Healthy foods and sunny moods

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DASH Magazine September Issue Launch Party

I just found some photos from last LFW: Dash magazine party vol2. I’ve got such good memories from that night ,so I thought I’d share them. (and off course cause DASH is a super inspiring magazine anyway!) With fashion week just a couple of weeks away, this might get you in the mood already!

So back in September, we where invited to their September Issue Party  at  Press Play Films in Vyner Street and after their launch party the year before (photos here), we knew this would be unmissable!

Sponsored by Jameson, Peroni, Zeitgeist, Ty Nant, TINALILIENTHAL, Ena Salon and Nail Rock and curated by Ryan Lanji, it was the perfect start of London Fashion week. Good location, good canapés, and goodie bags = a more than good evening.

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Dash is THE international fashion magazine with a strong focus on fashion illustration. Get yourself a copy!  http://dashmagazine.net/

(photos of last years party here)

L.

23 – cheetah jackets, pineapples and white sheets

It was my birthday last weekend, and I had a blast! Paul baked vegan carrot cupcakes and suprised me with champagne and presents in bed for breakfast. In the evening, he took me to the House of Wolf (amazing place in Islington, check it out here) for some ‘experimental dining’ and we went drinking and dancing after in Stoke Newington/ Dalston. Here’s some snapshots of an amazing night, thanks everyone who came out and for the birthday wishes.

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x L.

rooftop views

Nothing wrong with dreaming away with some good indian summer memories. One of my favourite ones lately is the first weekends of September. We went to the Dalston Roof Park , just around the corner of our new place, and enjoyed an amazing Southern American syle lazy lunch, organised by The Art of Dining, a young company that combines food, set design and art (anybody who knows me even a little bit would know I am a sucker for a combination like that!)

It definitely felt like the laziest lunch in London town that Sunday, with five  courses, picnic baskets filled with treasures, old romantic novels and slightly Southern American style music in the background. This all combined with cocktails, East-London views and a good, after summer sun made it an incredible, chilled day. Exactly how a Sunday should be.

 

On the menu:

-Baked beans slow cooked bean and molasses soup served in an American biscuit bowl

-Corn on the cob served Mexican style, with sour cream, parmesan, cumin, chilli and lime- Wilted bacon and shrimphot salad-Ribs’n'slaw, lamb ribs with Moroccan style slaw and pickles

- Sweet potato ice cream with a ginger bread flake

(Definitely check out their website for some more pop-up culinair fests to come: www.theartofdining.co.uk)

Went for a coffee at Beyond Retro on the way.

Dalston Roof Park:

Home-made bread and strong cocktails

Corn on the cob served Mexican style

bean soup served in an American biscuit bowl

Juicy ribs

Our picnic basket friend admiring the sweet potato ice cream

After the lazy lunch, we decided to do some low effort activities as we where too full to move. We went to check out some galleries at the Hackney Wicked Festival and just enjoyed coffee, drinks and art.

Let’s all hope for more sunny weekends to come, or just dream away with the ones we had.

L.

Mysteries

I have to admit, while I used to post very frequent, the previous months of my live have been a mystery for my blog followers. It might seem that I have been lazy, and yes, as a personal blogger, that might be a correct presumption. But I haven’t been lazy in general, believe me. From trips all over Europe, to meeting the Kills,  freelancing as reporter at London Fashion Week, hot festivals, cold showers, magazine parties, big sample sales, and enjoying the London (Indian) Summer in general, I have been busy.

The next weeks I will update you and reveal some of these mysteries again. Not all verry accurate or big, but notthing wrong with re-living some good old memories.

 

But for now, I will leave you with one other mystery that will give you sweet dreams until mine will be revealed…

 

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Egg

After a  sunny vintage shopping trip to Brighton yesterday, London looked rather grey this morning. To grey to go out for breakfast, so we decided to just cook what we had, wich was 1 egg each, spinach and loads of coffee…

In the end, our poached/boiled eggs on a bed of spiced spinach did taste surprisingly good. (although we needed a big lunch after!)

I will always love Sunday breakfasts in bed. Happy Sunday everyone.

L.

Only one…

Kate Moss for Agent Provocateur Bridal

No need to say more.

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Shiny memories

I always seem to find old photos I took everywhere.  People who know me, know I always carry a disposable camara around  in every single bag. I love to get them developed and be totally surprised by the results (as it often takes months before I get them developed)

So the other day I decided to document some of them and put them on a Flickr page. Here are some of my favourites, have a look at my Flickr page for more.

More photos here.

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Apricot boost

I needed a good start of my new working week.

Nothing tastes better than a bowl of greek yoghurt, baby apricots and linseeds in bed after a long, Jubilee weekend (bless the Queen). With a cup of green tea (before my coffee) in the morning sunlight, it should be the start of a sunny and short work week.

 

(Fresh apricots are an excellent source of Vitamins A, C, E, and iron, and antioxidants! Health boost, yeah!)

 

Have a good week everybody

L.

The Modern Way

Dave Rowswell, a friend of ours and photographer/ graphic Designer based in London, took these amazing shots of Paul and me, at Alexandra Road Estate on Abbey Road in London a couple of weeks ago.

I have always loved this location. We all know Abby road, but the Alexandra Road Estate also has its (architectural/modernism) stories and it has been a decor for many movies and tv programs (Prime Suspect, Waking the Dead, Breaking and Entering, etc) The modernist feeling and its great theatrical character always intrigued to me. So when Dave suggested to do a shoot there, I couldn’t say no!

View more of Dave’s photography HERE

Paul was wearing:

• Koolpes Shirt
• Muji Coat
• Nike Jumper
• COS boots

I was wearing:

• Urban Outfitters sheer top
• Motel jeans
• Zara Coat
• COS White Wedges

What do you think about them?

L.