Birthday BBQ

We had a big birthday BBQ for Lookie last Saturday. The weather was great and he had a garden full of all his friends and neighbors including Milo, Lani, Dixie, his childminding chum Alec, 2 week old baby Mia and his Godmother Jess and Godfathers Jerry and Vittoriano. And what birthday boy could ask for more than a garden sized bouncy castle, which we borrowed for the afternoon.

Zoo

As part of Lookie's first birthday celebrations, last Friday, we spent the morning at London Zoo. Our highlights were the new penguin pool, the butterfly room and the giraffes. To get home, we caught the river bus (actually a barge bus on the canal)back to Little Venice, where we saw a magnificent Citroen DS and then hopped on the tube, back to Wilesden Junction. The birthday boy was tired out by the morning's adventures and slept all the way home.

Clay Works

These, very photogenic, disused clay works, next door to where Ben and Chloe's wedding reception was held, was an unexpected delight, before we set back to London.

Tinker Tailor

I genuinely can't remember the last time I was this excited about a new film.

I loved the BBC version, but with this absolutely phenomenal cast and the genius behind the lens of 'Let The Right One In', it's going to be a long wait until September.

Ben and Chloe's Wedding

I absolutely love a good wedding and weddings tend to be one of my absolute summer highlights. And Ben and Chloe's, last weekend, (a long time coming) was absolutely spectacular!
Immaculately executed, lavish hospitality, in beautiful surroundings, with lovely people. It even had a 20 minute fire work display accompanied by music. And what's more; Ibolya and I got to have the first lye-in together in living memory in a lovely hotel.