What's Your Thang? and Pear and Cinnamon Tart

When I was a little girl (no Que Sera Sera I promise hahaha), seriously when I was little I wanted to be a singer and a drummer (I know it's odd for a girl) but I seriously wanted so badly to be a drummer. I loved the power and the rhythm drummers had and I really wanted to be one, I also loved girls having a bit of muscle and girl drummers had "guns". I remember when I was young I would walk past our local music shop daily and stare into the window at a set of Pearl Drums and they were beautiful. They were exactly the same drums Peter Chris from the band Kiss used so that was pretty awesome, I also wanted to marry Paul Stanley (lead singer of Kiss) but that is for another post hahaha.

I remember thinking 'I wonder if there will ever be any famous girl drummers?' and then bands like The Runaways, Heart, The Go Go's and The Bangles made me realise girls can rock as good as the boys and boy did they rock. I remember watching Sheila E perform with Prince, thinking this girl has amazing rhythm and more recently listening to Hole (I love love love the songs Celebrity Skin and Malibu) and being so happy that girls are still making an impact in the music scene. Now I haven't added bands such as Bananarama, TLC, Destiny's Child, Salt 'n 'Pepper, The Pointer Sisters and many others. Not because I don't like them, not at all as I was a huge fan of all of them but I wanted to write about the female musicians/bands that inspired me. Don't worry, I was a huge Kim Carnes fan and sang Betty Davis Eyes into my hair brush just like every other 14 year old girl but this is just about actual bands.

Well, I didn't end up being a drummer and my singing is saved for church or the shower or my husband (awe yep all mushy). I do still love listening to music although my taste has changed over the years but every now and then it's nice to pop on some of the old classics from my youth. But I am glad I now am doing what I love, which is cooking and writing and sharing this passion with the people I love and care about and knowing it won't be too long before my first cook book will be ready is a real blast, it's amazing really.

So never give up on your dreams and sometimes your dreams take a different road but it's still a great journey and as long as you end up happy and giving something back to the world, then I think you're a pretty lucky person.