london: part 3

our friend brady is here spending a few days with us on his way home to texas from the sudan. we hadn't seen him since ivy was a week old, so it's been nice getting to catch up. we also had the pleasure of meeting, and hosting for a night, his girlfriend tal who lives in brighton. so it's been a full house! (ivy got booted to the kitchen to sleep, poor thing. ha)

anyway, we strolled through portabello road in notting hill which was fun. there were lots of outside markets with fresh foods and colorful antiques all up and down the street. we stopped for mexican food at taqueria, per gwyneth paltrow's recommendation via http://www.goop.com/. they had delicious chips, salsa and guacamole so we were all happy campers.

that night we had dinner at tom's kitchen which i've heard about somewhere- and we happen to be staying just a 10 minute walk away. i had the fish & chips and it was probably the best i've had. (although i haven't had much!).


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saturday, we did some housekeeping and just hung around the flat most of the day. i've had some funny moments with the washing/drying machine - yes, it's all in one. it took 24 hours for our clothes to dry (in the machine), mainly because sometimes when you press the "dry" button, it washes them again. sigh.

for dinner we picked up pizza from the restaurant we live right above. we actually went searching for Made in Italy (another goop find) and it was closed down- little did we know we live right above the new location! and it was really good.


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today, we attended holy trinity brompton church which tal told us about.
it was a beautiful morning.

ivy loved the nursery and even received "biscuits" - so you know she was happy.

after church, we strolled around looking for a lunch spot and happened upon harrods! we couldn't have picked a better spot: cheeseburgers, chicken tenders and french fries at mo's diner. yum!! the pet shop department was on the same floor, so we took ivy to look at the (£1000) cats and dogs.

strolling around london/in the hallway leading to the pet stores. she wanted to pet each one and wave hi. sweet child.


brady, tal, ivy & me in the food halls:


that's all for now! cheerio!