August 2013 Instagram-y Post

Here's my month of August in snapshots.

I was taking my usual walking route before I temporarily moved house that is...For those of you who don't live in London, 
this building is the infamous One Hyde Park.

This is where one bedroom flats that don't even have a view of the park sells for £20 million.

But what I noticed walking past is that the owners who own the flats you can see must have paid at least £30 million 

( off plan before completion price mind you) 

and yet they all were making do with the same outdoor furniture that the developers gave them! 

( sorry about the picture quality but take my word for it, 

it was the same set of furniture on the balconies!)

That's Victoria cathedral in the back.

Love the contrast of old and new. 

I visited Vienna two weeks ago (post to come).
This was one of the palaces about town.
Imagine getting the spelling wrong to this address, 
the postman might redirect the post to Prince Philip.

The one contraband photo inside Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna hence the fuzziness - this is the room where Mozart gave his first concert at the age of 6 to the Austrian royal family.

For all of you clothes lovers out there, I had to show you this

 hand stitched robe I also saw in Vienna that was made - 

wait for it...700 hundred years ago!  

Now that is quality!

These are handmade lace and tatting made by bored aristocratic women.

Even when you watch period dramas, the wenches had way more fun than the high born.

I may have found the perfect sofa.

I saw this is the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna.

It's made of aluminum which means you 

never have to fluff up the cushions.

The pictures don't do them any justice.

The yellow glaze was unlike any other then when 

I saw the description they were rice bowls for the 

Chinese Emperor 500 years ago.

I went to see a play at my beloved Donmar Theatre.

It was called The Same Deep Water as Me 

with such a talented cast.

It was a fabulous play about those accident legal helplines.

I'm too scared to sit right next to the stage...

My home renovations have kicked me out of my home.
Wanna look at my new living room?
Warning to neat freaks and happy homemakers.
Scroll down quickly!

 It still looks like that 2 weeks after the move and 
will pretty much be staying that way.
I can never seem to find my Xmas ornaments and yet in August they appear out of their hiding place.

Not been very good lately - worse considering I just detoxed...
This is my new favorite combo snack.

 My builders are naughty too as they are cola addicts.
At least they recycle.

I found a great new eaterie in my new temporary neighborhood.

It's called Toasted in Lordship Lane in East Dulwich.

I kept saying to Mr CSW that I felt everything about it was so Melbournian including the most delicious coffee.

Then I read in the local neighborhood magazine that the head chef used to work in Attica which is a world renown restaurant that ranks #13 in the world and is in Melbourne!
Love coincidences like that.

They also have huge vats of wine from small French vineyards that you can go and refill bottles with and take home.

Plus they do the most delicious avocado on toast that is mixed with freshly made two day old cheese. So yummy.

I saw this old Juicy couture tracksuit in the local charity shop.
£40 quid it was sold for! 
For those of you who still have them - sell them on eBay!

But they also seem to give away stuff around here...  

We're not in Kansas anymore...

Actually, that isn't fair.  
They have amazing parks where I now enjoy my daily walks.

Gets me out of my comfort zone but 
I do feel like I have moved to a new city.

I sat on this dragonfly bench and 
had a tense staring game with a fox.
Scary stuff.

Can't believe it's September already.

But I say that every month...