A Walk in the Park......

I needed something to brighten my day, I have had a very stressful week, both at work and at home, so what better than a collage of photographs that I took whilst strolling in Central Park in December. I spent my last morning walking through the park, people & dog watching!

Central Park is a vast space in the middle of a noisy and exciting city, however you only have to walk a short distance into it to be met with peace and calm.... a truly magical space.

The park hosts some iconic buildings and landscapes which feature a lot in films & TV. The morning was bright and clear and very cold!.....
Friday saw me leave work at a reasonable hour, which allowed me to get to the cinema, where I saw It's Complicated. I had no expectations of this film, and was thoroughly entertained.... I haven't laughed out loud so hard at the cinema in ages. Much recommended viewing... it was a great stress reliever to a rubbish week!

all i need now is a long walk in the park!.... enjoy.

Fab TV to look forward to in the next few weeks...

Earlier this month I blogged about TV that I was looking forward to in 2010... well I have some additions from over the pond!...

This trailer crept up on me last week and I'm hooked already!.... The Good Wife, Julianne Margolis is a lucky lady... 6 seasons of kissing George Clooney in ER and now Mr 'Big'!... I am also hooked after 2 episodes on Glee, which is a camper adult version of High School Musical!

Brothers & Sisters (spoiler alert!)season 4 begins next week as well... mmmm back also for a third season is the critically acclaimed Mad Men which is just fantastic.

So set the record/series link for :

Y The Good Wife starting 25th Jan Channel 4 ~ 10pm

Y Glee - Mondays at 9 on E4

Y Brothers & Sisters 21st Jan More 4 ~ 9pm

Y Mad Men 10th Feb BBC4

happy viewing....

Skating at Tiffany's.....

Each year I try to get to one of London's Ice Rinks that 'pop' up for the Holiday Season. This has become a bit of a festive tradition, probably because it reminds me of New York.

My rink for the last 2 seasons has been Somerset House, which in itself is a beautiful setting but with the added feature of the 'blue-lit' rink it becomes truly stunning.

The other draw is that this rink is sponsored by Tiffany's, so the Tiffany blue is everywhere!

Due to no time on the run upto Christmas, I saved my trip until the early new year, (rink closes 25th Jan) and managed to get over there after work just before the deluge of snow hit the country.

Skating is not one of my strengths, so I am just a viewer who indulges in a Hot Chocolate & cupcake! which is found in the Tiffany Tuck box!

I Y Tiffany's.... the 5th Avenue store is breathtaking glamour, even when it is filled with Christmas shoppers in December!... obviously with the popularity of the silver floor over the last few years, it has become distinctly recognisable... however within the diamond hall the glamour of yester-year is still around.

Here are some photo's from my trip to Tiffany's New York in December......i'm coveting the cake stand complete with boxes!

A reason to be out in the cold......

now there's not much that has enticed me out in the cold recently, BUT... an evening looking at Johnny Wilkinson' s thighs tempted me out from under the duvet!.... well can you blame me!

Johnny now plays for Toulon in France, so glimpses of the great man himself are rare, so rain/snow/sub zero temperatures were never going to keep me away from watching him run out onto the pitch at Vicarage Road last night. Saracens were playing Toulon in a cup round match.

2 minutes into the game Johnny scored one of his legendary drop goals!.... however Saracens retaliated and even with Johnny's 3 goals they still won!... so Sarries winning and Johnny's thighs resulted in a fab night!

also in the terraces was the England coach Martin Johnson... obviously checking on Johnny's form!

As you can see from some of the pictures it was a little cold, (hence the steam rising off the 'boys'!)... but plenty to keep a girl warm!.........

A Week of Hibernation!....

as the country has been blanketed in snow... I've spent a week in hibernation.... only venturing out for work and the rest of it under a duvet watching TV!....

London was relatively snow free, however that doesn't help when the surrounding counties are snow covered and frozen! and you have to explain why it takes so long to travel 20 miles! As you can imagine the commute was long and often very cold! therefore I have read 1 of my "books to eat" this year and another charity find.

My charity find was Recipe for Disaster by Miriam Morrison, a fab read that i just loved. A cynical journalist undercover as a waitress in a restaurant... can she write a scoop or be side-tracked by the chef?... mmmmm very yummy!

and the second in the I Y series... Angela's off to Hollywood to interview a heart-throb actor! in I Y Hollywood, this is follow on from I Y New York by Lindsey Kelk which is just fabulous! Much recommended, it filled some long journeys on the district line last week!

Last monday my friend and I went to the theatre, we went to see The Priory, which I raved about before Christmas. I enjoyed it as much even though I had seen it previously. We had dinner in a small restaurant in Sloane Square before the theatre and the very talented Rachael Stirling who is in the play was on the accompanying table learning her lines for the forthcoming A Midsummer Night's dream, starring Judi Dench. She was lovely and gave us lots of gossip on the cast! The play finishes on the 16th Jan and all performances are now sold out.... all in all a quiet week, hope everyone is well and have survived the snow!