Naked Leopard

I was going to title this Nude Leopard, but naked just sounds so much better :) 

(I am, of course, referring to my nails this week): 

Have been up to all sorts recently. Went down to the 'bourne to see the Mother, Brother & Dog & generally chillax by the sea...

Then after a super swift turnaround, it was off to see some lovely London ladies for film-watching, drinking & eating far too much & general good times! Oh, and a spot of nail admiration, obviously...

These were both done by the lovely Dani, who's website you can find here. 

Apart from that, it's been fairly quiet...but in quite a nice way :) 

Recently...

Playing (and winning!) scrabble at the Fitflat - what can I say, we're pretty wild...

A day of mooching around Southbank with Sj

& Simon

We went to the Press Photographer of the Year 2010 exhibition (which I would highly recommend! It's free, and totally worth a visit). 

I spent the day in Camden with Leanne, and after a spot of chinese & impulse buying, we spent many happy hours in a really cute cocktail bar...

Thanks to the legendary Leanne Effect (and happening to know someone who had just started work there), we got the happy hour prices all night long! 

Totally worth a re-visit. 

I've also been putting my culinary skills to the test, and made my first Mac'n'Cheese! It wasn't quite as good as The Mothers, but there again, what is? 

There are about 4 dishes I can claim to make pretty well, but if someone stays for more than a week it's pretty much destined to be beans on toast after day 5 :) 

I've also been working on my nails a bit more, and collating all the pictures into one (online) place. The oh-so-wittily named nailing-it*. 

I wish I'd thought of taking pictures of my nails right from the start, but oh well. I just thought it might be nice to see them all together, especially as it's rare for more than a couple of days to go by without someone commenting on them/asking how I did them/if they're wraps (definitely not!)

But check out, enjoy & let me know if anyone tries any/has better designs I can steal adapt...

*Feel free to throw any better nail-related puns my way...

It's a Small World...

I really do love the internet. 
What with moving in to Fit Flat recently (pictures to follow), it's been a while since I've had a little while to just sit & browse/stumble/explore. And golly, have I been reminded how much I miss doing so; 


"akinobu izumi: tiny world in a bottle"

An unidentified sunken vessel in a tiny bottle

First hatched sea turtles

Tiny dark green tree and a tiny couple

I think the tiny couple in the park are my favourite. They're just so teeny & cute! Or the jellyfish, but that could be because it sort of reminds me of home (Eastbourne), when we'd go down to the newly built marina, and when you looked down in to the water we could see jellyfish sometimes! Which is a little scary when you think about it...being sting-y & all...no one wants to risk a Monica/Joey/beach scenario!

Starlings glaore.

Just having a browse on a blog I really enjoy reading - Wild Blackberries - I don't know the author (blogger?), but came across it one way or another, & just adore the way she writes! 
Anyways. 
This video was on a post, & I felt like I wanted to share it too! The Boy said it was his favorite song by Marling, & I think having seen the awesome video, I'd probably agree...






Over on WB, she's said that it is one of her reasons for wanting to go brunette & I totally agree!
 Have a feeling my hair will end up something like this when the weather cools down a bit. 
Hopefully something like this;

Before I got completely off track, I was going to mention the birds in the video - it's shot in Brighton, but the starlings do the exact same thing around the pier at home (Eastbourne) too! 



Pretty amazing to watch, but definitely better 'in the flesh', as it were. (By the way...not too sure who the randoms filming it with added commentary are. The price you pay for getting a video from youtube I suppose!)

Hope you enjoy the birds as much as I do :] 

xo