A Study in Scarlet

Well after the visit to the Hollywood Costume exhibition we headed to our favourite Mexican joint, Wahaca and a pit stop at Laduree, erm bubblegum flavoured macaroon pour moi?! Merci beaucoup! We strolled on over to Baker Street to see the dwellings of none other than Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. It is rather amusing queuing up to see a fictitious character's abode but we thought what the devil, why not? I must say I have been inspired for our house by the décor that was within.

 Spot the kraken, I have an obsession with them. 

An iconic image at Baker Street underground, we knew we were heading in the right direction.

By jove another clue!

The inside of the ridiculously over priced souvenir shop, plastic pipes for £25?   

New 1930s velvet coat, it did not keep me warm, at all. Soz about the frizzy hair and crap photo, Ben is incapable of taking flattering snaps, and I am not photogenic, whatever trevor. 

Me in the middle when I have let my roots go crazy. 

 I loved this suite! 

Alas Robert Downey Jnr was not waiting for me in any of these rooms. We did make our way to the Anesthesia Musuem but discovered it's shut on Saturdays, drat. I love visiting London, need to plan my next trip soon.

Lovely London

Last weekend me and the fella went to London for his birthday, we stayed in Kings Cross in a Tune hotel, a room with no windows would you believe, it was only £35 a night. So we weren't expecting much but it was clean and modern and most importantly air conditioned, it was bloody hot whilst we were there! I would definitely recommend the hotel for those on a budget, who prefer to spend their pennies on macaroons! 

This was my ensemble for the first day, I wore my Mexican skirt, men's vest and favourite straw hat!

Oh and Sid my 1930s celluloid seagull brooch

First place we went to was Ed's Diner a wonderfully kitsch 1950s diner right outside of Euston station, I had a chilli dog and a root beer float, as I was pretending I was in How to Marry a Millionare.

Most of my pennies were spent on food, we went to the Mexican restaurant Wahaca three nights in a row, it is brilliant in there, reasonable, bright and tasty. It got a bit embarrassing when the waitress recognised us, oh well we had to make the most of it. 

Ladurée was a must, I just love how special you feel when they put those little morsels of joy in the beautiful box and bag.

My favourite place though was Byron, where I neglected to take photos of my divine spinach and tomato mayonnaise chicken burger with courgette fries.

The Victoria & Albert Museum is my favourite museum ever, I feel at peace in there, as sappy as that sounds. I just adore wandering around all the amazingly fascinating exhibitions, especially the fashion and sculptures. I want to go back in October for the Hollywood Costume exhibition.

Sorry if you follow me on instagram, you will have already seen these images, I neglect to use my actual camera!