Before I Die........

Stumbled upon an empty shop in That London where the front had been painted with blackboard paint and written on it 

'Before I die I want to..............'

Some answers are beautiful - 

'Make her smile everyday'

'Find the end of the rainbow'

'Go to Narnia'

Others just made me laugh out loud -

'Ride a motorbike with a monkey'

'Lie in a field covered in puppies'

'Eat a Great Parmo' - One for you kids from Middlesbrough there!

And my favourite - 

'Complete a yoga class without farting'

London I love you!

london town

I went into London for the first time in months on thursday to meet friends from work. Sadly I didn't get to meet everyone but Mrs T and I had lunch in the BIG YELLOW SHOP (Selfridges). Crikey I've missed that shop. Lots of lovely things to stroke and touch, especially in the new shoe dept. AND there's the new Petersham Nursery concession downstairs..........mmmmmm!
It was odd going into London again after such a long time. I picked up a rather chewed looking free newspaper and read all the 'sensational' gossip. Got off at Euston and on the number 18 bus, which is no longer a bendy flavour but a double decker (must have got wise to the fact no-one pays on the bendy buses). As we tootled down Marylebone Road, two men in inflatable sumo suits walked out of UCH hospital........ah yes London, you just don't get that in Berko!

dennis severs' house

This wonderful Georgian Terrace house near Spitalfields Market, was owned and created by American Dennis Severs, who lived in the house until his death in 1999. He created it as a 'still-life drama', an installation, where one can enter, as if stepping through a painting, into the imaginary world of Mr & Mrs Jervis. In the dining room the table is set as though they have just finished dinner and wandered off to another room. You are aware of the chattering and daily life, but it's some way in the distance and you can't quite touch it.

At Christmas the house opens up to a magical tour (available 21st nov - 6th jan).
A special 'silent' tour is also available with champagne around the fireside to finish.

Thanks for the link Mrs H x

dennis severs house

old london town

Mr Cheese and I had a night out in London (courtesy of C&M and their lovely flat and nana babysitting). We felt like real tourists and finished the weekend off with a visit to Columbia Road and Brick Lane. Ah the cockerney banter, luverly bit of geranium fer a fiver...........