The Italians Wine Bar Deli - new discovery

 

As the Xmas lights were turned on in Marylebone we happened to stumble upon this new fab little wine bar just off the high street. We got chatting to the owner, had loads of small yummy Italian dishes and wine, and decided this is a place we're putting in our little black book with other London gems.  

Life, leading up to Christmas 2021

Watching Netflix with Pickles

The good ole Chanel Boy bag came out

Going Green 

Cute crepes cafe - another new business locally, very much to the joy of the kids.

Camel Chloe Cape 

I splashed out on the large 1.5kg limited edition candle from Diptyque

Bernardis at the bottom of our street 

Zetter Townhouse Marylebone

View from above  

Pretty in pink 

Hitting the pre xmas sales 

Ready to hit the town with my girls 

Heading for the train station going to Mum's, where I dropped Scarlett Grace for a few days' sleepover  

Ama and Katharina visited 

Christmas Eve morning at 6am 

Compulsory mask in Selfridges - a rule that finally will be dropped next week in England 

Mother daughter selfie, dressed up for Christmas 

Sean's classmate Pippo came over

Munchkin playing Toca Boca (obsessed!)) on her iPad - another massively successful game founded and developed by a Swede.

There is always time for meditation when Ama is around

Home is our fave place to be!

Marylebone Corner - a cute little spot, newly opened, just a stones throw from us.

Large tin of ginger biscuits for breakfast- well it was xmas eve after all

Yuletide delights 

Having themselves a merry little Christmas

The sheer gratitude when your daughter loves clothes and fashion just as much as you 

Admiring our new tree

'Tis the season to enjoy good drinks and good company 

Red Alert!

We managed to squeeze in some baking too, even if we had to use a vodka bottle as a rolling pin haha 

Moments that will become memories..

Christmas has started to move in..

..and a couple of seasonal jumpers too. Both from Primark- you thank me later lol! 

Now I'm just waiting impatiently for the most amazing tree (White Company's Symons Nordmann 9ft tree) to arrive. One I've lusted for for many years after seeing it up on Selfridges shopping floor and admired with envy haha!
It stretches a high as 275 centimetres, so need to buy a serious amount of baubles to decorate it with. Watch this space! 

 

A Corona Christmas - testing positive for Covid

This Christmas was certainly not an ordinary one. Bear and I tested positive for Covid -19 and have been self isolating the last 10 days. 

 

Kids have thankfully showed no symptoms (pretty much me neither for that matter), but Bear is still certainly not 100%, two weeks after he fist started feeling unwell. He has mainly had a cough, fatigue and pain in his limbs. 

Im so grateful we found out just in time before we had plans to have my vulnerable Mum over, and instead we had a Zoom Christmas where we connected for hours on end with her and the rest of the family, and I think it's better to see this scenario as an unexpected positiv. Now we're just waiting for her to get the vaccine so we can all relax and exhale. It's been a tough year for her not seeing her grandkids etc!

Today NHS' Track and Trace service called and said we're allowed out now whoop! Starbucks is first on the list, then a long brisk walk around Regents Park.  

 

My brother Erik who is a respiratory doctor and works on the Covid ward has had his first jab of the vaccine and is waiting for the second and last one which follows 21 days later, so watch this space. 

 

Christmas in the capital

Christmas jumper and pom pom socks, the perfect lounge gear at home 

The glitter key ornament still remain my fave and I decorate the tree with them every year 

Outdoor fair (cos of covid) at the Swedish church Marylebone

Took advantage of Black Friday and stocked up on more candles 

Lighting up lockdown on Marylebone High Street

"Corona Cocktails" - Bear's virtual xmas drinks with his staff 

Zetter Townhouse 

Oxford Street 

More xmas decorations to pimp my tree 

Our huge 1.5kg of Diptyque - shame it will literally go up in smoke lol! 

Marble Arch at dusk 

Baubles at 34 Mayfair 

My handsome nutcracker

Swedish hotdog with all the trimmings pls! (crispy onions & mustard)

Marylebone Mansions 

Sean turned 12! 

Tower Bridge at sunset

Christmas is served!

Regent Street and it's angels 

Tis the season to be jolly!