More London

Oops it has been a long time since we blogged last - mostly due to the fact that we had a very quiet and cooooold winter - and spent a lot of time hibernating at home! Here's a few snaps from the end of 2009 and the first few months of 2010.

MC ran the Hastings Half Marathon in March. She had spent 5 months training hard (particularly difficult when it seemed to snow every weekend during winter!) and then unfortunately with just one month to go injured her knee. So the half marathon turned out to be her first run after a month of rest, but she did well and managed to cross the line (allbeit in a bit of pain!) in 2 hours 10 minutes
MC and Lisa relieved it's all over!
The girs (MC, Huia, Kelly and Lisa) pre-race.
We went to see Third Eye Blind in concert in May.
Lovely sunny spring day in London! Fountains and a random child outside Somerset House.
Us at Somerset House.

MC, Rachael, Huia and Kelly had a fabulous Afternoon Tea at The Berkeley in March. The cakes are inspired bythe Autumn/Winter 2009 fashion collections and as well as looking wonderful they taste great! Above (and I'm quoting fron the menu here) are an Emanuel Ungaro cassis and cranberry bavarois with Curacao jelly and high-heeled tuile, Emilio de la Morena caramelized banana mousse with red currant jam and over-sized chocolate collar, Burberry Prorsum classic trench coat biscuit with rich cinnamon flavours and caramel belt and buttons and Roger Vivier chocolate over-the-knee boot biscuit with signature buckle and heart.
Here you can see the Mulberry ‘Bayswater’ white chocolate and coconut truffle ‘it’ bag with silver clasp, Matthew Williamson joconde sponge cake dress filled with lychee cream and spun sugar ruffles, Louis Vuitton pale pink bunny ears on a base of chestnut and pomegranate mousse, Christian Lacroix dark chocolate dress with soft centre and chic golden bow and Christian Dior almond macaroon with layered texture and white chocolate and blueberry ganache. YUM!
John's love of Reel Big Fish continues and so we saw them for a second time earlier this year!
Rachael and MC trying out the Hummingbird Bakery cookbook's raspberry brownie cheesecake. Also YUM!
One of the many times it snowed in the coldest winter in 30 years in London!
Christmas dinner at Rachael's house. Dessert was chocolate eclairs, trifle and pavlova.
The pretty table and the first course.
Main course: ham, turkey AND lamb!

So the cold winter meant a lot of time spent indoors and eating... no wonder MC can't fit her trousers! We are now well into spring and enjoying the temperature slowly getting warmer - bring on summer!