I walk by this zebra-printed box every day. I find it extremely puzzling. I suspect little zebra-loving gnomes live inside...
Saturday, 5 February 2011
ICE
Someone wrote ICE on a tube door. Wonder if ICE is his name...maybe Vanilla Ice was riding the London tube! Or maybe the person who wrote it is just a big fan of frozen water? Or perhaps someone is trying to promote the Institution of Civil Engineers? What a mystery! I'm going to be up all night pondering the possibilities...
foot in my mouth
I discovered the bakery at Waitrose, and guess what?! They have foot cookies!
I made a cup of tea and "put my foot in my mouth." Luckily no one was around to see me make such a fool of myself. :-)
my name in sugar
Having fun with the sugar at Carluccios...I actually really like this font...kind of vampire-y, isn't it?
Thursday, 6 January 2011
A few highlights from the British Museum
Elgin Marbles
Bronze head from an over life-sized statue of Augustus
Marble sculpture showing an African acrobat on a crocodile
Roman sculpture of a dude with really cool hair
Close-up of really cool hair
Hands of imitation coral (English, early 19th c.) Used as love tokens! (Coral brought good luck.)
Soft-paste porcelain cup and saucer (Welsh, c. 1820)
Gold mouse bracelet (English, c. 1880)
Gold and turquoise lizard bracelet with articulated links. (English, c. 1880)
Pierced eggshell porcelain zarf (Turkish coffee cup holder, French, c. 1850)
The Hon. Mrs. Anne Seymour Damer by Giuseppe Cerrachi, c. 1777
Still wondering about the story behind this little dude.
Love the hair!
Adventures in Harrod's
Foie gras with truffles...love the packaging!
American cereal...didn't know Corn Flakes and Coco Pops were such a delicacy in the UK!
Marshmallow sandwiches
Egyptian hall
The Visconti homo sapiens pen...the first pen ever to be forged from the volcanic lava of Mt. Etna in Sicily! Buy one for me? (only 900 pounds.)
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About Me
- careygibby
- Researching Victorian illustration at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Loves text + image relations, book arts, poetry, fantasy, science, people watching, the moon. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee.