it's a list thing

Zoe's favourite smells

2007-10-02T19:13:00.000Z

Jasmine, freesia and honeysuckle

Illy coffee, freshly ground

My pillow

Washing, even the washing isle in the supermarket does it for me

Cocoa butter

Cupcakes wofting in B-A-B

Mint tea

Beauty parlours, all the lovely essential oils

Cool water on a guy makes me weak in the knees!!

Marc Jacobs perfume for me

The sea

Hawaiian tropic sun oil

Holiday, the smell when you come out of the airport, the smell of the hotel, just the smell everywhere is different, and lovely.

Ancienne Ambiance ‘persia’ candles

The skin of someone you love

Bonfires

Toast

Babies heads!

‘green tea’ room spray from inside story

Commercial break

2007-08-17T09:36:00.000Z

I don't know what this is yet exactly, but it looks good: www.listography.com

Bee's favourite smells

2007-08-14T16:40:00.000Z

fawkes-underwood bookshop in flask walk, hampstead
bergamot
the smell of the tarmac in new york on a steaming hot day when it's just rained
almond essence
sugared nuts from a street vendor in new york
bonfire night
limes
hot and sour soup
marc jacobs eau de parfum, and generally anything with gardenias
my dad's study
izzy's hair
mulled wine
pumpkin pie

Fran's favourite smells

2007-08-13T18:12:00.000Z

Rain on a hot day
Freshly cut grass
Driving past a pig farm
Roasting chestnuts on the street at Christmas
Making those toffee nuts in Montese
Snow coming
Granny's biscuits in the oven
Campari
My timber merchant (the place, not the man)
Nonna's kitchen cupboards
Nonna's washing on the line
A real fire
Walking into 20 St Mary's Mansions
Striking a match
Coming home

Xanthe's favourite smells

2007-08-06T19:49:00.000Z

jasmine

tutti fruittis

after the rain in the summer

inside bake-a-boo

luke’s neck

nag champur insense

as you step outside the airport doors in bangkok

sunday roast chicken

cocoa butter

lavender

breast milk baby poo

ky’s school (reminds me of beckford)

bonfires and bbqs

pear drops

freshly squeezed oranges

clean bed sheets

sweet pea flowers

Polly's favourite smells

2007-08-03T07:40:00.000Z

the hall cupboard in montese

granny's larder (in particular the savoury biscuit  tin)

proper coffee

sunblock (particularly clarins but any will  do)

the forno in montese

anything papa makes

papa's aftershave

emilia after a bath

washing that's dried outside

jasmine

good extra virgin olive oil

Zoe's top 5 magazines

2007-07-25T21:02:00.000Z

1. Elle Deco

2. Delicious

3. Easy Living

4. Martha Stewart living – despite the import price and the

measurements being in ‘CUPS!!’

5. Sunday times ‘Style’

Bee's top 5 magazines

2007-07-21T07:06:00.000Z

1. The New Yorker - quite possibly the best magazine in the world
2. Harpers (not to be confused with Harper's Bazaar)
3. Vanity Fair
4. Sight and Sound - even though it's poncy
5. And let's not forget - Cottage Jottings!

Xanthe's top 5 magazines

2007-07-21T07:05:00.000Z

1st - easy living
2nd - elle deco
3rd - psychologies
4th - living etc
5th - weekend (sat guardian)

Fran's top 3 magazoons

2007-07-20T19:20:00.000Z

1. elle deco

2. grazia

3. smoke - london

Zoe's Guilty pleasures

2007-06-18T12:53:00.000Z

Myspace

Laguna beach and the hills, they're just too good!

Tea and lemon cupcakes with Yo at 4pm in bake-a-boo

Costas Mango frescato's

Ok magazine, this is the celeb bible, but any of its impersonators’ will do too, now, new, closer, whatever!

Saint tropez

belgos

Doves farm chocolate stars – i'm hooked

Quick trips to Julia @ bernaditas during the working day!

The phone!

Leaving work without mopping!!

Kim’s Mexican, Good Earth, and gourmet burger kitchen – I love late night west hampstead!

Anything pink really?

A-lister poll 2 (how long before you get sick of these?)

2007-06-14T19:55:00.000Z

more at twiigs.com...

Rosie's Guilty Pleasures

2007-06-13T08:47:00.000Z

Lindt 70% at least 2 bars a week, more if Scott gets to it first

Magazines, I buy them like they are pornographic, hide them until I get home and then devour them in minutes, cheap thrill, never as good as the cover promises (I think I am buying the wrong ones)

Big Brother - suckered in again

Saturday mornings - no alarm, little lie in, lazy breakfast (before shower) & luxurious read of the paper

Ebay shopping - Can you ever have enough pairs of shoes that don't fit properly?

