Sunday sunday

... A wet and rainy sunday. I am full of roast and a cake I baked this morning and it is nice to be indoors. I don't know if there is a word for that feeling. The feeling of being well fed, warm and inside when it is rainy and windy outside. Perhaps I could try and come up with one, although I imagine the French already have the perfect phrase. Much like these fantastic words:

* Sangfroid, French: the ability to stay calm in difficult circumstances (not sure I possess this, alas.)
* Bakku-shan, Japanese: a beautiful girl if viewed fom behind (this is a bit like butter face, a monet, or fit from afar far from fit.)
*Espirit d'escalier, French: when you come up with the perfect verbal comeback; much too late (we've ALL been there!)
* Backpfeifengesicht, German: A face badly in need of a fist (I suppose this could also be called a 'cowell')

I wonder if I can come up with anything that'll be just the ticket. In the meantime I'll get back to enjoying feeling snug and look at the weather from my couch... mmmm. H x

Whaaaaarf News

***** Wharf of the Week: Canary Wharf*****

So I thought I would have a little look into proposals for Battersea which may make life there even sweeter...

1. The US Embassy is to move from Mayfair to Nine Elms. Does this mean Obama might come and say hello? He is more than welcome to drop by for a cuppa if he uses London heliport...

2. I have read that Treasury Holdings have relased a £4billion masterplan for Battersea PowerStation and the 38acres of surrounding land. It may contain new homes, shopping malls a hotel... and maybe, just maybe a tube! A proposed Northern line stop in South London. I won't hold my breath but that would be pretty swell.

3. Battersea Dog and Cat home is undergoing a re-fit and I think they're building a new cattery. The boards outside are decked with pictures of kittehs. Very lol-cat and makes the bus ride to work more adorable!

Battersea is quite lovely a place already. Being in South London it is fairly bus-tastic but I feel very lucky to live on the river and see the sun set over the Thames and the ducks, Herrons and Goslings paddling in it...

Han x

So, this is my first ever blog.

Having just moved into a wharf, namely Bridges wharf in Battersea, I wanted to share my many - or few - thoughts on highrise living in the greatest city on earth. London. The Big Smoke. The largest city in Europe.

It's survived fires, plague, and Ken Livingstone... but will it survive my musings?

As Johnson might have said, when a Han is tired of London, she is tired of life! Well I am not even sleepy yet...

Hannah x