I think that's the entire premise behind GISH (which I miss desperately!). Thousands of people around the globe going out and making the world a more weird and surreal place while raising money for amazing causes.
Freeze dried berries are so much easier to use and add more vibrant flavor. Only issue is the extra expense. But they make an amazing strawberry cake! For the frosting, if you add just a *teeny tiny pinch* of citric acid, the berry flavor will really pop, too!
I'm not claustrophobic, but climbing the Norman tower at St Albans, I always tell visitors that it gets narrower and narrower, but about the time you think to yourself "oh no!" it opens back up and you're there.
I love paper sculpture and history! Is this on display anywhere?
The main reason I'm looking forward to visiting family in AZ (traveling from the UK, where we live now) this month!
Did they tip you at the end?
Ugh, really not looking forward to traveling to visit family in AZ in January. That's horrifying.
I can't wait to go see this!
Oh, that's awesome! Shame I never saw it when I lived in Arizona and was at least closer 🤣
And the final gingerbread pub in the collection (at least until next year!), from 2022, The Boot. An incredible independent pub built around 1500 right in city centre. #gingerbread #gingerbreadhouse #stalbans #thebootpub
The Lower Red Lion (the local where our dogs, Morgana le Fur and Sir Lancelot du Lick LOVE to go every week). This pub went viral on twitter a while ago for being a dog-friendly/child-free pub. It's an amazing independent, and if you have kids, there are dozens of pubs a short walk away. #stalbans
From 2022, The White Hart Tap. When we used to live on Sopwell lane, this was the pub we always ended up in. Lovely independent pub and a fabulous community space. Our chihuahua, Morgana le Fur, is known as The Calamari Hoover there. #stalbans #gingerbread
From 2022 (my first year doing the gingerbread pubs), Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, the "oldest pub" in England (one of several to claim this distinction). It has been operating as a pub since 793, so it is very cool and old, certainly! #stalbans #yeoldefightingcocks #gingerbread
And we're back! Also from 2023, The Goat on Sopwell Lane, which used to be on the main pilgrimidge track from London to St Albans. It was built in the late 1400s, and was a pub by 1587 at the latest. It's also where we host our annual gingerbread house decorating party! #gingerbread #stalbans
Musical intermission! At the St Albans cathedral. #stalbans #stalbanscathedral #bellringing
We're at the LRL most Fridays. Our dogs are very sad when we don't make our weekly visit. 😆
I did that one the first year! More pictures coming after I get back from ringing the bells at the Cathedral.
Gotta go ring the bells at the cathedral. I'll be back in a couple hours to finish the thread with the rest of the gingerbread pubs!
From 2023, The Robin Hood, a charming independent pub first licensed in 1867. #pubsofstalbans #gingerbread #gingerbreadhouse #stalbans
From 2024, The Beehive pub recreated in gingerbread. This was the first pub we coordinated with to raise money for Herts Young Homeless using the gingerbread house as a prize for the final quiz night before Christmas. #gingerbread #gingerbreadhouse #stalbans #thebeehive
From 2024, The Six Bells, on Fishpool Street in St Albans. The Six Bells is an amazing 16th century pub in the St Michaels village section of St Albans. Great burgers, too! #stalbans #gingerbread #thesixbells
And ICYMI, from 2024: The Mermaid, an amazing 19th century independent St Albans pub famous for its selection of ciders. #stalbans #gingerbread
Last but not least for 2025, The Portland Arms. Another beautiful 19th century pub that has the best Sunday lunch in St Albans! And Georgie, the adorable pub dog. I had to include him sitting on the steps of the gingerbread house. #ThePortlandArms #gingerbread #pubsofstalbans #stalbans
Next for 2025 is The Garibaldi, a Victorian pub named after Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian hero of Risorgimento who visited England around that time and created quite a popular sensation. #theGaribaldi #stalbans #pubsofstalbans #gingerbread
First up is the Great Northern, an independent 19th century pub (which makes it a relative newcomer to St Albans). Amazing food, great beers, and always a warm welcome whenever we go there. #thegreatnorthern #stalbans #gingerbread #gingerbreadpub
It's time for this year's installment of the Gingerbread Pubs of St Albans! This is the fourth year I've been recreating the iconic, historic pubs of St Albans, England in gingerbread, and giving them as a gift to the pubs. Read on for lots of pictures and details! 🧵 #stalbans #gingerbread
I have filled my first bag of gingerbread scraps and will be foisting them on everyone I see from now until Christmas. Gingerbreadageddon has begun. #gingerbread #gingerbreadhouse
Some years ago, frustrated by how difficult it was to make friends as an adult, I consciously decided to act like I was in kindergarten. If I liked someone, I'd literally say "I like you! We should be friends!" Yes, awkward AF, but it totally works!
Yeah, it's vertical format, but a lot can be done with footage you already have and creative cropping/editing. I rely on my 22 year old (who is an excellent editor) for guidance on tiktok. 🤣
I just subscribed just in case you do! That was awesome! If you do, I'd definitely use a bunch of the footage to make short videos for tiktok, too, to catch both markets. It's annoying having to plan for both formats, but I think it would be worth it.