Washing my feet in Max's bath, feels so good at the end of a long day

Love Bars from Pret a Manger - my word, I shouldn't even tell you about them, you won't thank me (my whole team is addicted, it's serious! Worse than that, if I haven't bought them for everyone I have to wolf it down before anyone sees)

Bookshop browsing - hours of precious me time wasted

Walking slowly home from the tube through Queens Park, should hurry (kids to feed, bath, put to bed, dinner to cook, washing to do) but nice to dawdle and soak in the fun

Cream teas - oh but I shouldn't

Xanthe's Guilty pleasures

2007-06-10T18:54:00.001Z

getting in bed at the end of the day when it's still light.
grazia.
using slug pellets.
pedicures.
habitat.
fresh cut flowers.

A-lister poll

2007-06-09T12:25:00.000Z

more at twiigs.com...

Nomi's Guilty Pleasures

2007-06-07T14:45:00.000Z

Watching back to back gray's anatomy whilst pretending its cause i'm feeding Jesse.

Gu's vanilla and chocolate cheescake. Sam and i eat one a week (last week bought two packs) both so gutted when its over.

One O'Clock Club. Always feel i should play with ols. Always just sit and chat.

Still making time for Home and Away. Not sure how i do this.

Making Chloe do my feet every time she comes round for the evening..

Daytime sleeps (don't v often, but if i do oh so good)

Bee's Guilty Pleasures

2007-06-05T14:41:00.000Z

bruce springsteen, billy joel & pat benatar
gill sans font (i am currently obsessed with converting all my PhD research into gill sans – time consuming but i can pretend it’s work!)
anything by the herskowitz/zwick/w.g. snuffy walden team
going to planet organic on the sly and purchasing random overpriced face creams, soaps, quinoa or anything for 34p
charity shop pootling
drinking a glass of chardonnay & reading vanity fair in the bath
watching reality bites/singles/almost famous and pretending i am bridgit fonda/winona/kate hudson
re-reading jay mcinerney’s ‘story of my life’ – (“i’m like, i don’t believe this shit, i said to skip pendleton”) - so class
green & blacks dark chocolate – way better than lindt. currently only on 1 bar a week which leaves room for…
jelly beans, jelly babies, cola bottles and generally anything gummy
buying peonies, even though they cost an arm and a leg
a nice cup of tea and a sit down

Polly's Guilty Pleasures

2007-06-03T14:45:00.000Z

grease is the word

custard tarts from the queen's park  cafe

70% - i've gone from ordering one pkt to three on my  sainsburys shop

the real hustle, bbc3

gripping things with my toes - this can be anything  from the bedsheets to cushions to shannon's sweatshirt while i'm lying on the  sofa (he hates it)

walking through south hampstead wishing i could  afford to live there

stalking cillian murphy in queen's  park

chewing my lips 

papa's salsa verde on ANYTHING

looking at other people's photo albums when  babysitting

loose women but i miss sheree and don't like jayne  macdonald

other people's blogs - i'm addicted and can waste  hours going one from blog to the next getting lost in the process

shipwrecked

and of course topshop, but i don't feel guilty  about it in the slightest!

Ben's guilty pleasures

2007-06-01T21:25:00.001Z

The Horse Whisperer
Bubble baths and candles
Eating ham and salami on it's own, straight from the fridge

Fran's guilty pleasures

2007-06-01T20:18:00.000Z

Loose women (picture me frantically trying to get Isi to sleep before 12.30).

Maltesers (i don't know what's wrong with me).

Grazia or OK Magazine, not often, but when I do it's oh so good.

Getting paid for a few things and then spending all at etsy (sorry, a little advert there).

My pre-season Top Shop frenzy when I spend quite a lot on all my 'new season pieces' but then I don't have to go shopping for another few months.

At 8pm, on what seems to be every night, there is a show on TMF or FTN or TCM or whatever called All Access ( i think). If Ben is out, I watch this. It lasts an hour, it's usually about Lyndsay Lohan but I love it.

Reading blog after blog and leaving comments on them when I should be working.

Lindt 70%. We keep it in a Tupperware pot in the freezer. We get through approx 4 bars a week. It's an addiction.

If we are out of 70% and Maltesers (rare) I have been known to get a teaspoon full of chocolate powder and lick it. Or dip it in my tea so it melts...and lick it.

