Jun 19
i’m wrapping up my last 36 hours of being in the UK and being in London. To celebrate I took myself off to Fortnum and Mason to luxuriate in everything that is tasteful and divine. Fabulous china. (My favourite being the hand painted Herend collection – such gems) Read more
a year or so ago, I signed up for Gwyneth Paltro’s blog/newsletter Goop.com. Read more
is worth a visit. It’s in the covered market. We arrived to Oxford a little early (we were meeting Siobhan and family for dinner) so that we could pay it a visit. Read more
Julia Harbutt is the grandlady of cheese in the UK, it should be worldwide. Maybe it is. I’d heard of her before we took this cheese journey, but I had forgotten that she is a cheese producer as well as monger. Her Blue Monday is divine. Read more
my favourite cheese shop (Formaggio in Cambridge MA) hand writes their labels. You can find a post earlier in this blog. I know they painstakingly hand write them because I asked. Read more
when I think of Stoke on Trent I think of mining and Potteries. (royal Doulton, Spode, Wedgwood, Minton et al.). Read more
as a student of design, I’m loving the shapes of the urban landscape. Read more
when I was living in Santa Fe back in the early 90s, Siobhan came to visit me. She was 3 months old. Read more
these onions are for strong English cheese. Got it? Get some. Read more
Those of you who know me well, know how much I love a good potato. If I had to have a last meal, it would include some form of potato. And now I know that if I want really good roasted potatoes, I better use goose fat. Read more
Crewe was a hub back in the day. It was built back in 1837, one of the oldest in England. All trains used to stop in Crewe as it was a major junction for routes north and south and west. Read more
jelly in England is like American Jello. But Jam is just gorgeous. And there are so many, not just for toast. I’m mad for labels and English country foods. They’re called Artisan if you want to give them a fancy name and sell them in a fancy shop. Read more
I love England. I love the color of the stone against the flowers that seem to grow more abundant than anywhere else. Such proud gardens. They seem hardly tended by nimble green thumbs. Read more
I have nothing to say about this find in a hardware shop in the Cotswolds. We had just made a huge cache of cheese finds, but we had no knife, so we found a bric a brac kind of shop in Winchcombe that sold everything from napkins, spades, and garden growth goodies. Read more
and then on the way up a hill, Bourton-on-hill, lay a field of sculpture by the artist Andrew Darke, whose kinetic wind pieces (hailing from the Art and Place group started in the 90s). Read more
the walls have been here longer than you or me, and certainly the thorns of the roses which clamber up and within. The walls are strong, timeless, purposeful and plenty. Read more
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