Here the best things to do and visit in London:
*Best museums:
-Victoria and Albert Museum
-Museum of London
-Tate Modern
-Natinal History Museum
-Tate Britain
*Gardens and Parks:
-Kew Gardens
-Hampstead Heath
-Kenwood House
-Queen Mary´s Gardens
-Battersea Park
-St. James´s Park
*Walks:
-Regent´s Canal
-Southbank
-Hampstead
-Greenwich
*Shops:
-Oak Studio (8 Perrins Court, Hampstead)
-Daunt Books (193 Haverstock Hill, Belsize Park)
-Magma (8 Earlham St, Covent Garden)
-Shops in Columbia rd
-Rococo chocolates (321 Kings Road, Chelsea)
-Slanchogled (arts and craft materials, 66 Chalk Farm Rd, Candem)
-Urban Outfitters
*Markets:
-Borough Market
-Columbia Rd Market
-Portobello Market
*Neighbourhood
-Hampstead
-Belsize Park
-Chelsea
-Covent Garden
*Bars, Pubs, Restaurants:
-Caipirinha Spiritual Bar (Ferdinand St, Candem)
-The Toucan (19 Carlisle St, Soho)
-Jamie´s (Covent Garden)
-Freemason´s Arm (32 Downshire Hill, Hampstead)
-Oliver´s Fish and Chips (95 Haverstock Hill)
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Saturday, 14 April 2012
Friday, 6 April 2012
Best purchcases
I bought a few things while I was in London, but my favorites are my brouches!
1- Butterfy and clay bird from V&A Museum shop.
2- Vintage French Brouches from LÓrangerie (Columbia Road)
3-Saturn and orange pencil from Magma (Covent Garden)
4- Vintage brouches from Portobello Market
5- Cloud and heart from The Oak studio (Hampstead).
6- Vintage plastic brouches (Columbia Road)
7- Pins from Habitat
1- Butterfy and clay bird from V&A Museum shop.
2- Vintage French Brouches from LÓrangerie (Columbia Road)
3-Saturn and orange pencil from Magma (Covent Garden)
4- Vintage brouches from Portobello Market
5- Cloud and heart from The Oak studio (Hampstead).
6- Vintage plastic brouches (Columbia Road)
7- Pins from Habitat
Sunday, 11 March 2012
DAY 64: Visiting the neighbors
Today was a National Trust Saturday. I went to Fenton House and 2 Willow Road. Both, really near my home. And both beatiful but completely different from each other.
2 Willow Road
This house was designed and built by Ernö Goldfinger in 1939 for he and his family. It was a big problem to buid such a modern house in a neighbourhood full of cottages.
I know that if you look at it now, probably, it looks from the 60s. But try to think you are in the late 30s. This house was so ahead of its time!
I love the idea of a house with lots of natural light, lots of big windows. A house with flexible rooms, because, the walls can be remove in order to achieve bigger spaces. The furniture was designed by Ernö, and you can also find some furniture designed by his daughter. And, of course, everything can look a little like Ikea, but, realise! this was the base for the modern design we buy nowadays.
I like that everything was tought for his family, for his wife (an artist), for the life style. They love to throw parties for their friends, mainly artists. And you can also find a lot of art in this house.
I really enjoyed it. No photos, copyright issues, but I bought the book.
If you come to visit, take the guided tour.
Flask Walk
It´s a little street full of curious shops. Like a toy store dedicated to girls, a beatiful garden store, a second hand and antique book store...
Perrin´s Court
This stret is not as famous as the Flask Walk, but I like it more. With great coffeshops, romantic restaurants, and fantastic shops (art galleries, quilt store...). My favorite: the Oak Studio. I bought some brouches and earrings for my collection. But the stationary is beatiful also.
I had to make an stop in Louis Bakery, a Hungarian bakery, really famous here in Hampstead, and bought myself a sweet pretzel.
Fenton House
This is a 1686 towhouse with a lovely garden. And if you get the joint ticket for 9 pounds you can visit 2 Willow Road as well.
Here, my favorites:
*Porcelain room: it was a small smoking room, now has two vitrines full of porcelain figures.
*The needlework you can find in everyroom. As looks impossible to make for me, looks amazing.
*Oriental room: this was the library. I love the porcelain and the small bottles collection.
*Green room: my favorite! with enamel colletion (little boxes) that I envy.
*The views of the garden you can get from different rooms.
*Rockingham room: the cabinet with porcelain cottages that were used as pastilles burners.
*Drawing room: in a painted in a bright yellow with some great porcelain figures.
* The view from the balcony!!!, you can see all Central London from there.
*THE GARDEN, now, it´s full of daffodils and topiaries, but in the summer I think it must be a little paradise.
I love gardens and parks, so, I´m not very impartial about them. I just love them. And this garden is great.
I love Hampstead. It´s a beatiful place, a great neighborhood. I love its little streets, the cottages with their color-painted doors, its original shops...
I´m gonna miss so much!!!!!!
