Driver's side:
Passenger's side. There is no hiding from this embarrassment.
Although I will secretly think it is awesome and drive them everywhere in it anyway.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
When I grow up and have teenagers
They will drive this van to school as punishment.
Driver's side:
Passenger's side. There is no hiding from this embarrassment.
Although I will secretly think it is awesome and drive them everywhere in it anyway.
Driver's side:
Passenger's side. There is no hiding from this embarrassment.
Although I will secretly think it is awesome and drive them everywhere in it anyway.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Cambridge: 5 Stars
December 11, 2010. A day to remember. It was a celebration for my day of birth twenty something years ago.
We went to Cambridge. While it was chilly, it was sunny and beautiful. We walked around the town, went into King's college chapel, had a lovely pub lunch (with delicious sticky toffee pudding for dessert), then walked about some more and stumbled across a lovely family Christmas service in one of the other chapels where we lit candles and sang carols.
Overall, a lovely day. Sorry in advance for the many many photos, but I liked too many :)
King's college chapel
Emma and Morgan
Monica and Erika
Me and Monica making our "happy" faces
This is the definition of a quaint pub: one with historic and relevant pictures like this on the wall.
Monica. This picture would have been complete if she'd been wearing a wedding dress. Alas, that may have been weird as well.
Erika. This little lady is such a gem!
Engagement photo #1 of the day
Dave's iphone photo, just lovely
I love this hallway. I love the lighting.
Of course, we took jumping pictures.
Monica's awkward hand #1
Monica's awkward hand #2
The carols by candlelight
We went to Cambridge. While it was chilly, it was sunny and beautiful. We walked around the town, went into King's college chapel, had a lovely pub lunch (with delicious sticky toffee pudding for dessert), then walked about some more and stumbled across a lovely family Christmas service in one of the other chapels where we lit candles and sang carols.
Overall, a lovely day. Sorry in advance for the many many photos, but I liked too many :)
King's college chapel
Emma and Morgan
Monica and Erika
Me and Monica making our "happy" faces
This is the definition of a quaint pub: one with historic and relevant pictures like this on the wall.
Monica. This picture would have been complete if she'd been wearing a wedding dress. Alas, that may have been weird as well.
Erika. This little lady is such a gem!
Engagement photo #1 of the day
Dave's iphone photo, just lovely
I love this hallway. I love the lighting.
Of course, we took jumping pictures.
Monica's awkward hand #1
Monica's awkward hand #2
The carols by candlelight
Blissful Weekend
I went back to my friend's parents house in Lyon, France. Remember this place? Yea, it's pretty sweet.
There was a nice group of us, and Morgan (photographer extraordinaire) was there thankfully to capture some amazing shots from the weekend. I feel like we belonged in some sort of amazing magazine shoot. I heart this place.
The pictures below are all from my camera. But you should REALLY take a minute to enjoy Morgan's. He's got some mad skills. Check out his flicker site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lost_boy/sets/72157625856129924
A view of the valley
Karen, she's from Canada.
Karen also speaks French. She didn't let that fact be known but enjoyed listening to people (aka Dave) trying to order our late night dinner from a drive-thru.
Dave and Erika. Having fun playing tag. Or else they were trying to reenact a blender in our kitchen appliance game.
Me. Strutting my stuff.
Senior Dave.
Mike. Two guesses what he was doing up there on the hill top...
Erika and Morgan. Morgan chopped wood and Morgan liked it.
Dave playing tag
The hill side at dusk.
The moon.
There was a nice group of us, and Morgan (photographer extraordinaire) was there thankfully to capture some amazing shots from the weekend. I feel like we belonged in some sort of amazing magazine shoot. I heart this place.
The pictures below are all from my camera. But you should REALLY take a minute to enjoy Morgan's. He's got some mad skills. Check out his flicker site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lost_boy/sets/72157625856129924
A view of the valley
Karen, she's from Canada.
Karen also speaks French. She didn't let that fact be known but enjoyed listening to people (aka Dave) trying to order our late night dinner from a drive-thru.
Dave and Erika. Having fun playing tag. Or else they were trying to reenact a blender in our kitchen appliance game.
Me. Strutting my stuff.
Senior Dave.
Mike. Two guesses what he was doing up there on the hill top...
Erika and Morgan. Morgan chopped wood and Morgan liked it.
Dave playing tag
The hill side at dusk.
The moon.
I moved
And in case you're wondering, I did not hire a man with a van.
I left my joyous flat in Finsbury and moved up in the world to Abbey Road in the St John's Wood neighborhood. This might look familiar:
And this is what I see everyday.
I left my joyous flat in Finsbury and moved up in the world to Abbey Road in the St John's Wood neighborhood. This might look familiar:
And this is what I see everyday.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Loving Live Concerts
On December 9, 2010 my good friends Monica, Dave, Erika and I went to see Angus & Julia Stone perform at the Southbank Centre.
They're a very talented, folk, brother-sister duo. Between the two of them, they played at least 10 instruments and are both great singers. Somehow they transformed a large performance hall into an intimate, living-room gig. Julia even gave their dad in Australia a call on stage we all joined in to sing him Happy Birthday.
My favorite song: Big Jet Plane. The official music video is absolutely lovely. Please follow the link and enjoy :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFTvbcNhEgc
They're a very talented, folk, brother-sister duo. Between the two of them, they played at least 10 instruments and are both great singers. Somehow they transformed a large performance hall into an intimate, living-room gig. Julia even gave their dad in Australia a call on stage we all joined in to sing him Happy Birthday.
My favorite song: Big Jet Plane. The official music video is absolutely lovely. Please follow the link and enjoy :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFTvbcNhEgc
Kicking off the Christmas Season
On December 5, my dear friends down in Vauxhall (Ness, Rosie and J), hosted a lovely dinner to start off the Christmas season.
We had great food, fun company and a white elephant gift exchange of sorts.
My gift was a game called the "Shannon Question Game". I took my talent of asking probing and sometimes entertaining questions, and wrote them on a deck of cards. Yep, that's right. 52 questions perfect for a road trip, game night in or perhaps awkward first date where you can't think of anything to chat about.
I'm currently in the copyrighting phase, so I won't list the questions here. Let me know if you'd like your own deck though, I'd be happy to oblige :)
Thanks for the lovely evening girls!
We had great food, fun company and a white elephant gift exchange of sorts.
My gift was a game called the "Shannon Question Game". I took my talent of asking probing and sometimes entertaining questions, and wrote them on a deck of cards. Yep, that's right. 52 questions perfect for a road trip, game night in or perhaps awkward first date where you can't think of anything to chat about.
I'm currently in the copyrighting phase, so I won't list the questions here. Let me know if you'd like your own deck though, I'd be happy to oblige :)
Thanks for the lovely evening girls!
The Baths in Bath
Back in November last year(19th-20th), a crew of us went off to Bath to celebrate our friend Annie's birthday.
Highlights of the weekend:
Highlights of the weekend:
- Jazz Cafe for a late breakfast
- Quaint shops and streets
- Outdoor exhibition of landscape photography around England
- Sally Lunn buns at the oldest house in Bath
- Going to a bath (aka spa) in Bath, with a rooftop pool where you can see the stars, roof line of the city, and the Abbey - see below
All in all, I recommend the place. It was a fabulous quick weekend getaway! Thanks for organizing it Annie :)
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