Blog Archive 2011 • Cat Morley

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2011

Apr

30
 

Exploring Wiltshire & The Cotswolds

Exploring Wiltshire & The Cotswolds
This morning we jumped in the car and drove off to explore Wiltshire and the Cotswolds. Our first stop was The Polly Tea Rooms in Marlborough. There were so many amazing cakes to choose from but ...
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The Royal Wedding

The Royal Wedding
Today was the Royal Wedding so we got up at 7.30 and heading to Green Park where they had set up big screens to broadcast the ceremony. We set ourselves up on picnic blankets and had brought along...
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28
 

On The Farm

On The Farm
My parents arrived late last night, so after a nice sleep in, we picked up lunch from The Coffee Tree and headed in to town. I had a tuna salad sandwich and grenadine lemonade. We ate our lunch in...
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Bumping in to The Queen

Bumping in to The Queen
We got up really early today to head out on an adventure around East Anglia and Essex. We got rover passes which meant we could take as many trains as we liked for around £10 each. Our first stop ...
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The Vault

The Vault
Loraine was in town today so we took her to Soho's Secret Tearoom. We had tea, cakes and scones while listening to their awesome playlist of vintage records. After we picked up a box of parsnip f...
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25
 

Poker Face

Poker Face
We've spent every day of the bank holiday in the park and today was no different. We met Louise and Caroline for lunch in Queens Park. We played cards, while trying to remember all the games we us...
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Fun In The Sun

Fun In The Sun
Lynsey got back to London today so we headed up to Queens Park to meet her and Louise for some late drinks in the sun. After watching funny videos back at Louise's we headed to the Alice House, wh...
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BBQ In Broccoli

BBQ In Broccoli
Today was really hot and Jack Waddington had invited us to a BBQ at his house down in Brockley, which we all pronounced Broccoli. Tom and I started off with iced cocoa cappucinos in West Hampstead.
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22
 

Bank Holiday

Bank Holiday
Today was the start of the long weekend so everyone was happy and lazing around the Mews, especially the cats. In the afternoon we headed up to Queen's Park to laze with Louise in the park.
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21
 

Making Tracks

Making Tracks
Today we headed up to Highgate to go on an old railway walk. I spotted a fox and a really cute Mini with eyelashes on the way. It was really lovely and sunny so lots of other people were doing the...
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20
 

Moving To Omaha

Moving To Omaha
Today we had our interview with the American Embassy to find out if we'd be allowed to stay for six months. We weren't allowed to take our phones or any electronics and after we were herded through...
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19
 

Earl Of Sandwich

Earl Of Sandwich
We started today with coffee and cake at Mason Blanc in Holland Park. We shared a chocolate and praline mouse cake which was delicious. We then headed in to town to pick up lunch from the Earl of ...
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Dim Sum At Dim T

Dim Sum At Dim T
We're trying to tick the last remaining places off our London to-see list. Today we went for dim sum at Dim T near London Bridge. The view from the restaurant was lovely. We had steamed dumplings ...
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East Is East

East Is East
Today we went off to explore East London. We started off at the Pogo Cafe, which had been recommended to me by Amy Naumann. I had pizza cake which looked exactly like a cake but tasted like tomato...
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Animals In War

Animals In War
Today we went to see the Wallace Collection which was the most amazing gallery. Each room was so decadent, filled with hundreds of pieces of art. It felt a lot like Versailles. Vivienne Westwood ho...
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The World's First Diamond Ring

The World's First Diamond Ring
Our first stop today was the Cube press day in their shop on Lambs Conduit Street. There was lots of awesome menswear that Tom liked.
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13
 

Secret Tearoom

Secret Tearoom
Today was the Sagen press day at Soho's Secret Tea Room. It really was secret as we had to go behind the bar in the Horse & Groom pub and upstairs to find it.
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Miniature People

Miniature People
Today was lovely and summery, so all of the cats were out on the street. We walked down to Little Venice and had lunch on the steps of Paddington Basin. Tom took these amazing miniature photos of...
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11
 

Submarine

Submarine
We got sandwiches from the Coffee Tree again for lunch today. This time I went with brie, tapenade and salad on sun dried tomato bread which was really tasty. In the evening we went to the Lexi, a...
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Breakfast at Jacks

Breakfast at Jacks
Today was my parent's last day in London so we took them for breakfast in Jack's. It was such a nice day so we had to queue for a table and the staff were really stressed, getting our order wrong s...
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09
 

Exploring The South Of England

Exploring The South Of England
Tom got us a Rover Rail pass today, which meant that we could take unlimited numbers of trains and explore the South Of England. They only cost £24 for all four of us. Our first stop was Portsmout...
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08
 

Toys Toys Toys

Toys Toys Toys
This morning my parents and I went to the Pollock's Toy Museum near Goodge Street. The museum is based over four floors in a really squeaky old building. There were so many things to see and my pa...
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Limehouse

Limehouse
My parents arrived very early in the morning, so after a long lie in, we headed out to a couple of press days with my Mum while my Dad went off to the artilery museum. Our first stop was the Amina...
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06
 

Crazy Homies

Crazy Homies
Tonight we went for dinner at Crazy Homies, a Tex-Mex restaurant next door to Lucky 7. I loved their kitschy decor which had lots of sugar skulls. They had a whole menu dedicated to tequila.
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Movie Night

Movie Night
This evening we went to see Source Code at The Coronet. It was pretty good and felt like watching a video game.
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04
 

Flower Pressing

Flower Pressing
We took our lunch to the park again today. A squirrel was munching it's way through a packet of chips. After lunch Tom helped me pick flowers to press in the flower press my Dad made me for Chris...
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The September Issue

The September Issue
Tom finally got around to putting his East London Line sign on the wall and it looks awesome. At least we get to enjoy it for six weeks before we move. We headed up to Kilburn High Road to get som...
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