Revisiting History

A couple of pics from the last weekend when we had gone down to Central London:

The Tower Bridge

Architectural Delight

Lean On

The Half Egg

The Husband

The Monument

Most of us know about the Tower Bridge (the 1st pic) which is one of the major landmarks of London, and we were lucky to witness the lifting of the Bridge which takes place whenever there's a ship/vessel which is too big to pass under it. The whole process takes around 10-15 mins and its an interesting experience to watch it. 

The other place we saw was The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known as The Monument which is a 202 ft tall stone Roman Doric column near the northern end of London Bridge. It stands at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 202 ft from where the Great Fire of London started in 1666. 

People interested in history please read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Great_Fire_of_London

We climbed up the 311 steps of The Monument to see a breathtaking view of the city skyline and got a certificate after we got down from there. It was one helluva cardio workout i must say, but i sure did enjoyed the whole experience! :) 

The Desperate Housewife

Sorry for not being around for this last one week. There are no excuses except for the fact that i have got hooked on to "Desperate Housewives". Its pretty weird that i never really watched this TV Series until i came to London. I happened to watch a couple of episodes on Channel 4 and i loved it. I then did my own little research on the series and realised that it has 7 seasons in all. 

So this is how my conquest to know what must have happened in the earlier seasons began. I am done with the first 2 seasons, and half way thru the 3rd one. The characters are really interesting and each episode has something new to offer, so it never really gets boring. My favorite character is that of "Mike Delfino" which has been played by James Denton. The pic below says it all.

Oh man, isn't he simply hot! He plays the role of a plumber, if i ever met such a plumber i dunno what would i do to him. ;) Ok, now i just hope that my hubby doesn't get to read this. But what the heck, even he knows that i have the hots for this guy. I have never been this hooked to a TV Series ever since Friends. I am so engrossed that i barely get time to cook or talk to my husband.

Anyways, time to watch another episode. Hope u guys are doing well & all of you have a gr8 weekend!

Joie De Vivre

Had yet another gr8 weekend pass by me. One of my hubby's friends had come over to our place for the weekend along with his gf. We sampled a Turkish restaurant near by which totally took us by surprise, the starters were lip smacking-ly good. Got stuff from the supermarket and cooked up some amazing food, also had drinks to go with it. :) Stayed up till 2 a.m talking about life and other things. This was how Saturday ended.

Sunday started late...woke up at around 10 a.m, grabbed some breakfast. I really dunno how do ppl skip breakfast?? Coz the first thing that i can think of once i am up in the morning is food. Anyways, back to Sunday, we got ready and went to Oxford Street. Oxford Street is a shopper's paradise, u name any brand and there it is! The pic above was clicked in the shoe section of Selfridges which is one of the biggest stores in London.

Today is a special day, it marks the completion of 3 months of 'us' being married. :) What makes it even more special is the fact that it's the first time that we are together on this date. The last 2 months were spent apart coz he was here and i was back home in India waiting for the visa to work out. Well, let me see if i can rustle up something special in the kitchen, for my hubby tonight. 

Life has been good so far...its been 3 weeks of my being here in London and i like this city. London is pretty much like Mumbai; its vast, vibrant and cosmopolitan with ppl from all over the world...but the one thing that sets it apart from Mumbai is discipline and greenery. The city is really very well planned and clean in most of the parts. It's not easy to manage a city that's as large as London. 

I am beginning to love this life and i wonder how will i deal with it when it begins to change yet again, which it will once i start working...Well, lemme take one day at a time, and i would rather cross the bridge once i am there. So that's it for now, hope u guys have a gr8 week ahead. So temme, how was your weekend?

Back to Normalcy

Yeah that's how it is supposed to be, i am back to normal life after two long weekends which just flew past me. To be fair, i don't think i should say that, of course i realized the amount of fun i had, seeing all the new places, meeting all the people whom i met for the very first time. The amount of time i got to spend with hubby was just amazing!


The Bournemouth trip was really good...the weather was a bit of a dampener though, we had expected it to be warm and sunny, but it was actually cloudy n windy! So we were in for a surprise when we reached there. I wasn't carrying my jacket so poor hubby was left without a jacket, as i was wearing his jacket most of the times. 


Anyways, time to go to bed now. I leave you with a few pics taken during the long weekend. Have a gr8 week ahead all of you. :)

Green all the Way

Spaghetti Carbonara for Dinner

Scenic Southbourne Beach

The Dog that Posed for Me!

Oops, i totally forgot to add the pics that we took at the Royal Wedding, here they are:

Fans go Crazy!

Ppl wait it out at Westminster Abbey

The Couple rides Away

The Royal Air Force Performs

Ta-da *drum rolls*

The Couple

A Royal Fan camps outside Westminster Abbey

Products Promotion Galore

The Dress Rehearsal Underway

As the stage is set for the Royal Wedding which is to take place tomorrow morning at the Westminster Abbey, the whole of England is going into a tizzy. The pics above are only a mere indication of what's been happening around in the last couple of days. The British government has declared it a public holiday so that people can enjoy & celebrate the royal wedding along with the Royal family. 

There are sales and discounts going on all around for people to make the most of the long weekend that's coming up, 2nd's also a holiday so that makes it 4 days! Around 5,500 street parties are being organised all around England, and 2 billion is the estimated number of people who will be watching the wedding live on television. Also, Youtube has bagged the official rights to broadcast the wedding live.

