Christmas Cookies and Chai for dinner x instant Christmas mood

Today a magic little box arrived in the post. This box made my day, my dinner and put me into an instant Christmas mood. A Christmas Goodie Box from home.
Mum sent 2 advent-calendars (one for Liv, one for Dave), chocolates, espresso, yogi teas, a huge jar of homemade jam, homemade beeswax candles, and homemade Christmas cookies.
Now these cookies are very special. It's a recipe from my grand-grand-mother "Oma Frieda" who was the coolest Lady on the planet. So these cookies are the best in the whole world. And the smell and taste will always remind me of her.
It's so cold here in London, and Dave is in Hong Kong for three days.
Cooking for 1 person is boring and I am super busy with make up artist work.
So I had Christmas cookies and chai for dinner. The perfect winter treat.
Thanks Mum for making my day and my dinner even though we are living in different countries.

a summer in lightspeed + a royal wedding memory

This year has gone in light speed.
It feels like the royal wedding has only been yesterday.
We had an early summer here and the best time on a local street party for the Royal Wedding on Wilton Way.
I never got round to post the stunning photos of that day. It was a very special atmosphere.
Everyone was dressed so beautifully and was celebrating the extra holiday that we got here in Britain.
Love was in the air.

Then summer stopped for almost all July and August to surprise us back in September.
And now it's already Christmas time. I am packing a little Christmas box over to my family in Germany.
And my Mum sent homemade beeswax candles and an advent-calendar.
I could go to that wedding party again. Thank you Dave for taking the best photos.

Bonfire Night + Cozy time at home

It's been Bonfire Night this weekend.
I am so glad we went to see the fireworks twice last year,
(they were so amazing and so were the traditional toffee apples!)
The huge fireworks in our local park along with quite a few others in London were cancelled this year.
I just had a look at all the photos we took last time-and remembered how much fun it was.

It has been a rainy weekend and it was perfect weather to just stay in, snuggling and having great food at home.
Dave's homemade banana pancakes are the best! Sunday we made oyster-mushrooms and eggplant in a redwine sauce on potato-mash. I decided that if our careers shouldn't work out anymore one day, we could open up our own little cafe/bistro...
Other highlights of this week have been dog-sitting Boston Terrier Chad one night and watching loads of inspiring animal documentaries.
Dave is off to Tokyo for a business trip and I am preparing editorial make-up designs for some upcoming photo-shoots.
What was your highlight of the week(-end) ?

busy buzzing season is here

Bye bye Summer, see you next year! I can't wait.
London is back to busy buzzing, Summer is definitely long gone.
I have a feeling the next months are going to be crazy.
Dave will have to go on several business trips and I got many exciting make up projects and photo shoots coming up.
I am really looking forward to this, somehow I always work so much more in Fall/Winter.
Alhough we have both been working seven days, I am grateful we fitted in a lovely evening with friends in the pub in and went to our brand-new local cinema on Sunday night. And here is to another week of madness...
Are you feeling busier this time of year as well?

The happy kitchen + pizza east and a writing session

This weekend we had off together, which is something special since I am working as a make-up artist. I really needed this charging time after a full on week. Just hanging out, going out for fantastic food, sleeping in and making plans. David is the best one to hang out with. We had incredible vegetarian breakfast at the Happy Kitchen and after a long walk in the cold sunny autumn air went went for really good Pizza at Pizza East. It's Monday and I am somehow still feeling stuffed...
After a long skype chat with Daves family on Sunday morning we took our pens and papers down to Cafe Oto and wrote our Statutory Declarations about our relationship for the Visa application. It was actually really nice to think about how we met and how far we have come already together. It feels so good to make plans. Thanks for the sunshine October, I enjoyed it a lot.