Located just across the road from Brendan’s office is the flagship store of The Conran Shop, set in a stylish art-deco style building that was historically the British headquarters of Michelin tyres. The Conran Shop is a retailer of luxury furniture and home wares, and their window displays provide an elaborate kaleidoscope of colour. The impressive window displays are regularly changed; this month’s Christmas theme is Christmas in Space.
Also spotted outside The Conran Shop was a Ferrari estate/station wagon. Having never seen anything like this before, Brendan had to get a photo.
We went to Harrods on Thursday evening to find Christmas treats to send home.
The weekend was marred by news on Saturday morning of the Paris terror attacks. On Saturday morning we went along with Adam and Lauren to buy a real living, pine needle dropping Christmas tree. We headed down to nearby Battersea Park, where a Christmas tree vendor was only an hour or so into the first day of trade – they hadn’t even finished unpacking the truck yet. We became the second people for the year to have bought a tree.
A few weeks earlier an Aussie company called Down Under Box that specialises in sending Australian snacks across the world, had been running a Facebook competition to win one of their boxes. Brendan was one such winner, and so we collected our box of Tim Tams, Vegemite, Twisties, Tiny Teddies, Caramello Koalas, ANZAC Biscuits, Fantales, Minties, Eucalyptus Drops and Milo (http://bit.ly/1H9i18b).
Later that afternoon we went across to Aussies in London drinks at trendy hipster-town Shoreditch. Roslyn departed early to go to a private viewing of Goya: The Portraits at The National Gallery (http://bit.ly/1OYYUMp).
On Sunday we went right into the centre of the CBD to 20 Fenchurch Street, a modern skyscraper only completed in April 2014 and known by the nickname the Walkie-Talkie. Occupying the 35th to 37th floors, SkyGarden prides itself on being London’s highest public garden. Wandering around the lush landscaping, the huge swathes of glass that envelope the space makes it feel almost like you are in a giant terrarium. Which essentially, you kind of are.
The building itself has been criticised for melting cars due to reflection off the huge glass and metal structure, as well as for causing a wind-tunnel effect at street level. While it is free to the public, tickets to the SkyGarden have to be booked in advance, and bookings are only released a few weeks out. Although SkyGarden has been criticised by some for not living up to the pre-construction artists impressions, the fact that the developers have been able to create a lush living garden 35 floors above the city is still something we certainly found impressive!
Highlights for the week:
- Christmas displays at The Conran Shop
- Ferrari wagon spotted
- Christmas shopping at Harrods
- Bought a Christmas tree
- Received our Down Under Box
- Aussies in London drinks
- Roslyn went to a private viewing of Goya at The National Gallery
- 20 Fenchurch Street, ‘Walkie-Talkie’
- SkyGarden
A few weeks earlier an Aussie company called Down Under Box that specialises in sending Australian snacks across the world, had been running a Facebook competition to win one of their boxes. Brendan was one such winner, and so we collected our box of Tim Tams, Vegemite, Twisties, Tiny Teddies, Caramello Koalas, ANZAC Biscuits, Fantales, Minties, Eucalyptus Drops and Milo (http://bit.ly/1H9i18b).
Later that afternoon we went across to Aussies in London drinks at trendy hipster-town Shoreditch. Roslyn departed early to go to a private viewing of Goya: The Portraits at The National Gallery (http://bit.ly/1OYYUMp).
On Sunday we went right into the centre of the CBD to 20 Fenchurch Street, a modern skyscraper only completed in April 2014 and known by the nickname the Walkie-Talkie. Occupying the 35th to 37th floors, SkyGarden prides itself on being London’s highest public garden. Wandering around the lush landscaping, the huge swathes of glass that envelope the space makes it feel almost like you are in a giant terrarium. Which essentially, you kind of are.
The building itself has been criticised for melting cars due to reflection off the huge glass and metal structure, as well as for causing a wind-tunnel effect at street level. While it is free to the public, tickets to the SkyGarden have to be booked in advance, and bookings are only released a few weeks out. Although SkyGarden has been criticised by some for not living up to the pre-construction artists impressions, the fact that the developers have been able to create a lush living garden 35 floors above the city is still something we certainly found impressive!
Highlights for the week:
- Christmas displays at The Conran Shop
- Ferrari wagon spotted
- Christmas shopping at Harrods
- Bought a Christmas tree
- Received our Down Under Box
- Aussies in London drinks
- Roslyn went to a private viewing of Goya at The National Gallery
- 20 Fenchurch Street, ‘Walkie-Talkie’
- SkyGarden
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