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The other day I visited Neal’s Yard Dairy in their Borough Market location for the second time in two years. I LOVE THIS PLACE!!! Oh how I wish we had something like this in the states. There would be a line out the door! Can you imagine walking down the street and seeing wheels of Read More >>
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A year or two ago I came across the Belmond train website and since then, have wanted to take a train journey in one of their gloriously restored vintage train cars. And as it so happened, there were a few journeys available to book while my Mother and I were going to be visiting London. Read More >>
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Yesterday I got up early and hopped on the tube to check out the student vegetable plots at Kew Gardens. The student plots have always been my favorite “garden” to visit when I’m in London and I just couldn’t resist another peek. It’s no big secret around here that I LOVE to grow vegetables. And Read More >>
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I was walking through Harrod’s yesterday with my mother when this banana bowl caught my eye. Why it caught my eye I have no idea {maybe I was wondering who on earth would buy such a thing?}. Anyway, it turns out I must have good taste because the banana bowl, actually a Bordallo Pinheiro Banana Read More >>
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I mentioned the other day that I am on assignment here in London for a bit. In a nut shell my mother, although well traveled, has never been to London and wanted to go … With me as her tour guide. 🙂 So here we are, staying at my favorite hotel and taking in the Read More >>
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What do you do when you are a gardener at heart but live in the city without an inch of an actual garden? You grow everything in pots, that’s what you do. Yesterday as I was walking through the Chelsea neighborhood {for the first time!} I spotted dwelling after dwelling with topiaries, window boxes and Read More >>
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Good morning from London, England!! Or more specifically the EL&N Cafe where the tea is hot and the pastries are out of this world. 🙂 If you ever make it to London, you MUST stop here!!! They have some of the best pastries around and I want to sample each and every one of them. Read More >>
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I thought I’d share a few pictures of the garden today. Even with fall right around the corner there’s no sign of it in the vegetable or flower garden. It’s hard to believe that even with all the warm weather we’ve been having, everything is still looking great! Our tower of beans is doing much Read More >>
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