London Zoo

A sunny day without rain is rare in London, so I took advantage of the pleasant weather to enjoy the London Zoo today. I saw an array of beautiful and strange creatures, including Moon Jellyfish, White-cheeked Gibbons, and Emperor Tamarins! I also learned that male rather than female seahorses have babies and saw a Colobus monkey doing something rather interesting (see below)! 

(These signs were everywhere, and it was hilarious because the water was not deep at all!)

(Yes, that is a Colobus monkey urinating! You never know what you'll come across at the zoo!)

Of course I had to see my relative, the White-cheeked Gibbon.

My favorite, the awesome emperor tamarin monkey! (We called them "little wizards.")

Gift shop time! Loved the pink stuffed animals!

I really wanted one of these giant lemurs, but they were too expensive. Maybe someday!

Pick Me Up festival

I had a wonderful time at the Pick Me Up contemporary graphic art festival at Somerset House yesterday. I discovered some really innovative graphic designers - see below for works by Maricormaricar, Malarky, You Byun, Anna Lomax, Rob Flowers, and Malika Favre. I also enjoyed the layered screenprints of the Fatherless Print Posse, the amusing works by the collective Hero of Switzerland (including an amazing Bill Cosby portrait), and charming works with uplifting slogans from the Nelly Duff gallery. Items for sale included bRiebok t-shirts and adorable Lazy Oaf totebags. Event highlights were the fun "Muckburgers" game (prize was an "unhappy meal"), the Coffee Club Sketch-Matic (got a free sketch of a lion dancing with a bear), and the F***yeux Tapestry which anyone could decorate (but only with the words "f***" and "you").

Marc Jacobs mouse flats