Tapa Hanover street

I went to tapas restaurant tapa for the 2nd time on Saturday, after a little shopping. I booked a table for 6.30pm just in case it was busy. When my friend and I walked into the restaurant there was nobody else there! My friend said I don't really want to eat here if there is no other customers and I said the food is amazing though so we sat down anyways. After we had ordered two couples walked in but still why is this place so quiet. I know that 6.30pm is very early to eat but still! The food was yummy and the portion sizes are generous. I enjoyed my meal as did my friend, but it will be hard to convince her to go back. It is no fun sitting in an empty restaurant. I really hope they are not in trouble, it would be a real shame if they went out of business! It had filled up a bit since we left but still wasn't major busy. Everyone I know who has been has said the same.

America's Next Top Model - Daniella Issa Helayel

I have just watched the latest episode of America's Next Top Model, it is one of my fave shows! It is fun to watch and I love to learn more about the fashion industry and watch the photo shots. This week the photo shot was set in a Moroccan market, their outfits were by Issa London and they were lucky to have famous photographer Friedemann Hauss to photograph them. See outfits below they are all beautiful.

Alexandria struggled, she has all the way through the competition to really let go and has been very controlled. She looks great though but it is not the kind of photo that would really interest me if I saw it in a magazine. I do feel sorry for her though, all the girls hated her and thought she was a bitch but I think she was really misunderstood!

Brittani did a good job, she is very high fashion and understands how to twist and shape her body to make art. She does annoy me a bit though, she complains a lot and in the past as not always been professional.

 Molly was awesome and she looks the most striking and interesting, that photo could be in Vogue right now. She is a very angry person though and if she can sort that out and come across well she could win this thing. She is definitely very talented.

Hannah looks beautiful but she really did not know how to pull this one off. Sometimes she performs amazingly well but other times like this she gets lost. She perhaps doesn't have as much experience as the others and hasn't learnt her angles yet. I do really like her though, she is the girl next door, the only girl left that has a sweet, happy personality, that could go in her favour as America's Next Top Model needs to be approachable and personable.

Well Hannah and Alexandria were in the bottom two and Alexandria is out. Hannah's body of work was stronger so that's that then. I can't wait for the next episode. I am not sure who is going to win, but I would like Hannah to get it, I am always in favour of an underdog, especially a nice one!

Places I must visit before I die

I love going on holiday to visit new places, meet new people, try new food and just learn about the cultures of interesting places.

My list of places I must visit before I die is a long one but I am slowly getting through it, it is as follows:

• New York (visited in 2009)
• Paris (visited in 2007)
• Cannes (visited in 2008)
• Puerto Banus (visited in 2009)
• Dubrovnik (visiting this year)
• Amsterdam (visiting this year)
• Las Vegas
• Los Angeles
• San Francisco
• Boston
• Miami
• Hawaii
• Jamaica
• Sydney
• Melbourne
• Barcelona
• Athens
• Madrid
• Lisbon
• all of Italy
• Copenhagen
• Vienna
• Prague
• All of Germany
• Hong Kong
• Toyko
• Seychelles
• Morocco
• Dubai
• Abu Dhabi

My favourite place I have visited so far is New York, there is just so much to do, it is a truly exciting city. But I love France, both Paris and Cannes are lovely, I would love to go back.

 I am excited to be visiting both Dubrovnik and Amsterdam this year, bring it on!

Afternoon Tea

Afternoon tea has again become very fashionable, there are loads of lovely places to go in Edinburgh. In particular I love eteaket (http://www.eteaket.co.uk/). There are loads of yummy teas and the food is delicious too.

I decided to start baking myself, I have never been a good cook but if I follow a recipe exactly I seem to do OK. Cupcakes are simple to make, I just bought the Hummingbird Bakery Cake Days book and their cupcake recipe is easy to follow and the sponge is the best I have ever tasted! I also tried to make their Whoopie Pies, I went for the chocolate flavour but they were too thin and sticky like they didn't rise enough. I am not sure where I went wrong, but have ordered a special Whoopie Pie tin from Amazon in the hope that will help! They were yummy none the less and I had to even order some Marshmallow fluff from Amazon for the filling!

Once I have mastered my skills, I plan to host an afternoon tea party for a few friends. I have started collecting pretty china just cause eating cakes and drinking tea without the china is not as fun. Ebay is great for real vintage pieces, by Royal Albert, Sadler and many others. This is very similar to the Sadler teapot I have just ordered.

On the high street there are a lot of lovely vintage-look pieces, I bought this amazing Kirstie Allsopp cake stand from Marks and the teapot is V&A which I bought from John Lewis.