sunny in the city
Can you believe that the day we got home from France, London welcomed us with sun? If only the weather would behave so well all of the time. It feels like summer, but homework is dramatically escalating and our schedule is getting even busier than usual. Spring break spoiled us, and now the rest of the term is coming at us at in full speed. I want more than anything to find somewhere outside to blog about my magical time in France, but alas, no. An essay needs writing.
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend that includes a screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel! (It'll be my little treat after a day of homework.)
Photo by Ted
photo diary: oxford day 1
Oxford with Ted was a treat. We were both quite ill, so we took our Day & Night Nurse and took it easy for Valentine's weekend. The result was a nerdy, romantic, and relaxing time that we both needed and appreciated greatly.
After a short train ride there, we poked around shops, hung out at The Eagle & Child pub (where CS Lewis and Tolkien were regulars), walked around Christ Church College (where some Harry Potter scenes were filmed!!!), got some delicious Thai food at Chiang Mai Kitchen, saw Alex Pot and the Chamber Choir of Secrets perform some renaissance music in a beautiful old library in Christ Church, and ended the night with tea and cake at Queen's Lane Coffee House, recommended to us by a local student.
Photos by Ted and me
cupcakes, burgers, and britten
On Valentine's Day, me and my roommate Eva planned some festive cupcake making in our flat's kitchen, which about a week prior, I had taped up a few hearts and some bunting. Since our group is divided into two flats, it was lovely to have the others over to spread some holiday cheer. Cute crafting aside, bringing people together is definitely my favorite thing about the holidays. Second favorite? Themed outfits. This one was made special with my new heart cardigan and heart pin from my grandparents who know me so well.
The red velvet cupcakes were deliciously cute with homemade cream cheese frosting, chopped chocolate, and strawberry hearts, and made particularly festive with cupcake holders I found at Topshop (Topshop is slowly but surely taking all of my money).
The red velvet cupcakes were deliciously cute with homemade cream cheese frosting, chopped chocolate, and strawberry hearts, and made particularly festive with cupcake holders I found at Topshop (Topshop is slowly but surely taking all of my money).
That night the group had tickets to the opera. Naturally, Ted and I decided to get burgers beforehand as a little hearts day date at Five Guys in Leicester Square. It was my idea. Burgers and opera--we are so classy. I was so happy to be somewhere familiar, eating one of my favorite foods with one of my favorite people.
Despite being sick all Valentine's weekend, Ted and I managed to make the best of it with a lowkey visit to Oxford (more about that later).
Despite being sick all Valentine's weekend, Ted and I managed to make the best of it with a lowkey visit to Oxford (more about that later).
homesick inception
to London--where I am experiencing more art and freedom than I ever have.
Before we went to Scotland, I was getting homesick
for Portland--where I learn, work, and have my favorite brunch place.
When I am in Portland, I get homesick
for Mesa, where my family knows all of my quirks, my dog curls into a ball at the foot of my bed as I fall asleep, and my best friends are, or return to.
Home is so many places at this time in my life. Very rarely do these worlds overlap, so I am excited for family to visit. I am also aware how lucky I am to have Ted here, in Portland, and even in Mesa when he's feeling like he can handle the desert heat.
For now I will just sit back and enjoy the train ride home to London, thinking about how happy I am to have found a third home.
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