Lisbon

My sugar dumpling Josie,

This week I went to Lisbon to visit a friend who lives there. I really fell in love with the city and its miradouros (outlooks), I had an awesome time and I wish some of the city's vibe was here too. I didn't take many pictures but these are some of the things I've seen and found around:

A tiny park in the middle of a big junction - and there was a peacock!

My friend took me to this amazing bakery in Belem, we had loads of pastels de nata - so so yummy!

This was an amazing cafè ready for Valentine's dinner

winter cosies

Dear Elisa,
I'm so sorry it's been so very long since my last post, it has been a most ridiculous summer to say the least!
I have a couple of images that have been sitting on my desktop for about a month now. They are two winter outfits that look perfectly scrumptious and cosy, and actually make me kind of wish it was winter in Melbourne right now, just so I could wear something as snuggly! Then I remembered that you are of course sitting through an icy Leyton winter right now, and could probably do with some cosiness yourself, so I had to share them with you! The first one is of Feist, looking quite glorious in a perfect classic peacoat, and the second one is of lovely Hannah Metz, wearing a scarf knitted by the talented Tara- Lynn.

Vintage Fair

Josie my darling,

the other day my friend Sephy and I went to a vintage fair in bloomsbury, it was such a nice thing to wake up to on a Saturday morning! It really made me feel I was in the US again - bowling lanes, rock a billy hairdressers (I find it so cool, although I wouldn't probably take up the style), vintage, burgers and lots of interesting people. I didn't buy anything in the end, it was too busy and I couldn't look at things properly - but I am really glad I went.

I was really tempted to buy one of these lovely brooches

The bar

I loved these old fashion bowling instructions

I know you'd have had one of these!

My bedroom has got no walls

This weekend I'm moving into the front room, I'm a bit sad to leave my old room but it's gonna be so exciting to have a brand new space to decorate. This morning I took some pictures of it - I think it's changed a lot since you visited me last year. This is a selection of some of the things I love and made it into my room:

- my knitting projects

- the table cloth you gave me (a guide to seasonal veggies & fruit)

- Frida Kahlo portable mirror

- the view into the garden (it was such a lovely day today, almost springy!)

- new shoes! I truly love them, they go with any outfit and I feel they cuddle my feet

- my favourite necklaces

- all the other necklaces

- origami my mum made for me

- old mirror I found in the cellar, I think it used to be a wardrobe door)

- the set of photobooths we took last year around the world

- perfume (Coco Chanel)

- shell jewelbox

- my collection of black & white postcards of famous people

- a super sweet bird

- my boyfriend has drawn that little heart

- and finally me!

Sunday cream tea

Dear Josie,

Winter is going slowly over here, I'm getting a bit bored of staying in all the time without laying down on the grass or having pic-nics in parks. The weekend was so cold and I really didn't feel like going out that much, we had a Sunday cream tea at home instead. It was delicious and lovely! My flatmates made brownies (really yummy ones, with white chocolate buttons in it!) and cookies with melted chocolate on top. Then, we had a choice of teas: earl grey (my favourite), lady grey and breakfast tea. We also played Cluedo, the board game, which I really love and it makes me thrilled. I used to play it with my whole family during winter holidays on the mountains, I remember being a bit scared of the characters in it - they could all be potential murderers!

I'm knitting a red handband to keep my ears warm throughout the rest of the winter, I'm really excited about it, can't wait to wear it!

Where's Wally?

Hello Wally! from Waldo Wiki

I recently bought in a charity shop in Camden a 'Where's Wally?' book: it instantly brought me back to my childhood! I love Wally and his friends - Wenda, Woof, Wizard Whitebeard and Odlaw. I remember it was one of my favourite games when I was little, and I think I actually developed a skill in quickly finding people in a crowd. The drawings are so detailed and at the same time and funny, last night I actually bursted out laughing at one page, realising what people were doing in the 'Gobbling Gluttons'(I think it is set in the Medieval Ages, among cauldrons and cooks). Maybe it's just me been really into it, but I still have the biggest amazement when I find one of them amongst the other people, it's so satisfying. Plus, I love Wally's outfit!

This is the Gobbling Gluttons. Sorry if it's so small!

this looks impossible! from popartuk

Look who I found last summer in front of the MoMa in San Francisco!

She & Him

from mergerecords.com

Dear Josie,

I recently discovered this band (or better, my boyfriend showed it to me), the She & Him and I really like them.

They made me think of you for many reasons:

- the singer is the actress playing the role of Summer in 500 Days of Summer. Do you remember when we went to watch it in Leicester Square last year?

from amazon

- they make covers of 'our songs', like Sam Cooke and the Beatles.

from beatlesbook.com

- it would be the perfect music to listen to on a road trip in the australian heat, just you and me!