London's Chelsea Flower Show has been on this week and the streets around the venue have been decorated in what can only be described as a floral abundance. 🙂 As Monday is a UK Bank Holiday, the next scheduled post will appear on Tuesday, 30 May.
New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street My walk began at Battery Park subway station and ended at Fulton Centre subway station. Lady Liberty Castle Clinton Battery Park has great views over the river and it's always exciting to see Lady Liberty. Castle Clinton may not look like much, but in 1855 it became New York's … Continue reading New York City 2023 | Weekday Walk | Financial District
I am going to be controversial here and come out and say that the Upper West Side is the prettiest part of Manhattan. Should you disagree with that statement, you are going to have to show your workings. 🙂 This neighborhood sits between Central Park and Riverside Park and stretches from 59th to 110th Street. … Continue reading New York City 2023 | Weekday Walk | The Upper West Side
Trafalgar Theatre, West End During half term, I took The Boy out to lunch and then onto the theatre to see the magnificent Jersey Boys. I ringfenced the outing with journeys there and back on the Elizabeth Line. We had lunch at Café Rouge in Covent Garden - he enjoys the steak baguette with French … Continue reading Lunch and Jersey Boys With The Boy
Several streets in London's Belgravia were decorated beautifully for Halloween recently - Motcomb Street, Elizabeth Street and Ebury Street. I admired the artistry involved, but I did wonder about the cost of production and what happened to the displays once they had been removed.
It was a busy half term week. The Boy and I travelled to the newly opened Bond Street station on the Elizabeth Line The UK had another new Prime Minister We visited Little Venice Tilly visited the groomer I bought lots of new clothes for The Boy: jeans, hoodies, jumpers and shirts The Boy and … Continue reading Me on Tuesday | 1 November
6 Chesterfield Street, Mayfair Having arrived at Bond Street on the Elizabeth Line, we needed something to do and settled on seeing how many blue plaques we could find in an hour in Mayfair's surrounding streets. 76 Brook Street, Mayfair 48, Grosvenor Square, Mayfair 39 Brook Street, Mayfair 10 Bruton Street, Mayfair 11 Bolton Street, … Continue reading Weekday Walk | Mayfair’s Blue Plaques
London's Mayfair has a number of permanent art installations that can be viewed all year round. You just need to know where to look. 🙂 Falling Shopper by Banksy The above piece can be found on Bruton Lane, positioned high on the side of a building. Reaching for the trolley containing some recognisable items such … Continue reading Weekday Walk | Mayfair’s Permanent Public Art Installations
Created in memory of London's East End residents killed in World War II, the Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden sits on the former site of Hermitage Wharf, which was destroyed in a firebomb raid in December 1940. When the area came to be redeveloped in the late 1990s, the builders of a new block of flats … Continue reading Slow Summer | Weekday Walk | The Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden
South Molton Street The Boy and I walked the streets of Mayfair recently, following this year's Art Trail. It has to be said that it was quite a frustrating 90 minutes - many of the installations didn't appear to be where the map said they would be, it was quite peoplely and it was humid. … Continue reading Weekday Walk | The Mayfair Art Trail 2022
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