Week 8

Hey chicks!
Well we've finally decided to stop being so reserved and told someone other than our mum about the blog and so far so good. No hate mail. No fiery crosses outside the house. No pedos inviting us to dinner, so thanks for checking it out and keep up the feedback and in return we will keep dishing up the best of what the week has offered.

Boomshanka!

Dress created by the lovely Miss Ginny with a needle, a thread and some old material from Grandma. Oh and a lot of patience.

This week we love...

Angus and Julia Stone- Down the Way

As the brother-sister duo prove with this second album, it is sometimes possible to push a good thing one step further without ruining it all. Both melancholic and relaxed it's easy listening but not without interest, reminding us that simplicity sometimes really is the best thing. 'For You' has to be our personal favourite although Julia's vocals are stunning in 'And the Boys' while the film clip for 'Big Jet Plane' pretty much sums up the album. Romantic but just a little bit bleak.

Le Concert- Radu Mihaileanu

Once the world famous 'Maestro' Andrei Filipov is now the dejected janitor of the Bolshoi, the Moscow opera house he used to direct. He spends his days cleaning and being hounded out of rehearsals but through a stroke of luck and a lot of Slavic passion he winds up impersonating the Bolshoi Orchestra for a one night stint at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. At times hilarious, others plainly frustrating the troupe of make-shift musicians will probably make you hope to never have to deal with Russians in your life, but they'll also leave you with a craving for passion, to be the best at something. And that can't really be a bad thing can it?

Primrose Hill Bakery- 69 Gloucester Avenue, London NW1 8LD

Not realizing that this was the company which catered for both London Fashion Week and Elton John's birthday, we wandered into Primrose Hill Bakery thinking we'd discovered a little unappreciated patch of paradise. The cafe was occupied but not busy and girly without the in-your-face hype of a lot of cupcake shops around town. After enjoying chocolate and marshmellow cupcakes accompanied by glasses of cold milk we had a chat with a certain lovely waitress and found out that the shop was set up by two yummy house mummies and to this day remains an independent enterprise with each cake made in the kitchen below the cafe. Sweet but definitely not sickly, it's a nust if you're in the area and in need of a quiet moment and a catch up.

Nearby- Primrose Hill, London Zoo and the wonder that is Regent's Park.

Also...'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak. So bitter sweet.