annie get my mug

annie sent me this picture, courtesy of her cell phone, from chicago (i think). apparently the mug she is holding is from a restaurant in carmel, ca. i asked her to steal it for me...her reply: 'DONE!'

air mail

got a package in the mail a week ago from london.

when i was in my favorite store caravan style, i fell in love with these flying birds but was afraid they would break on my way home.

well they flew in via air mail and are now at home over my kitchen bar

and bed. a copy of emily's beautiful book table inspirations was also thrown in. yay!

Funky London Childhood

(pic: jason and mark in the garden, hackney rd)

day 4
millbank:
tate britain (pre-raphaelite heaven) **

shoreditch/hoxton:
murdock
spitalfields market: *
caravan style ** (owner emily wrote one of my favorite books)
sen
komodo *
brick lane:
junky styling *
stolen space gallery (word to your mother exhibit) **
al volo *

(pic: bush graffiti outside of shoreditch house)

day 4 (cont.)
hoxton/shoreditch (cont.):
cheshire street:
labour and wait **
hunters & gatheres *
mar mar co *
eve:
red lion pub *
cru
shoreditch house
the joiners arms

day 5
hoxton square:
cru
white cube gallery (matthew ritchie, ghost operator exhibit) **

(pic: notting hill)

day 5 (cont.)
notting hill:
portobello road market *
oxfam shop **
twenty8twelve *
tea palace *
carluccio's
toast *
agent provocateur
neal's yard

(pic: prudie relaxing on my london notes, echo park)

day 5 (cont.)
shoreditch:
tesco
today is boring **
eurovision --

day 6:
hoxton:
coffee me

heathrow:
harrods ;)

Lullaby of London

(pic: brendan brunch at cru)

day 3
trafalgar square *
piccadilly circus
national cafe *
national gallery *
national portrait gallery (vanity fair portraits) *

(pic: jason brunch)

day 3 (cont.)
chelsea:
sloane's square *
kings road: *
sen *
organic pharmacy
designers guild **
blue bird **
chelsea farmer's market **

(pic: mark brunch)

day 3 (cont.)
#11 bus (chelsea's kings road to shorditch's liverpool street station) *
trafalgar square
big ben
st. paul's cathedral
buckingham palace
royal courts of justice

(pic: scallops brunch cru)

day 3 (cont.)
shoreditch
shoreditch house **
george and dragon **
the joiners arms

There's No Place Like London

(pic: liberty of london trimmings floor)

day 1
arrive 5:00 pm
hoxton hotel *
cru **

(pic: liberty of london)

day 2
covent garden:
marks and spencer
the organic pharmacy **
neal's yard **
cath kidston *
coco de mer *
urban outfitters

(pic: neal's yard, covent garden)

day 2 (cont.)
oxford circus:
habitat *
h&m
top shop

carnaby street:
liberty of london **
howies **

(pic: time life building, mayfair)

day 2(cont.)
mayfair:
james hyman gallery (linda mcCartney photo exhibit)**
stella mccartney **
berkeley square park
dover street market **

(pic: grilled squid, with cheese plate in background, cru)

day 2 (cont.)
hoxton:
murdock **
cru

more surprises

today in the mail i got this birthday present from jeanie, just in time for my trip to
eve flies in tonight and yesterday i got a bunch of organic travel size toiletries from lizzie. i love my friends. thanks for my awesome presents (although you're all the biggest gift of all - i know, cornball!)!

surprises

the past week has brought me many fun surprises (a boy in a bar told me it was because i just got a two dollar bill in the mail), like this big stuffed dog someone put in our driveway. my neighbor nik and i have no idea where it came from but it showed up last night and we like it. we're going to try to see if it will stay with us, overlooking our parking lot all summer. and we've got to name it...