Sally's guilty pleasures

2007-06-01T20:16:00.000Z

Nose picking - mainly mine, but quite often Ben and Sam's
Cleaning my ears out with a cotton bud
Eating crisps in bed
Eating generally really rubbish food occasionally - pepperami's, pot noodles, kebab's when sober
Shopping - i always feel guilty when shopping. Always.
Drinking cold tea and coffee - i think i've got so used to it that I now enjoy it.
Crap TV - Dog the bounty hunter (this is a real programme), America's next top model, real life cop shows, shows about binge drinking in market towns, awful US sit coms that don't make it to channel 4....
Listening to my i-pod (a new purchase) and singing in the mirror - something I haven't done for a very very long time.
Long lunches with wine and shouting builders.
Music that I'm too old to like.
Day dreaming - I am getting worse at this not better. I can day dream all day about things that will never happen. Currently the dream of being an Olympic Ice Skater.
Magazines - all of them. I love them all.
Starbucks - £2.50 for a cup of coffee or am I buying into the lifestyle?
Texting - Orange would fold if it wasn't for my text addiction.
Laughing - I want to laugh more and more and more. Life gets too serious.
Flirting - I missed flirting.
It's a list thing - I missed you last month, don't leave me again.....

Random lists no. 6 - The first ever list, 8th November 1999

2007-05-28T08:02:00.000Z

Here's the first list that Xanna ever sent us. Yes I had to trawl through many a hotmail archive to find this! (click on image to make it bigger)

Ben's town

2007-05-07T21:13:00.000Z

Swimming in the men's pond at Hampstead Heath.

The view across London from Mount View Road, day or night.

The pain au chocolat from Londis in Queen's Park.

A pint of something fruity in the Jerusalem Tavern.

My back garden.

Rosie's town (Yarmouth, Isle of Wight)

2007-04-10T11:58:00.000Z

Arriving by ferry to be greeted waving arms and smiling faces

The old pier and Granny Kiki's plank

The familiar walk through town and the anticipation of the first Mill sighting

Gossips café for Minghella's ice cream (cappuccino or banana flavour? ... it's
an endless dilemma)

The George, Bugle, Kings Head or Wheatsheaf? All happy haunts at some stage

Harwoods Chandlers shop - deck shoes, footballs, rope for hammocks or fishing
lines - it has it all

Nikaty-nakaty shops - plenty of different ones over the years - thousands of
useless ways to spend hard earned pocket money

Carnival - even now a highlight of my year - never matches expectation, but I
still look forward to the parade, the funfair, the harbour sports and the
races/dog show - something for everyone!

Walks along the railway line or up to the copse - can't be beat in my book,
especially with a toddler, there are adventures around every bush

Compton Beach - challenges the best of the rest of the world in my eyes

The WI in the Town Hall on Wednesday mornings during the summer - superb cakes
and jam, got to get there early though (it is all super cheap and I still spend
a fortune)

Quick dashes in the car over to Freshwater to the supermarket - quick stop at
the Red Lion on the way back

Horse riding if someone will go with me - fresh air and galloping across the
fields

The Mill - I can easily spend a weekend and not leave the house & grounds -
endless games of cards, dominos, backgammon, snooker, table tennis or lurky
('kick-the-can' to the uneducated), crabbing out the front, sun
bathing/reading/yoga out the back, fires in the yard in the evening, laughing at
Ellen/Scott struggling in the canoe, drinks out the front watching the sun set,
drinks out the back waiting for dinner to be ready

Not having Internet and proper mobile phone signal, not having channel 5 or even
a TV with remote control or outside aerial

Communal living, kitty purse and mass shopping and cooking

Finding a decent mattress and not telling anyone else about it

The big clean up and room inspections - leaving it like you would want to find
it

I could go on, but it has become 'My holiday house' rather than 'my town'

I thank you

Rosie's town (Wellington)

2007-04-10T11:55:00.000Z

Petone - the in-laws house on Adelaide Street which seems to have an endless
supply of fine wine and good food, not to mention continual excuses to drink and
be merry

Petone beach - it's just too lovely having a beach at the end of the street

Pak 'n' save - ultimate food shopping

Jackson Street - for the nikaty-nakaty shops, the super cool cafes and the
abundant 'pre-loved' junk/clothes shops

Wellington harbour - boats, beers and amazing views

Te Papa - beautiful museum and gallery - always something brilliant on

Any number of nameless bars where nights slip by in drunken hazes

The Terrace - for the shops (and the exchange rates)

