Sheep + goat = love

If you walk down Lansdowne Terrace in Bloomsbury you can look at the sheep & goats who live in Coram's Fields. Seeing them always makes me smile. I was especially delighted to see a sheep and a goat lovingly butting heads today on Valentine's Day!

jellyfish made of wool

I love this little merino wool jellyfish that hangs from my window. He doesn't sting and just hangs there peacefully smiling down on me.

You can buy your own at etsy.com.

half-smashed hot dog, anyone?

I have no idea what this is doing in the hallway by the ladies room....

creepy doll

Believe it or not this doll lives very near the panda and the large zebra-print box/gnome lair (see below for pics). Strange and mysterious things are happening in Mecklenburgh Square!

London teddy bear sale

3 for £ 7.00! Get 'em while they're hot!

A handsome architecture student's latest project

I will remember...

I was walking along this morning, passing the rooms and this pillar which I always pass on my way out, when I noticed something a bit unusual...I squinted my eyes and looked a bit closer...

Someone wrote "I will remember" on the pillar!

How beautiful!

heart-shaped meringue, anyone?

what is up with this panda

Across from the zebra-print box (see below) by Coram's Fields lives this panda. He's got a big smile and I think he is trying to be some kind of gymnast or dancer...and I couldn't help but notice that he's missing a few body parts! Isn't it interesting when the realms of cuteness and creepiness collide?

Guanabara

I went to Guanabara in Covent Garden last night for some live Brazilian music and performances! This photo doesn't really do justice to the awesome dancers. It's a great spot for tasty cocktails as well. I had the best mojito and a heavenly pear + apple + vanilla + Jack Daniel's concoction!

Gnome lair?

I walk by this zebra-printed box every day. I find it extremely puzzling. I suspect little zebra-loving gnomes live inside...

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...

random tree branch

WTF?!

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?

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

Egyptian Mummies!

Cat mummies!

Anglo-Saxon tools

Oh wait. Are those Anglo-Saxon tools? Or Dunkin Donuts? Hmm. Looks a bit suspicious to me...

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!

Kate + William fever!

Windsor Castle