I’ve been nursing a dreadful cold the past few days. The worst aspect is that I feel itchy from the inside out. Here’s to hoping that this will be my winter cold, done and dusted early, but I’m afraid I probably won’t be so lucky.
>>>Spending a day in the park with my nephew looking at the Crystal Palace dinosaurs. He was so excited about them that it was magical!
>>> In fact, we got to babysit this week on top of our dinosaur adventure, so there was much snuggling time to be had, though I’m afraid that I’ve gotten a cold in exchange for hugs.
>>> When I was on my way home from work on Saturday afternoon, I watch some teams set up the last few blocks in the giant dominoes event commemorating the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London.
>>> I read in The Stage that “Moulin Rouge!” is finally being adapted for the West End stage. I’ve been saying that I want to be in the stage show version of the film since the film first came out. I was a girl obsessed when the film came out and I’ve seen Moulin Rouge more than any other film.
>>> I managed to squeeze in a session of eating Pad Thai this week. It’s one of my favourites and I don’t have it often enough!
>>> I went to a totally insular school growing up: we spent 7 years with the same 140 students in our year. One of them was in London for the week, and it was nice to catch up on some old school gossip.
>>> I’m sure most of you have seen the amazing Kenzo perfume ad video by now, but if you haven’t watch it now. It’s incredible. It was directed by Spike Jonze but more importantly, choreographed by Ryan Heffington who is the same choreographer behind Sia’s “Chandelier” video (starring Maddie from “Dance Moms”.) It’s not perfect, but it’s so much better than any sexy woman/Paris ad that usually sells us perfume.
>>> After reading about Camila’s experience with the app Memrise, I downloaded it myself. Right now I’m trying to get my French back up to the shape it was in when I took it in university before branching out to a new language entirely!
>>> Sam and I had dinner with Emma and Mr London Kiwi at Pasha, a Turkish place in Islington. It was wonderful and I floated on clouds of good company, falafel and baklava for days after.
>>> I also went for an afternoon tea at Bea’s of Bloomsbury’s this week. As per usual, it was lovely. They have some of my favourite tea sandwiches in London! (A lot of this week’s happy things seem to involve food….)
This weekend I have Bread Week to tackle for the #bakeoffbakealong. That’s always a stressful Bake Off week for me!
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What are you up to this weekend?