Cuba Street - all the funky bars and shops

Upper Hutt shopping centre - for sneaking off with Pamela for some serious
shopping action

Mount Vic tunnel - never understood why or where, but seems to feature in every
journey to anywhere in Welly

Island Bay - happy times at lovely friends houses

Bee's town (NYC)

2007-04-08T18:11:00.000Z

the brooklyn bridge - one of the most beautiful spots in the world

cog and pearl - a lovely boutiquey shop in our old 'hood, park slope, brooklyn

vodka martinis at the grange hall, greenwich village, before it sadly closed

cupcakes from magnolia bakery, bleeker street (i dug them WAY before carrie bradshaw!)

anthropologie (many locations but i like the soho one the best) - may fave shop ever. i weep thinking of it

housing works bookshop, crosby street - a lovely bookshop/cafe/music venue

the walnut-raspberry scones at once upon a tart on sullivan street

friday night cabaret night at marie's crisis, grove street - an amazing west village landmark

prospect park, brooklyn - so much better than central park!

the neue galarie and cafe sabarsky, 5th avenue - great art, great desserts!

pearl river market, broadway and canal - a bargain hunter's paradise

kiehls, 3rd ave & 15th street - every girl's (and boys!) dream

barbes, park slope - a lovely jzuzy bar serving great cocktails with film screenings and live music in the back

playing ski-ball at coney island on july 4th weekends

the eldridge street project - a very special place

the sunshine movie theatre on houston street - lovely restored old art house cinema. good knishe's at yonah schimmel's next door

the steaks at peter luger's - well worth the trip into deepest williamsburg

the shoes at otto tootsie plohound, soho - well worth the price tag

grand central station - good for oyster eating, coffee drinking, waltzing and even catching the odd train

Bee's town (London)

2007-04-08T18:01:00.000Z

the women's ponds on hampstead heath - the most tranquil spot in the world

columbia road flower market on a sunny sunday

the everyman cinema, hampstead (then, and now)

the charity shops on marylebone high street (great for bargains, and a fab oxfam books too)

konditor and cook (especially the cornwall road one at waterloo) - yummy

the great hall at the british museum - lovely memories of being a kid and charging about, and now i take izzy there to do the same

st. pancras station - an architectural gem

the NFT - the south bank always gives me a special feeling - like i'm 7 years old all over again and off to see the wizard of oz with my dad

tate modern - very special - i love the turbine hall, the marc rothko room and the wonderful shops

libertys - the loveliest department store in the world, even during the january sales

the beergarden at the spaniards inn, hampstead - a wonderful spot to while away those summer afternoons

the parkland walk from finsbury park to queens wood - a very special walk, and a newly discovered london fave

my little holborn/russell square walk, which takes in 3 favourite spots: corams fields (for the animals) lambs conduit street (for the glorious persephone books) and the cafe at the mary ward centre in queens square (lovely and cheap and next to the october gallery - a bonus!)

rasa in stoke newington - my favourite indian restaurant - they even have a storytelling evening!

the top of kite hill, hampstead heath, on a blustery autumn day

Polly's town(s)

2007-04-05T06:19:00.000Z

this was very hard as there are so many places i  love in all the places i've lived, so here are just a few....

Australia

greville st. melbourne - i had my first flat here  as a single lady and i felt very grown up. there are great shops in  greville st and it is also home to the lovely foccaccia bar where the lovely  foccaccia boy used to work.

metropolis (used to be on acland st. melbourne)  bookstore - a proper bookstore with lots of browsing to be had.

the doulton pub, melbourne. scene of many laughs in  the good ol' days with the ladle. we once spent a whole day in there being  ridiculous. it's also where i met shan.

the campari at the george, melbourne.

the walk from st kilda to ormond point, melbourne.  i used to do this walk of a morning and meet the ladle on the top of the hill  before going to acland st for a coffee. the view across the city is  fantastic.

the laneways in melbourne - you would never know  that down these little alleyways lurk so many fantastic bars, restaurants,  galleries and shops - always inspiring.

T'Gallant winery, Victoria for their yummy pizza  and delicious wine.