We have got some gr8 plans lined up for the weekend. We'll be catching up with all the action happening at the Royal Wedding live, as huge screens are gonna be put up at places like the Trafalgar square & Hyde Park. We'll also get a feel of the street parties, experience the excitement of the Britons. Come Saturday and i'll be off to this place called Bournemouth which is an hr away from London.

So this is me signing off for now!! Happy Weekend guys n gals, cya around. :)

My Long Weekend

Had one helluva weekend...i don't think i can write about all that i did. But i can definitely put up the pics of the places i saw. And yes, i saw my first movie (Fast and the furious 5) out at a theatre nearby. The movie was definitely not worth the amount of money we spent on it (traveling, eating nachos and the tickets in itself), it could have been a lot better!! I guess this is what happens with most of the sequels, the pressure to do something better than the previous one is just too much and that's what makes them go over the top. Anyways, getting back to the pics, here they are:

Drinks@Canary Wharf

Royalty: Oxford Street

The famous Piccadilly Circus

These Men are Alive!

Taking a Break

The Trafalgar Square

And yes i also did some cooking, made the traditional egg curry just the way its made in the East. My hubby seems to be in love with whatever i rustle up in the kitchen these days. And i don't think he's just being nice to me coz he doesn't like to mince words when it comes to speaking the truth. So that means my cooking experiments are turning out to be pretty good. *takes a bow*

So this was my weekend summed up. Walked a lot, but in the end it was totally worth it. Walking here doesn't really tire you much coz the weather's so pleasant plus the surroundings are so clean and nice. :) But one very important thing to remember is to wear proper foot wear, trust me guys it's not very cool to walk around in those heels coz after an hour or so, your foot starts hurting like hell! I realised this the hard way, so now i am friends with gladiator sandals and/or canvas flats which are so much more comfortable. So, how was your weekend?

Good Friday...Literally

Happy Easter to all u guys n gals!! Had a long day today, went on the Thames River Cruise which gave us a spectacular view of the London skyline (see pics below). We then went to this mall called Westfield located in West London. Spent the rest of the evening there eating and shopping and got back home by late evening. I am off to bed now...its going to be a long weekend, 1 day down, 3 more days to go! Have fun all of you. :)

Love,

On a Different Note

Here's my itinerary for the day:

1. Wake up at 6.30 a.m, yep hubby wakes up at this time to get ready for work.

2. See to it that hubby has breakfast and see him off by 7.30 a.m.

3. Go back to sleep :D and wake up by 8.30 a.m.

4. Have something for breakfast (cereals are truly my savior).

5. Pass time on facebook and watch movies online.

6. Decide on what to make for dinner (cooked paneer handi for tonight)

7. Wait for hubby to come back from work. 

I know this sounds like a typical day in the life of a housewife but this was certainly not me a month back! It feels strange not to be working (will start looking out once i settle in here), but I seem to be making the most of the time i have in hand. I've been reading up a lot on the places that i would want to see in and around  London. Oh, by the way i made Chicken Mughlai for dinner a day back, and this marked my foray into cooking as a full time wife. This is how it looked:

Hubby tries his best to keep me happy, but i keep going in and out of these phases of solitude....miss mom and dad a lot! I know i had to come into my own someday or the other but i guess everything takes time. And i know i'll be good soon enuff. That's all for now, we have a long weekend coming up here for Easter. Planning to make the most of it. ;) Signing off for now.

P.S This is for all those people who have always been around to read me, thanks a lot coz this happens to be my 400th post. :)

Love,

At the Gaint Wheel

This is a pic of the city skyline taken from the London Eye yesterday afternoon, what a breathtaking view it was! I am loving it being here in London at the moment, everything around is awesome including the weather which is sunny and pleasant. :) Hubby dear has been taking really good care of me, given the fact that that i keep feeling homesick from time to time....miss mom n dad a lot but i am quite enjoying this new phase of my life! 

Hubby has taken the Monday off for me, so i am off to see and explore more places around. Rest later, signing off for now. Stay good and all of you have a gr8 week ahead!!

Perfume Overload

What I love about London is visiting the department stores that you dont get anywhere else, like Selfridges, Harrods, Harvey Nichols and Liberty. I went for the day to London recently and was lucky to see all the christmas windows, nothing beats the christmas window displays! They were all amazing I have to say my favourites were Liberty and Selfridges but one window caught my eye in Harrods. The Chanel perfume window display.

The window is a giant Classic Chanel No5 bottle with giant Chanel boxes. I really love this display.

mmmmmm mulberry bag!

Sorry for the reflection in the windows, you really have to see the window in person to get the full affect.

the window display run with the ad campaigns they have in magazines right now. the sequined Chanel bottle is recreated life size in the window

These windows made me think of perfume bottles and packaging. I only buy Chanel perfume as I'm a little obsessive and love the bottles ( and obviously the smell) they decorate my dressing table well. Then I was thinking of what other bottles I like because of their packaging and bottle design. Stuff like this can really smell the perfume as you see the product first and then smell it.

I love these Miss Dior Cherie ad's, I love the use of pink (i usually hate pink) with the flowers and how girly they are. It's very feminine and I love that they use Paris as a backdrop. The tv advert is really good aswel.

love love love love love this advert

This Marc Jacobs 'Lola' fragrance is really feminine with the flower design but it's toughened up with darker colours like purple, red and green. This bottle is a mini piece of art.

Naughty Alice is Vivienne Westwood's new fragrance, and what I think I love most about it is the illustration. I love her fiery red hair and the contrast against the gold and blue bottle.

What's your favourite perfume bottle? and your favourite smell?