POD 06.27.09

A beautiful day in Saint Jean de Luz...here, the town's port.

POD 06.26.09

Espadrilles. So many espadrilles.

POD 06.25.09

The garden, as seen from my grandparents' living room.

POD 06.24.09

Yum. I ate so much cheese at Mima + Pillin's house....sooooo good.

POD 06.22.09

Not much needs to be said.....

POD 06.21.09

The start of summer meant the death of this fat bumble bee in my bedroom. I ran a makeshift bee hospice and left the dying bee on some flowers I had...he lasted about 12 more hours. I can't believe I actually got attached to him.

POD 06.20.09

Bubbles in my sink...I thought these soap bubbles were pretty cool. Like mini Eden Projects in a bowl of water.

*guest* POD 06.16.09

Thank you Anna Maria for this lovely shot of an ice cream truck. I find the music coming from these things to be particularly creepy...but WHAT are they trying to say with that slogan?

POD 06.15.09

Not only do they start construction at 8am Monday-Saturday in my 'backyard', but they have also started leaving the lights on all night.

POD 06.14.09

oh, coconut + pineapple deliciousness!!!

POD 06.13.09

Another sunny Saturday in London...I never thought my shorts would get this much sun exposure!!!

POD 06.12.09

Cloudy days call for a nice pint of Guinness at lunch! So Bri'ish!

POD 06.11.09

I fell and scraped my knee pretty badly--and the game hadn't even started yet.

POD 06.10.09

Saw this on the road between home and work...seems to fit my mood these days.

POD 06.09.09

My baby girl, Riley, is sick with a heart condition. Her owner just emailed me to let me know. I hope she is ok, at least for a little while longer, because she brings happiness to a lot of people.

POD 06.08.09

Gloomy.

POD 06.07.09

Ok, so I took a break for a week. I'm back though, and to celebrate, my first batch of red velvet cupcakes. Oh yes! For Georgia.

*guest* POD 05.31.09

FINALLY! Someone's on our side. Anna Maria saw this great sign in Bermondsey.

POD 05.30.09

Another beautiful day in London. I was about to settle down in St. James park. I'm not sure what it was, but there was a lot of fancy horse action en route to Buckingham Palace...

POD 05.29.09

Daniel's leaving beverages....He is off to Cologne to live with his wife! We will miss you.

POD 05.28.09

Dinner at Benito's Hat with Perez: Tasty tacos, refreshing Coronas, Chips n Guac, good company....Perfect for a warm spring Thursday evening!

POD 05.27.09

This was on the rainy way home from a lovely lunch at Pho...here's to you, Georgia!! I will wait for your arrival before I go again....(well, maybe I'll go before then)

POD 05.26.09

I dreamt of this last night...England is where the elves live.

POD 05.25.09

Cheese rolling races in Gloucester...Basically, people race down a very very steep hill in the English countryside, breaking bones along the way, in order to catch an impossibly fast wheel of cheese that is rolled down the hill a second before the start of the race. A quirky English tradition.

POD 05.24.09

The most beautiful day so far this year...spent almost 5 hours in the sun reading the paper, playing scrabble and picnicing with Anna Maria. We both have sunburns to prove it!

POD 05.23.09

Anna Maria and I scored the most perfect chairs at a restaurant in Covent Garden...just in time to catch the last strong rays of sun for the day!

POD 05.22.09

I get to cat sit this little cutie over the weekend...meet Poppy.

POD 05.21.09

Taking a break from it all and sleeping for a while. This is a picture of what I see when my eyes are closed.

POD 05.20.09

Here is the birthday cake I just finished for Graham. Flourless chocolate cake.

POD 05.19.09

I stopped by Lincoln's Inn Fields on my way home from work today, because although the day was really crappy in terms of weather, the evening has proven to be really nice. Just in time for the journey back from work. Here, a little flower enjoying the sun after a tough day of wind and rain.

POD 05.18.09

Trial run in my new oven: BBC brownies. For some reason, the Brits don't add a lot of chocolate to their brownie recipes...I've got a few things to teach them around here.

POD 05.17.09

No really--how could I possibly resist this place? Ikea, Sunday afternoon, Wembley.

POD 05.16.09

This was the most difficult thing to build alone. Our ceilings were too short for me to build this 2.36meter-tall wardrobe on the ground, so i had to build it vertically. Let's hope it doesn't fall apart. It is definitely a possibility.

POD 05.14 and 05.15.09

This is all I have been doing since Friday night. That's one wardrobe, one bookshelf, and two beds. All by myself. I never want to build Ikea furniture ever again. Ah, but I will.

POD 05.13.09

Looking down at my feet on the bus ride home from Julian and Elisa's in Queens Park. Elisa was right--the 23 is a great ride through town. Too bad the front row upstairs leaves so little room for my big feet.

POD 05.12.09

Don't know. I think these guys were promoting something, but I didn't stop to find out what. Still, pretty cool wigs in a sea of normal-haired people.

POD 05.11.09

On my walk home from work...the trees in Lincoln's Inn Fields are making me sneeze so much. But at least there are trees, and I get to walk past them every day. The days are getting longer...this was taken at 9pm tonight.

*guest* POD 05.10.09

Thanks Lauren for this awesome picture of Leila and Zara watching 'baby reality TV' in DC...

POD 05.09.09

Sorry for the blurriness...I only had my phone with me. This guy is holding a thin wooden stick with a sign that reads 'JESUS' fixed to the top of it. Even eating ice cream won't stop him from his advertising tactics.

POD 05.08.09

Thanks again, stormy sunset, for making this so easy.

POD 05.07.09

To be perfectly honest...a space filler.

POD 05.06.09

Sometimes the light is really nice here, especially at the end of the day when the clouds finally disappear. Here, on my way home from the grocery store.

POD 05.05.09

Imagine my surprise today when I received TWO presents in the mail: A mix CD and a pack of brownies from Tribeca Treats (nicely flattened in an envelope).

POD 05.04.09

Right around the corner from my new place are all the theaters...Too bad I really don't like musicals.

POD 05.03.09

So the backyard of my new place isn't quite the 'garden' Covent Garden seems to promise. Maybe a bit of basil will help us pretend...

POD 05.02.09

My new street in Covent Garden! Looking out the window, waiting for Anna Maria to get back....where are you?

POD 05.01.09

Sorry for the lack of photos...I'm sure everyone is sad (all 2 of you who look at this blog). But I'm back in London, and it has taken me a while to get settled. Before I got to move in to my new apartment, I stayed with Mike and Leigh for a week...and was reunited with my best friend: Truffle the beautiful Bull Mastiff. I love her.

POD 04.12.09

How did I accumulate 40 pounds of stuff? Packing it all up to head back to London.

POD 04.11.09

Spring is finally here. Along with its April showers. It's a gloomy morning on the upper west side, and the rain won't stop falling. Starting to get sad about leaving.

POD 04.10.09

After my last night out with coworkers, I felt like crap from my cold, and thought...just one last slice (ok, 2) of New York pizza....so good.