Melinda's house in lorne - scene of some amazing  times, lots of laughs, yummy food, great wine and some extremely drunken  moments.

drinking frangelico in the cicciolina back  bar

the stuffed vine leaves at termini (and the duck  pappardelle!),melbourne

coffee and breakfast in melbourne in general, beats  anything you get around here

London

little venice - where i grew up and a beautiful  spot for a walk

hampstead heath of a summer evening

the tate modern and the v&a - great  exhibtions and great shops!

queen's park - has saved my life since having  milly

comfort station, cheshire st - my friend amy's shop  full of wonderful treasures

to'sho' - i can't describe the feeling i have when  i walk down that escalator....

habitat - always finding covetable things that i  can't afford

portobello on a friday

borough market

the warrington pub - beautiful  building

the 46 bus - because it doesn't really exist and is  full of actors and extras

the mushroom risotto at the salusbury, queen's  park

liberty, yes, auntie frannie it is very  special

ikea - especially the marketplace. i almost get a  to' sho' type feeling when i'm in there!

Italy

the sound of montese in the summer - scooters  zooming by and children shouting from the pool

montalbino - where shan and i got married, a very  special place

bologna - scene of many happy memories from my  youth

venice - the most beautiful city in the world  especially at 6am when there are no tourists around

and finally lying in my hammock on the balcony  of our room in tulum, mexico. had just found out that i was an aunt and it was  truly one of the most special moments ever.

Fran's town...(big town, long list. Sorry)

2007-04-04T13:00:00.000Z

St Paul's Churchyard, Covent Garden. Benny and I had a lot of lunches in this little courtyard when we worked round the corner from each other. It's so lovely in the spring, although there isn't a spare inch of grass in the summer.

Match Bar, Clerkenwell. When benny and I had a life, before Isi, we used to go here and drink Mitch Martinis. I would be drunk after about 3 sips.

Cheshire Street, E2. Such a great street off Brick Lane with lovely shops including Shelf.

The Tate Modern. Always have such a lovely time whether to see a particular exhibition or just to mooch around the shop. The top floor restaurant is very good too with great views of London.

Family Tree and Exmouth Market, EC1. Another lovely shopping street and it’s cobbled! Family Tree is one of the most gorjois shops in London.

Paperchase, Tottenham Court Road. I quite often faint when entering this shop for all the stationery delights.

Hidden Art open studios weekend. Towards Christmas, the Hidden Art organisation has an event when artists all over London open their studios. It's wonderful to see artists at work and a chance to pick up a special pressie or two.

The South Bank. I absolutely love the South Bank, just walking over the bridge from The Embankment and looking down river to see how exciting all the development has been over the last few years. It makes me very happy. There's the poetry library and the Hayward Gallery and the great lunchtime jazz and free exhibitions they have at the Festival Hall. Not to mention the great walk you can do to the Tate and further down to the Design Museum.
And of course it has the NFT.

The Everyman. Ahhh...memories. I've had some great times here, Bee and I used to come to the Woody Allen double bills and I do believe that once, I saw a silent film with a real live pianist playing along!

To'sho. Who would've thought that I would use a phrase coined by June Sarpong but Topshop is the very best shop ever in the world. Yes and that beats urban suburban (outfitters) coz it's cheaper.

The V&A. Good old Mrs Da Silva...she was obsessed with the Islamic ceramics. I just like walking around. The only problem with the V&A is that if you suddenly get that thing when you have to read everything or 'something bad will happen', you can be in there a very, very long time.

Bungees Folk Cellar. ok, it doesn't exist anymore but I have very happy memories of sitting drinking tea with bee, wearing black polo-necks and talking about e.e cummings or Campbell Scott or both.

Stroud green. I have never looked back. Not least because of the magic shop, which is not literally magic or even a shop that sells tricks but just a very good Londis! If you don't believe, come see!

x
p.s. ooh, ooh, can i add liberty? it's special.

Sally's town...

2007-04-04T08:06:00.000Z

My London and Twickenham/Richmond

Shopping.

Sandy's in Twickenham - Amazing fishmonger, who doesn't laugh at you when you stand there looking utterly confused at the massive selection of fish he has.

New Look, H&M, Primark, Top Shop, M&S, Gap (all over) - I'm high street all the way.

Paperchase in Kingston - Stand alone shop. I adore everything in Paperchase and am constantly buying note books I will never ever write in, pens, cards. It's like being 8 again and visiting a toy shop.

Lakeland at Brent Cross (the new bit over the road) - Did you know you needed a mushroom scrubber or mango slicer? No? Neither did I until I discovered this lovely shop.

Waterstones at Piccadilly - I haven't been here for years but often used to visit after work for a browse and a coffee. I think/hope it's still there.

Selfridges, Oxford Street - This shop has very fond memories for me, it was my first regular saturday job and is such a great shop. Although it has got a bit tooooo trendy and not full of the lovely little old ladies looking for the Haberdashery department.

