london calling (again)

sampling the local brews
dishoom ipa from london fields brewery

catching up with proud papa paddy c

much deserved winter cup at t.e.d. after a long week

finally met mr. tait after a botched meeting
due to a little storm named sandy

saturday morning lie in

after all the time i've spent in london,
only just made it to westminster abbey.
two words - poet's corner

nylon goodness (holiday edition)

i was fortunate to squeeze in a december trip to londontown and quite happy as i haven't been in london for the festive season in a while. good times with friends was had.

day one morning wandering bright (red)-eyed and
bushy-tailed exploring old haunts

catching up with my boys, tim and alex in a grotto

wild mushroom croquettes with pine needle salt at grain store

when in kings x - platform 9 3/4

paul smith (maximo park) and peter brewis (field music)
at st. giles in the field

hauser & wirth (london) for pipilotti rist

down memory lane

lovely to relive my life in london last week as i was able to catch-up with old mates and soak in the old islington nabe, which now has a muji in the N1 center. 

screen on the green loves robin williams

karaoke at lucky voice

finally met this little dude - Marco!

also finally met ms. molly and her new home

one of my fav nabe haunts
walking to work through chapel market

nylon back in action

back in the uk and lovely to have someone pick me up from the airport. as you ought, first stop after a red eye - brewery tour. 

gorgeous hake, bouillabaisse, mussels from raphael's 
at the good shed, a converted old rail station

farewell to kent and off to london town, where the only tourist thing i was able to manage was to get to the tower of london for the tower poppies. until november 11, volunteers will be planting ceramic poppies outside the tower of london's moat area to remember the lives lost in world world one a hundred years ago.
 

nylon return

it was great to be back across the pond. in between 9 days of meetings and workshops, i caught up with old friends.

whittlebury - headquarters for 5 days of intense meetings

old haunt - screen on the green

catching up over pints with pcarps and nads

summer in kings x

night out in brixton

pick me up

niners win!

2-0 in london! i sadly wasn't there in person like last time. hope my boys made it home safe and sound and avoided the storm.

around london town

skate pop-up in my work hood

admiring felice varini's across the buildings

timothy redding w/ my timothy taylor

entry into the mayor of scaredy cat town

spread at grain store

floating cinema featuring kwaidan

nylon return weekend

t digging at rough trade east

the lovely brit lasses - beth and helen at the jolly gardener

cheers w/ craig and miyon

jessie ware + nave

omg, i used practice yoga with elisa at the nave. crazy! the space is really amazing. jessie's dressing room was a classroom and also where i practiced years ago. guess i was warming it up for her. :)

nylon mates

i'm fortunate enough to have frequent visits to london and meet up with pals from my days living across the pond. love ya mates!

napping in the game of thrones-like chairs at the bfi's riverfront