London mum, aspiring writer and amateur illustrator. Hopes to navigate through motherhood without losing herself. 
Last weekend we made a trip to Chichester to grab a bun and a coffee at the Goodwood Breakfast Club. Big M loves vintage cars, thus we made the most of spending a few days in the country whilst being surrounded by old time’s glory in the form of polished chrome and shiny chassis. Being [...]
Archive for the ‘London’ Category
Where to live. Round #2
Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010 by Met Mum | 24 Comments
Filed under: Family Day Out, London | Tags: big M, Goodwood, little L, London, where to live
Filed under: Family Day Out, London | Tags: big M, Goodwood, little L, London, where to live
Things to love about Islington: little, leafy hideaways
Tuesday, Aug 24th, 2010 by Met Mum | 22 Comments
Filed under: London | Tags: Islington, Lonsdale Square, N1, parks
Filed under: London | Tags: Islington, Lonsdale Square, N1, parks
No matter how much I adore living in the city, sometimes I am craving a little peace and quiet with little more to listen to than the wind rustling through the trees. When bright lights and big smoke get a bit too much altogether, there is one little garden square I regularly seek out to [...]
Simple pleasures
Sunshine on a rainy day lies at the bottom of a puddle Simple pleasures
Bad hair days. Or: a holey summer
Sunday, Aug 8th, 2010 by Met Mum | 28 Comments
Filed under: London, Travelling | Tags: bad hair days, London, mojo, summer blues
Filed under: London, Travelling | Tags: bad hair days, London, mojo, summer blues
I am loathing August in London. I always did. Firstly, whilst the rest of Europe enjoys the peak of summer in skimpy dresses and open toe sandals, I usually catch a cold as I desperately hang on to wearing my only recently acquired summer wardrobe. Thanks to London’s August being what would be classified as [...]
Passing on my love for shoes
Tuesday, Jun 1st, 2010 by Met Mum | 20 Comments
Filed under: London, Shoes | Tags: Papillon shoes, yummy mummies
Filed under: London, Shoes | Tags: Papillon shoes, yummy mummies
I should have known better. If I had done my homework, I could have easily found out that the co-founder of gorgeous children’s shoes shop Papillon is Anya Hindmarch’s sister. I could have known what kind of crowd to expect at the opening party of Papillon’s new flagship store in Marelybone. London socialites, handbag empire [...]
On moving house
So. Where are we? Three months after accepting an offer on our house, we are still in Islington. We still have not exchanged. We have pulled a lot of hair – very much to the dismay of Big M who didn’t have a lot of hair to begin with. We got in a few silly [...]
99 red balloons, girlfriends and feeling at home in a garage
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 by Met Mum | 20 Comments
Filed under: London | Tags: girlfriends, music, NENA
Filed under: London | Tags: girlfriends, music, NENA
Remember the song 99 red balloons? Aged eight, I would secretly hum the melody I had heard somewhere on the radio. It was unthinkable to tune away from Classic FM at home, let alone ask to be bought the track. My pianist-turned-music-teacher mother vividly disapproved of contemporary music and condemned everything that wasn’t Grieg or [...]
The grass is always greener…
After what feels like an eternity of pondering on where to move and how to prioritise our apparently endless list of needs and demands, we have finally made a decision. We went from ‘let’s move into a big house in the Kent countryside tomorrow’ to ‘let’s move into a sleek apartment in Chelsea Harbour in [...]
Back to school
Thursday, Apr 8th, 2010 by Met Mum | 21 Comments
Filed under: Illustrations, London, Mummy stuff | Tags: work
Filed under: Illustrations, London, Mummy stuff | Tags: work
So what do you do when you feel stuck in your routine, a million ideas buzzing around your head but you are unable to channel your creativity into something productive? Exactly, you grab a batch of clay, form an innocent rabbit and prong it onto a chopstick. Under professional supervision, of course. Back to school
Beauty on a budget: London’s best facials
Friday, Mar 19th, 2010 by Met Mum | 22 Comments
Filed under: Beauty, London | Tags: facial, Islington, Knightsbridge, London, yummy mummy
Filed under: Beauty, London | Tags: facial, Islington, Knightsbridge, London, yummy mummy
Sometimes I just don’t want to look as crap as I feel. And, oh Lord, do I feel crap at times. Sleep deprivation, a poor diet and just a little bit too much sun worshipping in my early twenties have taken its toll on the skin I am in. Time to show this face some [...]