Janet Street-Porter Tuesday

This evening we saw the sweetest 6 week old pup at the Dovetail pub called Roxy, and also Janet Street Porter who looked great. This morning on the bus a man caught my eye: young but dressed like an old English country gent in tweeds, a bowtie and a very fetching feather badge. He was laughing to himself listening to his iPod and it made my morning.



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Too hot Monday

Sweltering day in London. Walked 3 miles home with heavy shopping, but I did encounter this beautiful grafitti on Hackney road. It's remained there for months untouched.





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The day that England fucked it right up

So we got beaten by Germany. I cared for a second then got distracted by exploring lovely Stoke Newington with Marianna. Abney Park Cemetary is my new favourite place: peaceful, ramshackle, beautiful. Here Marianna reads moving Fathers Day cards left on one of the newer graves.




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Hot hot Saturday

Perfect Saturday: tea in bed, breakfast with Kristina then an afternoon in the lovely Broadway Market and London Fields drinking cold ciders in the sunshine. I saw my favourite busker.




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Glastonbury envy Friday

I saw this on my walk home, there's a beautiful old tiled pub on Hackney Rd that's now a strip club and I'm always struck by how it's a shame as it would have been a proper east end boozer. I like the neon round the side though.




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Spontaneous Thursday

Getting in from work I got a lovely call from a wonderful old friend offering to take me out to Broadway for drinks. We had wine and cheese in the balmy east London evening with the cool cats of Hackney.



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When England Won

So we won 1-0 in the World Cup match against Slovenia. I watched it in a footie pub in Islington then drank too much wine in a City pub with Jarvie. He didn't like having his photo taken.







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Scottish and No'rn Irish

The Grumpy Scot and No'rn Ireland. You do not to want to know the conversation we are having right now.





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Monday

A very cool lifesize horse sculpture in a charity window on Old Street. I love it.




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Festival Sunday

Paradise Garden festival in my local park. Friends, beers, steam fair and live music in the sunshine. Lovely.





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Broadway Market & homemade pizza

Broadway for beers in the rain, then a homemade pizza and getting shown a vintage photo collection. Richard rolled handmade dough with a whisky bottle. As you do.








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Engerland

Friday: A pub near me. This pretty much represents England today: drizzly, grey, full of blind hope. (my mum once suggested we pop in here for a half... I said that I was put off by the BNP member stood outside with a bulldog...)






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A motto to live your life by?

As mottos go, I think it's pretty descriptive. I saw this in Farringdon today while doing some work errands; always lovely to find unexpected art in the corporate City. Not sure I agree with the sentiment though - sometimes being silly is just what's called for. 

Sun, sun, sun

Stunning day in the Big Smoke, perfect to try out my new Polaroid app.



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Empty Tuesday

Ooops. I didn't take a single photograph on Tuesday. I was busy back at work then had a busy evening too. I promise to do better.

Post-wedding Brai

Ruan gets ready to show us how to brai ZA stylee.


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Pre Wedding

The bride chills in the bridal suite while the photographer shoots the stunning designer dress


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Taken on the eve of the wedding

Kay looks like a rockstar on the Metro on her last day as a single woman. Gorgeous



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Up north

London - Newcastle. I love rural England.




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A Thursday in the east End

This is why proofreading is important.



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Taken on my birthday

I woke up to this on my 28th as I went to make my tea. A lovely day involving friends, being spoiled, posh cake and a fun night out (again)


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Rain rain go away

Tuesday: raaaainy east London. 

Secret Photo

Monday: there's a really beautiful man who gets on my bus. Here he was smiling at a man opposite him playing with his baby, it was very sweet. I tried to snap it but all I got was his hands and a tiny bit of his smile. 

The Aftermath

Sunday: a blurry record of the aftermath of the afterparty.

Fizz, cocktails, friends

Bistroteque for a birthday lunch with two of my favourite people, with a pianist playing pop songs in a classical style. What a lovely day for a birthday party!

A hot day in the City

Even walking through a hot, polluted, dirty London, you can still smell summer.



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Champagne in teacups, cake and vintage things

Tonight I attended the opening of Jessie Chorley and Buddug's gorgeous vintage shop, full of lovely vintage inspired jewellery and knick knacks. Fizz served in china, double bass jamming and a raffle.












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Location:Columbia Road

Music Makes The World A Better Place

Technically I'm not 28 yet. I'm a week off, so consider these some warm-up shots...

Spotted on my bus in Hackney. The way the text is laid out on the bag makes me think it says 'Music makes the world a better place.' I hope it doesn't say 'Muse makes the world a better place' because their new single actually made me a bit angry this morning. Anyway, if it's the former, I absolutely, wholeheartedly agree. 

I know that I'm unoriginal

I love taking photos. I'm turning 28 in 8 days and thought that I should give myself more of a purpose. Not that there's anything wrong with my ad-hoc personal shots, but I think that the aim of getting one nice photograph of anything per day is a good thing to aim for. Even if this is just for me and a personal reportage of my 28th year on earth. I think it's going to be a vintage one.

Now I don't want to get too bogged down with the writing aspect of this. The internet is awash with half-arsed, pseudo-psycho 'confessional' blogs which are nothing more than an extended exercise in the sort of personal branding we engage with via Twitter and Facebook. "Oh my god, I'm like SO creative, if I don't like pour my thoughts out to strangers then I feel like, incomplete yeah?" No. I won't be on here using it like a virtual teenage diary.

It's just going to be some photos. Of all sorts. Mundane. Amazing. Ugly. Beautiful. Whatever.