Ingerland Ingerland Part 2: The Shopping

After the Bourough Market we decided to check out some shopping. Window shopping...certainly not things we could afford. We walked by the area where men get their fancy tailored suits made. We walked by Alexander McQueens store which was piled high with white flowers inside since it was only a few days after his death.
My favorite shopping area we went to on this day was Carnaby Street because its a bit more affordable and also has a lot of charachter. They even have an Irregular Choices!. If you aren't familiar - familiarize yourself. Adam talked me out of getting a pair of shoes. Too weird he thought. I was foolish enough to consider whether or not Ryan would like them and sought out the opinion of the only man around. Shoulda just bought em! We also went to a little place nearby called Kingly Court I think that had lots of vintage shops and boutiques and I was able to find myself a little blue vintage belt.


I can't remember what this corridor was called but it was shockingly lavish


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Is this the look for this summer?


I made some friends. I forgot their names.


Adam is already fast friends with these guys apparently.


Also dropped in on the queen. She was home. We had tea and wore funny hats. She should consider painting that place. Looks a little drab with all that London rain falling on it all the time.


We also strolled by the Clink which is the oldest men's prison in London but is now a museum. That's where the phrase "to be in the clink" comes from!

Ingerland Ingerland Part 1: The Market

Well the break is over and it's time to get back to work. ugh. But I do have some pictures to share!
The first part of my trip was spent in England with Adam and Lizzie and they had everything planned so well. We stayed at Lizzie's house the first night after getting a drink in town and eating some pizza by the riverfront in London.



The first morning they took me to the Borough Market which was wonderful! Full of fresh veggies, fruits, cheese (cheddar!), baked goods, humus, pesto, curry, mulled wine and cider, alcohol stands, olive stands, mushroom pate (which I bought and loved, looking for a recipe to reproduce it myself), fresh pasta, huge stuffed mushrooms, and lots and lots of tasting! I wish I could go to this market all the time and I would absolutely recommend it to anyone going to London. Here are a few pictures I snapped. I was pretty occupied with tasting so I didnt take too many pictures, plus I'm a firm believer that you have to experience things yourself and not through the lens of a camera all the time.


Im always reading blogs in Portland where they rave about duck eggs but I have never tried one. I'm told they are even more fatty then regular eggs.


Heart shaped bread for V day


Thought of Pee Pang when I saw these


We got two of these brownies to share between the 3 of us because they are so rich. We only managed to eat 2/3 of one. That rich.

Down a side street next to the market was a huge cheese place called Neal's Yard Dairy where we went to get me some proper cheddar and cheddar we found! This place was sooo cool. You could just point to what you wanted and they would slice you off a hunk to try. Adam and I overindulged a bit.


Floor to ceiling cheese wheels.


Vegetarian Rennet!


Cute little tags eh?


Giant eye wash? Haha...We think this was to keep the cheese moist.

Cool little tid-bit I learned from Adam (I learned over the weekend that he is basically an encyclopedia) that cheese that has mold inside like blue cheeses, Gorgonzola, that type, are pierced with long rods to let the mold get into the middle.


That's what these holes are!


And here in a cross section you can see where the rods were!

Part 2 Soon!