“The pleasure lies not in the cookies, but in the pattern the crumbs make when the cookies crumble.” ~ Michael Korda Although these look fabulous I was not tempted to part with my money to […]
“It ought to be plain how little you gain by getting excited and vexed. You’ll always be late for the previous train, and always on time for the next.” ~ Piet Hein Taken at Westferry […]
Some of the best navigators in the world are London taxi cab drivers. They have to learn 25,000 streets and how to get from one to the other. John O’Keefe In order to become a […]
“If you don’t know where you want to go, then it doesn’t matter which path you take.” ~ Lewis Carroll
“It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.” ~ Erica Jong This quote is not actually about London but I thought it went […]
“What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.” ~ Charles Baudelaire I like the way that the edit […]
“A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.” ~ Grace M. Hopper I think this is some sort of warning lighthouse type boat from the little tower that sits […]
“Leave the gun, take the cannoli.” ~ Mario Puzo, The Godfather Luckily guns were not an option here and sadly neither was the Cannoli as we were on the way to meet a friend for […]
“A city is a large community where people are lonesome together.” – Herbert V. Prochnow Maybe this is why I am attracted to a city or maybe when you are bought up in one then it […]
“Willy wonka’s of Burger Craft” ~ Washington Post I had my first Five Guys back in 2013 whilst visiting Atlanta, Georgia. Not only was a complete bargain compared to something similar in the UK but […]
