Trafalgar Square, London

Design week in London has arrived! Liam and I are headed to Trafalgar Square tonight to take control of the audi production robots and write messages in the sky.. There's a long exposure camera that will capture the messages and upload them on the web.

Have a lovely weekend. I hope to get back to posting in a regular fashion again!

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autumn style for london, part 2

Other inspiration for my autumn 2010 look is from COS, a UK high street store. How perfect are those outfits for lazy Saturdays (or maybe the leather outfit for a bit more of a night out on a Saturday)? I just adore the neutral beige and charcoal colours that come back when the leaves fall.

Barbican, EC2, London

Sorry, no pictures yet of Madrid. We got home relatively late last night and I just wanted to crawl into my bed. So instead, here's a few old pictures of the Barbican. One of my favourite spaces in London - it is an art, dance, theatre, culture and conference building just off the 'City'. It also has residences and business space mingled in.

In the spring, they hosted an incredible art exhibit on birds and their relationship with music. In a big open room (with a few nooks and crannies), little white birds had free rein to fly around and, by chance, make music by perching on the cymbals or guitars (all wired to speakers). The best part was that birds had started to nest in the guitars and had water in the cymbals.

Images via Liam and I.

isle of man, uk

Rain is a necessary evil in the Isle of Man. While you have to bring your wellies and raincoat - it's one of those places that is incredibly lush and amazingly vivid colours. An easy location to shoot.

It's been on the top three places I've wanted to visit since I was a child. Last year, Liam took me for my birthday and despite the mixed weather, or perhaps because of, it was everything that I thought it would look like.

Wales, United Kingdom

at the beginning of the month, L2 and I went to Wales. Again determined to see more of the country where we live, we visited Cardiff and did a few hours of the national trial. The city was a lot smaller than I thought but a good jumping base to see the sea or Breacon Beacon or to bike the national trail. Also the civic buildings are stunning!

Cornwall, UK (return)

l2 and i headed with a few friends to the english coast in early may. Again we went for the sun - but this time it came out ten-fold. We went surfing and boogie boarding, played on a mountain 'skateboard' and were generally merry. However, I thought I could jump a ravine (I'm very unathletic) and failed miserably. Three weeks later I'm still recovering with a bruise on my heel.

We stayed in the cottage to the right of the tree. It was the perfect cottage - loads of beds and a big kitchen (and a coal fire!).

Cardiff, Wales, UK

getting away from the city for the first of two may long weekends. while we're only headed up to wales for a few days, I'm excited to get out of the city and visit another section of england.

I've really taken to exploring more of england. it's really the time to do it properly and we don't normally get to do whole countries! Now we really need that scooter.