Our favourite cake

At least once a month we bake a cake. Polo often bakes. I'm lucky he likes cooking so much. One of our favourite cakes to bake is the Rose Bakery pistachio cake. It is so lovely, moist and utterly delicious. I remember the first time that Maria made it for us, I couldn't stop thinking about it a week later. Now, that's the sign of a good cake.

birthdays by the lake

whilst in Annecy we spent a day by the lake celebrating three birthdays: a little boy turning 1, a little girl turning 6 and polo turning 

32. we had a beautiful day with friends and family, sharing delicious food, drinking lovely wine and champagne. i love these days by 

the lake. they are one of the reasons we hope to live in Annecy one day.

cake for breakfast

we had cake for breakfast one morning, not any old cake, but cake from voilets. who could resist, when we were staying a one 

minute walk away. wish voilet had a shop in sydney.

hooray it's the weekend! treat yourself with a piece of cake. if you're reading in london, go have a piece for me at voilets. 

please and thank you.

p.s next week, i'll be sharing beach photos from sardinia!

life in b&w II

 

 

 

sweet treats

remebering london I

hello! i'm back! it's been a while. i'm writing this to you from sydney, australia.
i've got a lot of catching up to do, i hope you don't mind. before i show photos from life in sydney, i'll be sharing photos from 
london, barcelona, the french alps, paris and singapore. phew!

life in sydney is good so far.. it still feels like i'm on holidays though.. we are still in limbo i guess. catching up with friends and
family has been lovely, swimming in the sea and eating dinner outside have been the highlights. it's nice getting antiquated with 
the city i was born in. lots of places to check out and rediscover.  the weather has been a bit hit and miss, quite a bit of 
rain, but i'm not complaining - it's still warm!

we are waiting for all our belongings to arrive and looking for work. it's looking like the husband has already found an amazing job!
fingers crossed. i'm on the hunt and having a think about what i want to do...

photos above are from london in september - yes months a go, when the weather was warm. 
i hope everyone in the northern hemisphere is keeping warm and cosy, it sounds very cold!

oh and lastly - the blog is 3 years old! woohoooo - what an adventure the last 3 years has been, so good to have a record like 
this. many thanks for all your comments and support. it's been lovely getting to know you and even meeting some of you in
the flesh!

i think that's it. wow, that's a lot of writing for me.

m x

hip hooray!

this week is big. 
today it's my birthday - i'm 31! 
i finish my job (of 4 years) on friday.
it's christmas in 5 days.. we'll be celebrating in the french alps.

it's a happy/sad/exciting week.

apartment details

to market, to market

from madrid

yellow

summer with you