Saturday morning :)

It's 20 degree outside with lovely sunshine and it is Saturday morning!  Even I'm alone, without Evbaby for the weekend, but my mind just couldn't stop get excited about the idea of riding my bike along the Regent canal to get a lovely coffee at Broadway market... I feel so happy. I love when a simple little thing can blow my mind away. It's just an easy happiness that you can have or allow yourself to have it.  Life is simple like I want it to be....  Start my lovely morning with Scrubb, I miss Thai music and it makes me smile. YES..I'm ready to go now!   The park, Victoria Park, and canal are still lovely and packed with those runners, seems like they're on marathon. I stopped taking photos along the way.  So green and calm, everything around me...so nice    I hope you enjoy your Saturday. x
PS. I miss you Evbaby

the runners

my bike needs a break

he is a lucky dog! 

 

DRINK, SHOP & DO

Yesterday was Friday plus it was another lovely sunny day so nothing better than just go out!  We went to Gagosian Gallery to see an exhibition of Takashi Murakami, Japanese contemporary artist.  It was wicked.  Honestly, I've never heard about him before but thanks buddha for my friend's invitation yesterday. I become his fan!  Just love his work personally.  It's fine-art with commercial sense, which easy to digest..I love everything that easy to understand. Life is hard enough and I'm a bit shallow!  Unfortunately, photo taken is not allowed and it was last day of the exhibition.  So, the exhibition is about sex that appears in manga, girl with giant boobs and golden penis with a little smile!  I bet that you're start googling his work! ha... 

Right, art stuff checked. Next got to be a chat over coffee! I've heard about this new cafe here, King's Cross, called Drink, Shop & Do.  Accidentally found it on the way to another destination so we stopped to try it out.    Like its name, this cafe serves drinks, where you can shop furniture and do activity they provide (stitching, sewing, etc)   It's like a girl club, having afternoon tea & cakes with friend while sewing a cushion! ummm...  very lovely and sweet place, however, if you're a coffee lover like me please please don't order coffee there. I beg you!  

   

Hackney wicked!

Summer in London is the best!  I love festival I love outdoor activity!  Hackney Wicked 2011,its 4th year, is an art festival which host by Hackney Wick, the home of artist.   Open studio, flea market, BBQ, outdoor cinema, floating book shop & cafe (yes, on the boat!) and more fun stuffs to do, such as live music.   The site itself is wicked, along the canal you can see the Olympic site just opposite.  No entry fee just come and enjoy the art!  

for you who love handcraft. I love a tea bag and tea cup. they are so adorable!  visit www.miwary.com

Shoreditch grind

Seems like there are lots of brand new indie cafes out there lately (since last year), which I love it!   New place new taste new discovery that make London more exciting!   Today I have a date with my lovely friend, who obviously visited this place before.  Shoreditch Grind,the new cafe in trendy East London.  Located just off Old street roundabout, very handy for commuters in the morning, in the round building which makes this place quite unique.  My latte was good, even they made it like flat white (in my opinion anyway).  However, I'm very sorry to say that I wasn't impressed by the staff with 'I-am-too- cool attitude' shame....  and counter bar+stools made my coffee experience wasn't quite comfortable at all. Regardless to the round shape of its space, of course they have to maximize its capacity. So they designed the counter bar along with the wall and it means we all have to sit on the stools! (they have just one table in the middle).  Definitely good for grab a take-away coffee, but not really for a long chat with friend I think. 

My new toy!!!

YES!!!  my new toys arrived very early this morning!  so excited!  I've been dreaming about V60 for a while and here she is!  what I got in the parcel today were Hario V60-01 (dripper), Hario skerton hand grinder and scale (believe me it's worth to have)  I just can't wait to try it. Absolutely first thing I want to do so badly this morning, even I got just grounded Guatemala!!!  never mind I'll get a bag of beans and grind it fresh tomorrow. Result?  lovely! even from grounded coffee, but I still got a lemon fizzing finished with its sweetness at the very end.   I also attached how to brew with V60's video for you. I am not yet the expert so let learn from them!  

 

it is cupcake!

Last weekend was Love box weekend. so much fun and too many beers! Snoop dog and Blondie brought out all their fan around London to the park!  it was wicked weekend for us.   However, this post is not about music, but cupcake!  As my mother-in law reached her 60th, so we celebrated it big and of course big foods!   but I just want to show you those cupcakes, which baked by doctor! even she's still a student.  They were so yummy and look amazing!  hope you agree with me

this blue one was my favorite! 

 

Portobello market

Yes yes, Portobello market!  first time and last time I've been there was 3 years ago! yes, as a tourist of course.  It's always different story isn't it when you become a resident of the town, you're just not bother to go anywhere that across your area.  we live in the east end, so it's quite a special thing for us to travel all the way over to the west.  Sound such a drama, but actually just about 10 stops on the tube :p   Anyway, because today we got a mission which was seeking for a special present for Ev's mum's 60th birthday. Quite exciting going to Portobello market with my husband for the first time!  haaa.  Oh, well the market was packed with a stream of tourists on a sunny Saturday and yes we're start getting annoy!  not very nice but we just hate a crowd....grumpy couple we are indeed.     However, it was very nice and lovely of course.  Nothing hill, you know...surrounded by big massive lovely Georgian/Victorian buildings (undoubtedly with flower beds). The market is very good if you after a good condition and fine quality vintage stuffs, such as jewelry, china and painting.  Unlikely stuffs you'll find on Brick Lance which pretty much like dump found.  We eventually got it-special present-after wandered around just only 2 hrs.  pretty good for the shopping day.  Go if you just wanna hang out in different area and of course to feel more swanky, both people and atmosphere.  It's a good fun.
PS. I didn't take a lot of photo..sorry. just can't be bother!

look at the crowd!!!

if you after £30,000 rug!