Corner View - January

In January of the New Year, 2012

I ate bread loaves bigger than my head.

Found this soft face gazing at me when I rolled out of bed.

Saw snowfall on the Sierra Nevadas.

It's already a new NEW YEAR.  Gung Hee Fat Choy!  (It's the year of the Dragon.  Any Dragons out there?)  Now, where has that month of January gone already?!  There's only one week of it left!

For more Corner Views, pop over to Francesca's blog, "Fuori Borgo" and see what you can find.

Monday Bites - Cocoa Loco

When it comes to dessert, are you a chocolat-ey person?

 via Bohemian Wornest, this and below

I have to say, especially if we're talking goodies at mid-day, I would almost ALWAYS go for chocolate.

Call Me Cupcake

If it's evening, after a big meal, something a tidge fruitier or, a nice panna cotta would go down a treat.

But have I mentioned how much I like CAKE?!!!!!!!??????  Why don't they serve more cake in restaurants in America?  

Something Special This Way Comes - It's Not Sepia

I thought I ought to share this with you now.

from the truly original Andrea at Paper Sparrow

These goodies have been "in the vault"

Crochet as fine art at Wood and Wool Stool

for a couple months now.

not sure where from....anyone know?

I was at risk of completely losing track of them.

by Desaccord, installation Chez Serendipity

A perfect melange of the refined and the humble I think.  Gives me warm fuzzy feelings.  You?

Maybe Some Sunshine? Part One.

On and off the Boulevard.  Sunset Boulevard.

There are so many great walks in this neighborhood, one of the oldest in Los Angeles,

called Silverlake.

Have I mentioned all the choices of stairs?  They were built back in the days

by the trolley car companies, to get the customers to their routes.

This one had been beckoning me for awhile but I had never taken it on.

Cuz it's a long way up!

Even further when you're looking back down.

Did you expect this at the top?

Or this?  I didn't.

More surprises on this walk.  I'll be back with more.  How'd you like it?

Street London - Kings Road at Christmas

I almost always go to the Kings Road in Chelsea to shop when I am in London.  It's fizzy, pretty, intimate, there are more than enough choices for shopping and there are many fewer crowds than you would find at Harrods, Oxford, or Regent Street.

I love the way the put little Christmas trees up the lightpoles and against the buildings.

Does your local l'Occitane serve champagne?  Why ever not?

I like the King's Road because a cozy pub is never far away.

Fashion trends spotted?  Hmmmmm......Girls dressed like lumberjacks or Ernest Hemingway?  (Actually it's a look I like!)  And of course dressing like Zelda Fitzgerald never goes out of fashion.  

60's Dolly Bird?

Deer, or (Fleet) Foxes (????)

School crossing guards?  Or maybe this isn't fashion but just a sensible old-fashioned way of ensuring you're seen on the roadway on your bike.  

And who can tell me more about the Asian girls' style (no pictures, sorry!) of dressing like "The Railway Children". Anyone dressing like this where you are?

Did I miss the Corner View again????????   Sorry we've had company!  

Stompin in Sepia

Will your other half dress "posh" when the occasion requires?   Mine, a refusenik, after the example of his Father, would not be found dead anywhere in a "Dickie Bow", never mind tails.  Might be why we stayed in on New Year's Eve in London listening to the the Guy Barker Orchestra at the Savoy Hotel until it came time for the fireworks.

Sadly the BBC2 are no longer offering audio downloads of that night.  Which is a shame, cuz that band was stompin and that band was S-M-O-O-T-H!

Instead, how about a little Judy Garland to warm a January night?

Nice!

Toodles Poppets!

What are your plans for the weekend!  Have you made it through Friday the 13th O.K.?

  

I'll be thinking of you - have a great one!