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Sunday, 1 May 2011

40

What a truly lovely time I've had turning 40.

A new fancy camera.

Copies of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and The Hunting of the Snark (illustrated by Tove Jansson).

Lunch at St John Restaurant with my two boys, mum, dad, brother and his gorgeous family.

Tomorrow, lunch at Pizza East with friends.

Yesterday, time with the little man and Deerylou, including the obligatory a trip to Maltby Street.

Sunday, 10 January 2010

I realise that 2009 passed and I didn't post once about the books which P was reading to me at bed time. The last read I think I mentioned was Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in November '08 which we followed with L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz. On from there came the following, not 100% in the correct order and possibly missing a title or two:

1. Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol

2. Jill Murphy - The Worst Witch

3. William Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet

4. Honoré de Balzac - Selected Short Stories

5. Bruno Munari - Design as Art

6. Wilkie Collins - The Haunted House and Other Stories

7. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Stories

8. Rudyard Kipling - Strange Tales

9. C.S. Lewis - The Horse and his Boy

10. Washington Irving - Rip Van Winkle, the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

Our current read is Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann - Tales of Hoffmann

So, now you're up to speed...

Sunday, 1 November 2009

Weekend

I went looking for shoes yesterday morning and ended up with a very sweet wool cape from Muji instead. On my way home I popped into Wild and Wood and sat in the cosy nook for a very well made flat white and a quick bite.

Today was a lovely grey rainy London day and for a change Columbia Road was quiet. We had coffee and breakfast in the rain at Ezra Yard and brought home some red anemones. I picked up Paumes Copenhagen Apartments, which I was very happy to find in Lapin and Me, and a copy of the newly released I Choose You from Elphick's. It's a lovely book by Silver Jungle, who are helping to protect endangered animals in the wild, and is illustrated by Lisa Jones.

Friday, 23 October 2009

Mr Fox IS Fantastic

It seems an age since I mentioned it here but tonight we finally got to see the appropriately titled FANTASTIC Fantastic Mr Fox.

I loved every single joyous second of Wes Anderson's interpretation of Roald Dahl's much loved children's book. You should see it as soon as you can!

Sunday, 13 September 2009

Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook

I recently picked up a new copy of the Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook for £4... a rather good price for this very attractive book.

This afternoon I tried the Banana Loaf recipe. Perfect.

I have huge a soft spot for this bakery... we chose to have their Red Velvet cake as our wedding cake. It went down a storm with our guests and the book has the recipe.

Sunday, 6 September 2009

More Sweet Treats

Not all of my sweet treats this weekend were edible. Early Friday evening browsing these beautiful book covers, all of them found at one of London's finest second hand bookshops. Pay a visit to Oxfam at 34 Strutton Ground.

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

We're home

My heart belongs to Antwerp... well, at least for the time being anyway! We had a wonderful weekend in this stylish, compact, historic and generous city.

One of the biggest highlights was our hotel, Boulevard Leopold. I can't recall where I found their website, but I'm glad I did as it was the catalyst for me booking time off and the flights... I absolutely loved the comfortable feel and perfect style of the house, which dates from 1890. I'd move in in a flash... if I could!

On the day we arrived, we found ourselves in the right neighbourhood and paid a visit to the very lovely Mieke Willems. I could've spent hours browsing the shelves full of desirable goods in this small, but perfectly formed, store. I picked up some o-check design graphic check tape in red, a cute cloud pen and a cheerful pop-up clown card both from millimetermilligram, along with a copy of Bruno Munari's Roses in the Salad.