Weekend Catch Up

Phew! What an awesome weekend!

Saturday began with homemade pancakes and a quick trip to Camden for a very important purchase (the boyfriend needed a biker jacket, of course!) before we went on a wee drive up to Audley End House. We realised this was Néstor's first glimpse of the countryside (despite having lived in the UK for a total of 3 years!) which I think really justified our decision to purchase an annual English Heritage membership! It can be used in Scotland too so I can make use of it when I'm home as well. It's also a great excuse to get out of London for a day, I think we both felt so much better for it and it made the weekend seem even longer!

London Brunching: A Guide

My perfect Sunday: yoga with my friends followed by a yummy brunch and beautiful coffee while we catch up, this is almost always followed by a wander around the shops.

The Counter, Hackney Wick, E3

Let's start with The Counter in Hackney Wick. This place is canal side and really chilled, we visited it for my boyfriend's birthday and were lucky that the weather was nice enough to sit outside. I had the french toast with roast banana and berries - it was amazing and I need to head back there ASAP! We definitely need to revisit - I'm curious to see how it changes in the colder months.

Dishoom, with locations in King's Cross, Covent Garden & Shoreditch

Dishoom is becoming our usual for brunch now. Every time I go I swear I will try something new but so far that sausage naan bread wrap is just too tasty! They do a nice coffee and their Apple, Carrot & Ginger juice is insanely good - freshly made when you order. Unfortunately, I'm dairy intolerant, and every time I have been they don't have soya milk - having sipped a little of their delicious chai, I'd LOVE to try some with soya so I can enjoy my own glass!

Nell's, King's Road, SW3

This place is a post-yoga, post-Barrecore treat! Delicious fresh juices ('Lookin' Mint' is my favourite - apple, kale, celery, mint & cucumber) and smashed avocado! What more could you want for a healthy start to your Sunday?

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Wishful Wednesday

I can't believe it's Wednesday again! Where has the week gone?

Short-term Wishing: I somewhat failed on my short-term goal! But that's only because of the little trip to Spain! I've started reading "The Opposite of Loneliness" by Marina Keegan, a loan from my best friend, and I'm absolutely hooked. Marina was so talented and her untimely death is heart breaking - her stories are compelling and as each short story ends I'm so hooked, I want more story from those characters!

Mid-term Wishing: Again, I totally failed on this one but only because no one wants to do yoga in 33 degree heat! Blogger needs a monkey face emoji...

Long-term Wishing: Get more balance in my life...now, this goal didn't go so bad! I feel like a long weekend out of London and seeing my family and sleeping (a lot) has helped me focus up, rest and get inspired!

I have to share this adorable video of a toddler playing peekaboo with a young gorilla! I'm currently working on a post about my favourite places to brunch in London - if there's one thing I can do, it's eat brunch!

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It's September already!

Happy New Month!

This week has been a little unusual and definitely interrupting any blogging plans - the long weekend allowed for a little trip to Spain where my parents were on holiday. My sister and I didn't tell my mum we were coming, we met at the airport (she flew from Glasgow, I flew from London) and we turned up at their hotel, knocked on their door and confused the heck out of my wee mum!

Santa Ponsa was beautiful, I wish we could have been there longer but it was great to get some sun. I'm now spending a few days in Glasgow catching up before heading back down to London.

It did give me a chance to think about my blog and where I want it to go as well as making some notes for posts, etc. One of my favourite blogs (and probably my biggest inspiration to get back into blogging!) is Kaelah Bee and I've spent some time reading this post from her, and even purchased her charming e-book on blogging!

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Wishful Wednesday

I thought I would kick this blog off with a positive, goal-orientated post and use each Wednesday to focus up and check in with my progress on those goals...alas, Wishful Wednesdays!

Have more quiet time.

Short-term Wishing: Starting off easy...in the next week, I would like to finish a book! I'm just over halfway through a re-read of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar which I would love to finish and make a dent in the next book on my reading list. This relates to my long-term goal too - having more "me" time.

Mid-term Wishing: Make time to do more yoga. I recently discovered yoga thanks to one of my friends taking me along to one of the wonderful Lululemon free Saturday morning classes. By the end of the class I was hooked - having gone in thinking I would find it all really silly and end up laughing - I left feeling amazing! I was smiling and energised and went to my second class the very next day! For a couple of months I kept up going every weekend but a couple of calf tattoos later and I had gotten out of the habit (healing those guys & doing yoga stretches?! No thanks!). I've recently gotten the yoga bug again and my goal for the next couple of months is to attend two classes a week as well as trying to work more yoga into my down time at home.

Spend more time with friends.

Long-term Wishing: Get more balance in my life. When working in film I can work 15, 16, 17 hour days...it can get really crazy and I'm definitely caught in the bubble. It's hard to break out of but I'm taking steps to restore the balance in my life - work, relationships, friendships and ME time!



All of my wishes are quite connected, I hope as I achieve more of these smaller, easy goals that I'll think up some more challenging goals to push me out of my comfort zone.

Right now, I'm wishing the rain would stop so I could head out without full waterproof gear!

Thanks for reading!
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A Sign Of Things To Come...

Making plans.

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