LIFE’S LITTLE LUXURIES
ANDREA BYRNE NEWSREADER
What does ‘luxury’ mean to you? I love to escape into a good story and I’m always happy when I have my Kindle in hand. I’m also trying to write a novel which never seems to progress past the first chapter; and I’m also constantly threatening to run another marathon. And anything that involves champagne and/or lying on a sunbed in an exotic location would also pass the test! What’s the most expensive thing you’ve ever bought? Without a loan? Probably our Borneo/ Malaysia honeymoon! What would be your desert island luxury of choice? My schnauzers Hank and Marcy (assuming I’m already stranded with my husband, of course – goes without saying that he’d be my first choice!).
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What does ‘luxury’ mean to you? A good cooked breakfast – preferably that I haven’t made myself! Most expensive thing you’ve ever bought? A velvet cape at a Country Living fair. I tried it on and there was such a crowd of appreciative ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’, that I was swayed by the vanity of the moment and said “I gotta have it!”. Desert island luxury of choice? Chocolate! I was once living on a beach, without electricity or running water, and discovered purely by chance that the beach ‘shop’ – a little hut – had a fridge with Twix and Mars bars. You’ve never seen someone get their flip-flops on so fast!
DAN TYTE
MD, WORKING WORD PR So, what does ‘luxury’ mean to you? Whatever gives me the space and time to not have to think about anything other than what I’m doing right there and then. Most expensive thing you’ve ever bought? My bar tab. What would be your desert island luxury of choice? A Moleskine notebook and a Mont Blanc pen – to help order my thoughts in the most elegant fashion! 22 I CARDIFF LIFE I www.mediaclash.co.uk
What does ‘luxury’ mean to you? Appreciating things in life that give you huge pleasure, and that are absolutely free, like walking to our local beach with the family and dogs and taking in the amazing scenery. And cycling across the barrage to work in the morning when few people are around, rather than driving bumper to bumper. Most expensive thing you’ve ever bought? When I was 16, my nan gave me £250 birthday money (around £700 in today’s money) and I bought two very special pairs of shoes. I still have them today and remember wearing them the first day I dropped off my daughter to nursery; the teacher commented on how nice they were. Looking back, they were a bargain! What would be your desert island luxury of choice? My treasured family photo album – each picture takes me back to a special time and place in my life. I travel with it whenever I go away. Can I slip in my lipstick, too?