One of the great things about London is the ease in which you can find a little piece of the world right here. It is one of the main reasons the city feels like a mini country all on its own where food, culture, and clothes from further afield are never in short supply. Last … Continue reading »
Last weekend an age old tradition was revived: the London Pleasure Garden. A Pleasure Garden is usually a garden that is open to the public for recreation purposes. Historically they differed from other public gardens in that they served as venues for entertainment, featuring concert halls or bandstands, rides, zoos, and menageries. The festival D, Jen, and I went to … Continue reading »
The weather picked up the last few days after many rainy days this month. On Sunday I went out to Faversham with my boyfriend to have lunch with his parents and meet some more of his family. Here is an updated picture of his mum’s garden. It was originally pictured here. After lunch we took … Continue reading »
I’m doing a follow up post because you have to see the muddy mess that the Lovebox festival descended into. This is typical for summer festivals so I’m glad I got the full experience I guess? Anyways, the pictures in the last post were all from Friday. I’ll share some from Saturday and Sunday which … Continue reading »
I’m 2/3 days into my first music festival!! The Brits are serious about them. There is a lot of choice to fit your tastes occurring throughout the summer. Lovebox is being held in East London, Victoria Park to be exact. You probably have heard of Glastonbury which is their biggest music festival. We choose Lovebox … Continue reading »
Picture credit A while ago I blogged about the inspiration for the title of this blog. It is a Bjork song with the same name. This past Sunday I ventured to Manchester to see her in all her quirky glory. Bjork is in residence in Manchester at the moment launching her Biophilia tour. She will officially … Continue reading »
There is little doubt that London and the UK collectively can be very inspiring for writers, musicians, artists and general creative types. Today boyfriend and I went to Warwick Avenue and it was a gorgeous area. Those who are familiar with Duffy (or not see below) know that she has a song titled the same … Continue reading »
