26.5.11

#15


LOVE
Crunchie Blast ice cream - honeycomb ice cream , chocolate covering and popping candy - good times!

HATE
Working more than a day of over-time a week - I don't even get to eat my ice-cream till 10pm!!


This weekend...
...we're back to 3 day weekend!!! Horay!
Thats a whole extra day to do/see/listen to something new...

Listen:
To some new sounds...Click on the image to hear the songs
(Afriad this may not work if your workplace blocks websites)




See
Trooping the colour...I watched the Royal Wedding...now I'm hooked - this week catch some of the action at the rehearsal for the Queens birthday celebrations...Click here
Stroll:
Walk London are hosting more than 50 guided walks this weekend...click here to see more info
Watch
A film...at the cinema...but...on a roof...Click here for more about the Roof Top Film Club in Hoxton

Drink:
Tea! Open day afternoon tea at Lords cricket ground Click here


BLOG OF THE WEEK:
http://www.fashionsquad.com/

19.5.11

#14


LOVE
This time of year...when people leave their curtains open and you can see inside their lovely houses!!! - does that make me a peeping tom?
HATE
Wet feet! Beware the tipping paving stones!








This weekend...Go Dark...or LIGHT
Listen
Brighten your day...





Or grovel in a a blue mood



See
Dark - Tracy Emin - see what all the fuss is about...is it wrong to want one of her expletive-ridden quilts on my bed! Click Here

Light - Life's a beach!
Head to The Southbank...they have 14 beach huts and a sandy beach...its a dream, and only a journey away. Click Here


Watch
Amazing...dark, but AMAZING! Black swan on DVD - if you didn't see it at the cinema...or even if you did...Click here 

For something a little lighter...The Kings Speech is also out...watch the trailer here...to buy...Click Here












THIS WEEK ALL I SEE IS...Green Shoots...
Green is everywhere...and works well with a tan or us office-based pasties!







BLOG OF THE WEEK:

14.5.11

#13

LOVE
The colour that is everywhere right now...nature lead the way...Oxford street window displays tailing just behind!

HATE
The man talking to himself on the bus then dropping his fried chicken bone on my shoe!





Let the outside in...
Don't let it all be about what you wear, brighten up your house too!











 2 great songs to bring sunshine into your heart...







This weekend...
Get out there...

1. GO to a garden centre, buy a new friend...
For a list of garden shops in central london


Or better still go to my favourite place of all...Columbia flower market (Sunday early - 2pm - if you want a bargain get there at the end!)

Tips for gardening beginners...


2. Really want to throw yourself into the season...head to the Spirit of Summer fair at Olympia!...(maybe take your mum to justify it to yourself!)


3. Fancy a dip? Take yourself to a London Lido or wait for the next rain shower!!








GARDENING BLOG OF THE WEEK:

5.5.11

#12

After what seems like an eternity of short weeks and long weekends we are facing 3 WHOLE WEEKS of 5 working days 
(till the next Bank holiday on the 28th May)
I feel blue.
I am therefore dedicating this posting to all things happy! 
Feel free to contribute at the bottom if the mood takes you. 
SMILE...

Haley and Lucas print



7 things I LOVE...
  1. When the wind dies down and you feel the warmth in the sunshine 
  2. The feeling of elation when waving a tiny union jack (with a million friends)
  3. Seeing a green shoot burst skywards in a matter of days
  4. The first sip of a perfectly strong, sweet, hot but not too hot cup of tea
  5. A toasted crumpet, with lots of butter 
  6. Being wrapped up in a boys jumper on a chilly day
  7. Yellow 

This week all I want is a...
Playsuit
A `playsuit` can be: * playsuit (fashion), a one-piece fashion garment generally worn by women *
6 of the best...




Click on any below to go shopping...



5 Happy websites 



4 things to do to brighten your day
  1. GO to a park, throw your head back and take a sniff at the smell of the outdoors
  2. Put on a great song, and dance around like a mad person till it ends
  3. Bake brownies...and eat at least 2!
  4. Share the rest with friends

The best brownie recipe EVER (makes approx 12)
Melt 200g Plain Chocolate
with 175g Butter
take off heat
add
325g castor sugar
130g plain flour
3 eggs
Cook for approx 35 mins at 170 degrees 
If in doubt - they are at their best a little undercooked






3 Songs to start off your crazy dancing 

Pencil full of Lead - Paolo Nutini

Jungle Boogie - Kool and the Gang

Paper Planes - MIA 


2 things on to make you laugh










 
1 bit of happy art
Artist Martin Creed's work