Amazing

I love these trees. I know I seem to have an obsession with spring blossoms but these trees really give their all in the spring. Its kind of hard to believe that can put out that kind of energy and still remain standing. This week was lovely in London, of course it started raining was I walked home on Friday night, perfect rainy weather for a bank holiday weekend.

Guitarist - skinny legs and grills

skinny legs and grills
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Funny sign posted in Hackney - all over Hackney and East London actually.

Henry's sweater

Have been on bit of a binge of late with knitting. I started this project last month and finished this month and--even more shocking--I actually put it together this weekend. Now if I really behave in an un-Sian-like way I will actually mail it to San Francisco.

Good thing its cold-ish in San Fran all year around.

Summer Dressing Saturday Times

Summer Dressing Saturday Times
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I love the British press, we are two weeks away from an election and the cover shot of Saturday Times was this picture.

Lovely Saturday at Stratford, with Swimming and Stadium

stratford, swimming and stadium
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Here's the view of the London Olympic Site on Saturday 25 April 2010. just over 2 years before the Games begin. We are standing on the top of the parking deck across the street from Stratford Train, Tube and Eurostar station with its lovely glass facade which will face onto the High Street.

Behind it with the big sweeping manta-ray roof is the swimming venue by Zaha Hadid and behind that is the Main Stadium by Populous (formerly HOK Sport) Way in the background you can just see the Gherkin (Swiss RE Building) a prominent feature in the City of London Skyline, so we are looking South-west-ish.


My firm (who shall remain nameless as this is a personal blog) did the Masterplanning for the Games and is now working on the post games or legacy planning.  Its a huge regeneration scheme and very exciting to see the bones now set up for the Games as well as the post-games neighbourhoods. Plans for the Legacy stage are now in the hands of the London Olympic Park Legacy Company.  

Very exciting, the Games are really coming.

Interactive art in the East End of London

Gary and Heather interact.

Clearer view of the stadium waiting for its roof

'The horses, as everyone knows, are brilliant' ... War Horse.

Photograph: Graeme Robertson

Really amazing theatre, I went with Robert for his birthday.  Usually Robert and I travel on Easter weekend but this year he just came to London to hang out at the flat and go and see a play for his birthday (ok it was six months agao but Oxford is so far away from London I don't see him that often.

anyway after much faffing, we decided on War Horse at the New London Theatre in Drury Lane.  It was amazing.  Calling them puppets doesn't really do the show justice.  It was really amazing, you suspend all belief in  fact that you are watching three people pretend to be a horse - or a duck or a bird or a tank...

After the play we indulged in too much gin and didn't get to sleep until 5 am.  Then we went to meet a friend for Easter lunch at Magdala pub in Hampstead at South End.  Turned into a lovely and leisurely walk around the Heath.  I think I may even have a bit of a tan.  Robert's friend John was a great find.  We laughed so hard we fell off furniture, made others uncomfortable and even laughed until we cried. 

All in all it was an excellent day - I am enjoying the last light of a dying fire and drinking water to overcome the dehydration last night's bout of gin drinking brought on.

Flat Stanly in the Olympic Stadium (model)

My Friend Nancy Yost, has a son and son Yost is doing a project in school which consists of sending Flat Stanley to friends around the world and having his picture taken. With me Stanley has been to Cannes, Warsaw, Ashridge Conference Centre in England. This is Stanly astride the Olympic Stadium in a large floor model of the Olympic site.

Flat Stanly in Warsaw

Flat Stanly gets ready for a plane ride