High Tea

Mark and I escaped for an hour to sample the tea and cakes at High Tea in Highgate village. Lemon drizzle cake and Russian caravan tea in the garden is the perfect way to spend a Friday afternoon!

It's all happening at the zoo...

Logan can find a muddy puddle even in this sunshine

Enjoying the sunshine

Had lunch at Kenwood House, miraculously the sun came out so Logan spent the afternoon running down hills on the heath (and in the Flask pub...).

More pretty flowers

Ah, the joys of spring!

Magnolia spotting

Mum and I were Magnolia spotting all last week, it seems to be the tree du jour around north London, but it's really come into it's own this week. We have Magnolia wallpaper at home but it's not this impressive!

Logan hits the park

Went to the park at the heath on Saturday with the North London posse. I think Logan liked the roundabout but maybe he just couldn't figure how to get off! He seemed a bit happier once Gracie took control.

Logan @ The Washington

The Washington in Belsize Park

Had lunch here with Isabelle and Lauren (both looking as fabulous as ever). It was quiet enough for Logan to run round (he made friends with some of the locals) but he wasn't impressed with the burger and spicy chips (yum). My risotto was nice though, and I love the decor!

Photos by Logan

Logan got a tutorial in how to take photos from Jo CW at Dave's birthday bash yesterday. He needs a bit of work on the composition but at least they're (almost) in focus...



Daddy!



Fizzy pop



The birthday boy



Brooky

Still life with fruit

Mmm, let's eat at Chicken Spot tonight!

Could this be the least appetisingly named restaurant in the world? Sounds like a disease. Lucky residents of Caledonian Road...

Logan goes sliding

The first time he got on he shot down the slide, but sadly I didn't have the camera ready so instead I have a sequence of shots of Logan inching down the slide rather painfully. Ah well, still cute!

Is this a coot or a moorhen?

I can never remember which is which. Anyway, I took this when we took Logan to see the ponds at Hampstead Heath, after a lovely lunch with Isabelle and Lauren at the Freemasons Arms on Downshire Hill (overpriced and a bit pretentious considering it used to be a bit of a dive, and nothing like the "country pub" they claim to be, but very welcoming nonetheless).

I'll put some more pics up on Flickr tonight.

Dave's birthday bash @ Junction Tavern

I know, I know, this could be a photo of absolutely anyone, but you'll just have to trust me that Dave M (who my husband insists on calling Filmstar Dave) is on there somewhere. I don't like the flash dammit!

Not a natural snow bunny

Intrepid adventurer





Highgate Woods

Warhol comes to N6

While we were in Crouch End at the weekend we also discovered an amazing little gallery and print studio called Jealous.

At the moment they're hosting an American art exhibition, and for a one-room gallery it's pretty substantial - I counted four Andy Warhol prints, a Lichtenstein, two Keith Harings and a couple of Basquiats, as well as some incredible pieces by people I'd never heard of (including Leslie Wayne and Allan D'Arcangelo, which I love). Apparently they're mostly from the personal collection of the owner (jealous, moi?), but if you've got a spare £25,000 a Warhol Dollar print could be yours!

Alternatively you could buy a print from one of the artists working in the print studio for a fraction of the price (Obama Tuesday prints were £25 unframed, a large portrait of the man £125).

Apologies for lack of photos, I was so in awe I forgot to take any. If you're in the area take a look, they're on Park Road near the wedding dress shop (which is currently displaying a photo of yours truly in full wedding garb!).

Logan goes to Oxfam

We had a jaunt to Crouch End at the weekend, they've got a comics section in the Oxfam bookshop there. Logan helped himself to a book from the children's shelves then wandered the entire shop until he found somewhere suitable to read, wedged against the revolving shelves by the front door.

Check out the reins that are cunningly disguised as a backpack, too - quite cool, but still don't stop him wandering into the road if you're not careful. And you feel a bit like you're walking a dog.

Muswell Hill in the snow

View from our front room



Muswell Hill Broadway



Why the buses aren't running...



The Broadway

Couldn't resist a detour through Highgate woods this morning

Snow day!

This is what happens when Mark works from home...

Muswell Hill is snowed in - I'm sure when there was a blizzard at home when I was younger the buses didn't grind to a halt (even if the school boiler broke with alarming regularity). That's what I get for deserting the north east for the bright lights of the big city.

Snow pics to follow later for those of you on another continent.