2 Willow Road
This house was designed and built by Ernö Goldfinger in 1939 for he and his family. It was a big problem to buid such a modern house in a neighbourhood full of cottages.
I know that if you look at it now, probably, it looks from the 60s. But try to think you are in the late 30s. This house was so ahead of its time!
I love the idea of a house with lots of natural light, lots of big windows. A house with flexible rooms, because, the walls can be remove in order to achieve bigger spaces. The furniture was designed by Ernö, and you can also find some furniture designed by his daughter. And, of course, everything can look a little like Ikea, but, realise! this was the base for the modern design we buy nowadays.
I like that everything was tought for his family, for his wife (an artist), for the life style. They love to throw parties for their friends, mainly artists. And you can also find a lot of art in this house.
I really enjoyed it. No photos, copyright issues, but I bought the book.
If you come to visit, take the guided tour.
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| Joint ticket for 2 Willow Road and Fenton House |
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| 2 Willow Road |
Flask Walk
It´s a little street full of curious shops. Like a toy store dedicated to girls, a beatiful garden store, a second hand and antique book store...
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| Flask Walk |
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| Pub detail |
Perrin´s Court
This stret is not as famous as the Flask Walk, but I like it more. With great coffeshops, romantic restaurants, and fantastic shops (art galleries, quilt store...). My favorite: the Oak Studio. I bought some brouches and earrings for my collection. But the stationary is beatiful also.
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| Perrin´s Court |
I had to make an stop in Louis Bakery, a Hungarian bakery, really famous here in Hampstead, and bought myself a sweet pretzel.
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| Hungarian bakery |
Fenton House
This is a 1686 towhouse with a lovely garden. And if you get the joint ticket for 9 pounds you can visit 2 Willow Road as well.
Here, my favorites:
*Porcelain room: it was a small smoking room, now has two vitrines full of porcelain figures.
*The needlework you can find in everyroom. As looks impossible to make for me, looks amazing.
*Oriental room: this was the library. I love the porcelain and the small bottles collection.
*Green room: my favorite! with enamel colletion (little boxes) that I envy.
*The views of the garden you can get from different rooms.
*Rockingham room: the cabinet with porcelain cottages that were used as pastilles burners.
*Drawing room: in a painted in a bright yellow with some great porcelain figures.
* The view from the balcony!!!, you can see all Central London from there.
*THE GARDEN, now, it´s full of daffodils and topiaries, but in the summer I think it must be a little paradise.
I love gardens and parks, so, I´m not very impartial about them. I just love them. And this garden is great.
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| Fenton House gate |
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| Little oriental bottles |
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| the view from the balcony |
I love Hampstead. It´s a beatiful place, a great neighborhood. I love its little streets, the cottages with their color-painted doors, its original shops...
I´m gonna miss so much!!!!!!
Sunday, 4 March 2012
Liberty´s
I love this Department store founded in 1875, with its classy wooden floors and ceilings. If you sew, you can find here the flowery patterned textiles and colorful ribbons, little jars full of buttons, neddles in vintage displays, and lovely cases to store all that.
The stationary department also has beatiful things.
The stationary department also has beatiful things.
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
The Bright Young Things
After Harrods, we started walking, and found out the Victoria and Albert Museum was still opened.
And then, a surprise!
It was Friday late at V&A (Once a month they open till 22,00)
This time was an oportunity of stepping into the glittering world of photographer Cecil Beaton.
The "Society of Bright Young Things" was a group that had become synonymous with glamour, money, celebrated names and lashings of snob appeal in the early 20s. They celebrated parties and meetings, some of them at V&A Museum. They must have been the coolest young people of their time. And that´s the reason this late night is named after them, to celebrate with vintage glamour.
Everybody was wearing a tiara and and top hats, and some 20s style beatiful dresses. A shame I didn´t know this before, I really would have enjoyed to wear a tiara while had a coctel drink.
Live jazz music, played by the Dixie Tricklers (http://www.dixieticklers.co.uk/), the coolest band!They sounded and looked so great (their vintage style is the best!).
Games (Scavenger hunt), lectures, live theater plays and lightdrawings altogether.
It was a lovely night.
And then, a surprise!
It was Friday late at V&A (Once a month they open till 22,00)
This time was an oportunity of stepping into the glittering world of photographer Cecil Beaton.
The "Society of Bright Young Things" was a group that had become synonymous with glamour, money, celebrated names and lashings of snob appeal in the early 20s. They celebrated parties and meetings, some of them at V&A Museum. They must have been the coolest young people of their time. And that´s the reason this late night is named after them, to celebrate with vintage glamour.
Everybody was wearing a tiara and and top hats, and some 20s style beatiful dresses. A shame I didn´t know this before, I really would have enjoyed to wear a tiara while had a coctel drink.
Live jazz music, played by the Dixie Tricklers (http://www.dixieticklers.co.uk/), the coolest band!They sounded and looked so great (their vintage style is the best!).
Games (Scavenger hunt), lectures, live theater plays and lightdrawings altogether.
It was a lovely night.
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| Lightdrawings by Hugo Dalton |
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| The Dixie Ticklers |
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