Possible Future Neighbourhood Exploration

Possible Future Neighbourhood Exploration is what we have been up to lately - a few weekends ago we headed south of the river(!) to wander around Peckham & see if perhaps a move down that way could be on the cards. We had a lovely, lazy Sunday meandering about the place - helped along by too much coffee (caffeine overload is pretty unpleasant it turns out) and some seriously delicious baked goods. 

Coffee at Anderson & Co

Guinness chocolate cake 

One of the most exciting reasons to move to Peckham: The possibility of having an actual garden/outside space again! It has been too long - gardening inside the apartment ain't the greatest. 

 Turns out I was a bit snap-happy at Anderson & Co and didn't manage to take any actual photographs of anything else we did that day. Except (of course) of my coffee at the tiny/lovely Cafe Viva...

I loved this cup/saucer. I wanted to steal it. I didn't. 

Xx

Maybe Spring?

Saturday's around here are usually spent at The Kernel with different food markets making an appearance every now & then. Borough is still our favourite & last week we headed there early(ish) for the regular cheese sandwich/coffee fix before heading over to Maltby Street to check out Ropewalk. Things have changed a lot since last Spring before The Kernel moved... It's a lovely little market but super crowded & as it's on the way to St John's & other goodies we're never that fussed about hanging around for too long. When the sun comes out to play it's going to be the kind of market you want to get to super early to avoid the crowds & get everything you're looking for. I'm sure we'll be back there soon - hopefully early enough to nom a St John's Custard Donut next time! 

Ben had Waffles from Waffle On. The verdict: Delicious & Soft but slightly too pricey for the size.

On the hunt for Donuts. Far too late!

This was a L O V E L Y day for London!

I love Saturday. It's my favourite day to wander around London. Only 3 days until the next one! 

Xx

Like driving into the future

A few weeks ago we spent a day in Greenwich with a stop off in Deptford for coffee/lunch at The Waiting Room which is connected to Kids Love Ink just a few shops down. The cafe was cosy and super cheap (sometimes I forget how expensive it is in London) with good veggie/vegan food and decent coffee - definitely worth the detour. We wandered around Deptford for a while & made our way down to Greenwich where we spent the rest of the day in the National Maritime Museum. We were there for ages & still didn't get around to seeing everything. Hopefully next time we'll see the rest of the museum and make it to the observatory as well - I would also like to be first on the DLR so I can sit in the roller coaster seat up the front.     

On the walk into Greenwich

Veggie hotdogs

To the observatory!

A burger of the honest variety (and cake!)

A few weeks ago we finally made it down to Brixton to check out Honest Burger - we were prepared to have our names put on the waiting list and spend a while wandering around Brixton Village but luck was on our side & we got a table outside straight away! I can't believe it took us so long to get around to this. Honest Burger was  A M A Z I N G (Ben reckons the chips are among the best he's ever eaten) and it is really great that they have a solid veggie option. Since then we have been to the Soho shop too & it was just as good, although we had to skull our pre-lunch pints at a nearby pub when we got a table earlier than we had anticipated!

Brixton Village Market was great too - I have been obsessed with making new curtains for our living room & we found material for £2 per metre which made me very happy indeed. I still haven't made the curtains though, it seems I calmed down about it once I'd found the right material...and I'm a bit craft-lazy.

We will definitely head back to Brixton sometime soon - there are lots of cafes and shops we didn't get to check out as it was the quiet period just after New Year. We ended up having some delicious cakes from a cute little place in the market for dessert, so all in all our spontaneous trip to Brixton ('Hey, this bus goes to Brixton...why don't we hop on that instead?') was worth it. 

An Honest Burger, chips & home-made lemonade (surprisingly carbonated)

Carrot Cake vs Zucchini and Orange

I've been lazy for a while so there's lots to catch up on, having some holidays together meant we got around to doing a few things we'd been talking about for ages. 

I'm going to try and drag myself out of the house now - coffee (to help me write job applications) is worth leaving the house for.

Xx