Be Back Shortly...

It has been absolutely ages since I last posted something on here and I just wanted to apologise, so. Sorry. But life has been hectic with uni and general life etc. and my exams are just around the corner (ahhhh) but it means summer is also soon (yay) and hopefully in the summer I will be able to get back into this blog.

So, fingers crossed....

(2) Weeks in Photos...

These past two weeks I have managed to actually go out and about a bit but my purse and work load are most definitely feeling it.

Anyway it started with going into London with some friends for a friends birthday for a meal and a show, both of which were amazing. 

We ate at Sarastro an Opera themed restaurant it is hard to describe the interior but it was amazing, it was a bit like walking into a theatre/antique shop with Turkish/French/Italian influences. Though be warned the toilets are X-rated. Also the food was amazing! I will definitely be heading back there as soon as possible!

Phantom of the Opera (Restaurant)

Risqué

For the show we went to see ‘Singing in the Rain’ which was so good despite the fact I have never seen

the film (I know I know!)

Then the day after we went to the Barbican Centre to visit the Rain Room which is a room where basically you can almost control the weather, you walk around in the rain but don’t get wet! It did take almost 2 hours to get in so do be prepared for a wait but is was a manageable wait in the warm and we kept taking turns to leave the queue to go and replenish our supplies (There was a Martini Bar!) and the exhibition was free which was an added bonus. I definitely was glad I did it as I had never experienced something like that before and don’t think I ever will (unfortunately... if only you could actually control the rain...)

Then a few days after I was back in London to see the Mystery Jets as the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre. Needless to say they were amazing (I wasn’t able to take pictures of my outfit,, you can kind of see it a bit in the pictures, pink jumper, huge purple necklace, leather skirt and of course brothel creepers). But we before the gig we went to Wahaca (link), the Southbank experience which is a pop up restaurant on the Southbank and the food was SO GOOD, I was in cocktail, taco, quesadilla and churro HEAVEN. I will definitely be heading back (they also have a couple of permanent restaurants but I prefer eating in shipping containers) and I am also determined to sample their extensive tequila bar and try their ‘Tequila Experience’. 

YUM.

We also had enough time to quickly visit the Christmas Market on the Southbank and of course have some Gluhwine !

Then general shenanigans on a Saturday night followed on the day after with our houses Christmas meal. WE PULLED IT OFF (ok it was two hours late but everything was cooked to perfection) YUM. Followed of course by present opening, mulled wine, chocolate log, cheeseboard (fancy) and general merriment/lunacy.

Now. To get back to work.....

PIMPIN'

MAKIN'

PLAYIN'

EATIN'

POSIN'

SMILIN'

STUMBLIN'

Dear Santa...

... As it's nearly Christmas(ish) I thought I would quickly make up a Christmas Wishlist which in an imaginary world I would get. It's a mix of clothes and other random stuff and possibly some of these might go on your wishlist!

Disco Romper for any Studio 54 moments, from Nasty Gal

Stone headband, ASOS

Glitter cat eye sunglasses, ASOS

Arm band, so I can be a punky Pocahontas, ASOS 

Top from UNIF, you can get from here

Leather Skirt from Nasty Gal

HISTORY NERD

MUSIC NERD

If I could go back in time I would so be a courtesan

Bob Marley Film/Documentary

Basically all of Henry Holland's collection for Boots

                                                       

Henry Holland Nipple Pinch Tee

Black Maxi dress, ASOS

Silver pumps, ASOS

Blur Parklive DVD to relive their amazing Hyde Park performance this year! Wish I was back there.

                                     
                                             

  Thanks Santa

XOXOXOX

Say Hi to Rudolph and the crew for me will ya ma boi?

Books Glorious Books!

I decided today to do something that was something other than clothes and taking random pictures of my room. So today I thought I would give you guys a glimpse into my tiny *sob* book collection. I will pick out and highlight some of my favourites and hopefully something in there may interest you :). But I won't be giving lengthy prosaic reviews of any of the books because otherwise this will be a LOONNG post...and nobody wants to read that unless they have too...

 Some select books:  

• The Clash, The Clash - its the Clash, not much else to say really <3 

• Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, Metropolitan Museum, great look back at AM's collections with amazing photographs
• Shakespeare, Catherine Alexander with the RSC: amazing interactive book
• Punk: The Whole Story, good overview done by looking at separate bands

• Leonardo Da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan, published to accompany the National Gallery exhibition - a book for any curious possible art or Da Vinci lover.
• Underwear:Fashion in Detail

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•  The Story of Art, E. H Gombrich - great book for people just getting into art or burgeoning art historians
• 33 Revolutions Per Minute, Dorian Lynskey - see previous review here
• OSCAR WILDE

•  Luella's Guide to English Style, Luella Bartley - nice amble through British style or 'Miss E'
• Mary Tudor, Anna Whitelock - interesting, informative biograhpy of an overlooked Queen - and written by my lecturer
• Classics by Homer

• Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky
• 1984, George Orwell - one of my absolute favourite books
• Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte - another of my favourite books

 Selected poems by W.H. Auden, one of my favourite poets and one of my tattoos a line (well hald a line)  from his poem 'As I Walked Out One Evening' it says "Time watches from the shadow" (and the rest of the line is "...and coughs when you would kiss")

•  Au Bonheur des Dames, Emile Zola, see review here
• Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter - a feminist author, in this collection of short stories Carter takes classic fairytales such as Little Red Riding Hood and turns them on their head, in my opinion the best stories are the 'Bloody Chamber' and the 'Erl King'
• Tolstoy and Kerouack yet to read but are classics

•  Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle - I LOVE SHERLOCK HOLMES and do have the entire collection somewhere...but clearly not here
• The Great Gastby, F. Scott Fitzgerald - classic book on 1920s America - and I cannot wait for the movie!
• Faithfull, Marianne Faithfull - muse, icon, artist in her own right and tells it all ever so elegantly and charismaticly here

• How to be a Woman, Caitlin Moran, a feminist book and actually made me laugh out loud so many times and shouting out with tears of laughter (and shame) 'It's true! So true!', and if you don't read her column in the times - do.
• The Invention of Murder, Judith Flanders - adds to my love of the wonderfully morbid and macabre Victorians
• Lizzie Siddal: the first supermodel, Lucinda Hawkesly - the burdens of being one of the greatest muses
• Redemption Song: the Definitive Biography of Joe Strummer, Chris Salewicz - my most read book - great informative biography and wonderfully detailed by someone who actually knew the man yet does not allow this to view him through rose tinted lenses by any means