If I were a bunny rabbit, I'd have my own epic movie. We went to G's family for Christmas. They're all the way on the west side of London, and they invited us to stay the night because 'trains can be a pain at this time of year'. Plus, there was a tube strike planned, and we didn't want to get caught in...
There's nothing as quite as comforting and reassuring as a well-baked cake. I've always had ovens that make the act of baking more akin to a risky gamble than a culinary art, but this has taught me how to deal with boo-boos, rather than mourn the loss of a pricey tart. That's how I found cake pops; messed up your deliciously decadent cake? No...
... You start to navigate locations using landmarks like "the festive house". Also, when you realise that you are walking home from work at 7pm on a Sunday because you had to work extra days to keep up with the Christmas rush. Bag humbug. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5 ...
It was Gray's birthday a few weekends ago, and we had such great plans to spend it in the West End at a comedy show followed by dinner with friends. Such great plans. If you notice my disdain and attempted textual sarcasm, it's only because I ended up working slightly late and finally arrived at the pub only to find him with Chris and...
I haven't been posting because I've been working. I've been working, and worrying about work, and worrying about worrying about work. And so, it took a force majeure to bring everything to a stop; the powder sugar-dusting, glittery frosting that coated the world in coldness! It's been snowing for about three days now. It started off with teeny, tiny powdery flakes that drift...
It's beautiful in London at the moment. Everything is very misty and cold, and there's a general frosted haze across the world that seems so lazy and sleepy. It's so nice to be out and about on a Sunday morning, instead of sitting behind an office desk packaging parcels to send out to customers. Ho-hum. Look, in the photo above you can see...
Books I've Been Reading
Rutab Mu'assal: Poached Khustawi dates stuffed with almonds and served in a honey-saffron sauce.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 It takes me about an hour to get to work. The good thing about this is that G & I (we travel together) have discovered the most efficient way of getting to the office which also almost always secures us a seat on the DLR. It's good. We catch up on the local news (a la Metro), listen to London gossip, plan the weekends...
Books I've Been Reading
Can you do addition? What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?
Sunday, November 14, 2010
I've just finished reading Scarlett Thomas's The End of Mr Y. Here are my observations: - First, aesthetics. I particularly enjoy looking at the warm hues of the cover accentuated by gold and black embossing, and, as always, the black-edged pages look rather nice on my bookshelf. I have become awful at judging impulse-purchases on the eye-catchiness of their covers. That's how Scarlett...
Right this very moment I've sent off an email to request a wedding venue booking for the 26th of November 2010. *breathe* Here are some ideas, after spending the morning on Google. This button bouquet is from Etsy Seller Jillianns. ...
We couldn't leave without a bit more Banana Jamming, so we went for happy hour cocktails and met up with everyone who could make it on time. Mmm volcanoes! Here's Lobke, Jordan, Lauriane and Kerry. I must say, everybody looks so healthy and happy even though there's so much going on. Lobke is almost Mrs Minter! We're counting down the days... Here's G,...
And so the saddest part of leaving home finally came: saying goodbye to my dearest friends. My first goodbye began with Isa and Shihaam. I already miss you both, and I know you'll appreciate that I'm going to reproduce just two photographs here (the others I'll email to you soonest, promise). Here's Isa, looking lovely as she poses for her "academic" pose. Calm,...
Dearest Operation Chamomile! Ah. Before leaving, we had to schedule one last visit to High Tea, the delightful tea shop in Constantia, Cape Town. They have a new bicycle, used for nearby deliveries of emergency chocolate cakes and coffee. The location is still as beautiful as ever. This is rather a beautiful picture in the original, I am half tempted to re-upload the...
And so we're back in the land of the grey cloud, the persistent drizzle and the dry humour. Oh England, have you missed us? Just before we left SA I had a measles scare - we were at the Waterfront and suddenly I turned spotty (with purple spots, no less!). G and Marc were both very polite and sat through lunch with me...
I haven't driven down Blouberg Beach front in a very long time, so you can imagine my surprise when we happened upon a brand new development exploding with new restaurants, bars and night-life. Also, there is a bizarre, abandoned and rusted ship just off the beach front: It just sits there, waiting to be salvaged, or to become a relic in the pages...
