drink with a measure or three of brandy in it - we had it over ice, but it can also be drunk warm, which makes it ideal at any time of year. (Like now, when it's cold and dark - so go get some!) As is traditional when my partner and I go away, we found ourselves crossing Mallorca from Port de Pollensa to Palma to track down a tattoo studio. We had googled and decided to go to one called Sailor Tattoo, which seemed to be a traditional tattoo shop, had good reviews, and - maybe more importantly - was open. The last time we went away and did this we got matching spider tattoos. My partner didn't want a spider themed o...

It is so hard to believe that three days have been and gone already. I just sent the most amazing three days in Amsterdam with my partner, and we didn't waste a minute of it. From the minute we woke up to the moment we went to bed, we were out and about, experiencing the sights, sounds, tastes and smells that Amsterdam had to offer. One of the things we did, on impulse, was decide to get tattoos. Matching tattoos at that. Initially we had decided we only wanted something small, something sort of secret, and we both agreed on a spider. Maybe a black widow? We visited a few parlours, but in the end it was the first one we had visited (naturally) that gave us the best vibes, so we went in there and explained what we wanted... He took our thoughts on board, and came out with this: And so now we are branded... Lol. We couldn't be happier, to be honest. It was a lot bigger than we initally wanted, but he charged us less than he initially quoted and it was done very quic...