Space NK in Richmond - when I'm feeling flush
Boots at Kew Retail park - for when I need shampoo
Wilkinsons in Kingston - for great bargains

Jewellery Alley in Richmond - A row of shops that sparkle.

Happicraft in Twickenham - An excellent independent baby shop. Sells almost everything.

Cafes/restaurants/bars/pubs
The terrace in Kingston - The most amazing sandwiches. The chicken escalope club is highly reccomended.

De Cecco in Fulham - Lovely Italian.

Green Cottage on Finchley Road - My favourite chinese restaurant.

Southeys on Chiswick High Road - The Best Sunday roasts I've ever had. Many a single girls afternoon with a bottle of red and Lizzie getting rat arsed.

Don Fernandos in Richmond - Lovely tapas, lively atmosphere.

The bagel bakery on Brick lane - When you're pregnant, can't sleep and hungry, it's worth the drive.

The Freemasons in Hampstead - just for the beer garden.

The White Swan in Twickenham - lovely pub right on the river. Packed in the summer.

Pembroke Lodge cafe in Richmond Park - can't describe how lovely this place is. Nothing special in the food department, just a lovely place with a great terrace and view.

Parks and Walks.
Marble Hill to Richmond - a lovely walk along the river.

The Heath - full of some very happy memories.

Other special places....
Mayfair - I loved working around there. All the squares, Shepherds Market and not too full of tourists.

Fulham - some great nights out, full of rahs, quality. Home to the wonderful night club 'Crazy Larry's'. Many, many, many a drunken night in there.

Oriental City in Hendon - there's a restaurant that does the best Dim Sum I have ever tasted and there's shops that sell great plates, bowls etc

AND THAT'S MY TOWN!

Zoe's Coulda woulda shoulda

2007-03-26T15:37:00.000Z

Shoulda.....

Borrowed more money!

Moved out of home by now

Gone to New York in my placement year

Been born in LA, gone to sweet valley high and been a cheerleader

Woulda......

Had a kitchen unit now in Tottenham, if I hadn’t met Alan and opened b-a-b

Been in love by now if I had a job that allowed me ANY time off to find someone to love!

Lived abroad this year if I didn’t have a business

Had less worries and regrets if I didn’t worry and regret so much!

Coulda.....

Opened the b-a-b tea room in a vintage shop in Muswell Hill

Been a fashion agent, worked with my best friend and wore high heels to work everyday, if I didn’t choose a life of cupcakes

Been Jemima French’s Pa if I had totally lost my marbles!

Loved Yoga if I had the patience and knew how to ‘meditate’ and be able to switch my brain off the million thoughts buzzing through my mind just for one second

Bee's Coulda, woulda, shoulda...

2007-03-13T16:08:00.000Z

coulda been a robert plant band-aid (but he was rather old and sad so prob for the best)

shoulda white-water rafted down the zambezi but was too scared

woulda made a great tortured artist's muse - offers anyone?

Xanthe's Coulda woulda shoulda...

2007-03-08T08:58:00.000Z

shoulda brought that flat on nightingale lane n8, 
back in 2001.
coulda dated john gordon sinclair, if I'd so desired,
been that desperate or hadn't already meet luke.
shoulda swam more when I lived in asia.
shoulda stopped eating chocolate a long time ago.
woulda got my belly button pierced before I had 
children, if it had been a good
idea.
coulda been a prima ballerina, if I'd continued 
dancing as a child.
shoulda spent less time worrying, doesn't really 
get you anywhere.
shoulda had more lie-ins back when I coulda.
woulda eaten more pizza and cream teas, if i'd 
known that i would have to give
them up.
shoulda won a large amount of money by now.

coulda been a contender, not sure what for, 
but its a great line.

Sally's Coulda woulda shoulda...

2007-03-08T08:28:00.000Z

I coulda...
been a lawyer and been practising law in the US ala Susan Dey stylee had I not arsed about and failed my a-levels when I was 18.

been in Grange Hill or some sort of teen drama if I'd contunued to go to Sylvia Young will I was 12 years old.

written a book by now, if I wasn't so lazy

I shoulda.....
been offered some sort of TV/Radio programme by now as I am literally the funniest person I know. I'd have Fran on it with me as she is also the funniest person I know. We'd have the highest ratings ever...

seen things coming.

paid more attention at university.

I woulda....
liked to have spent more time in Belize.

liked to have gone on a romatic holiday to Bermuda with my loved one.

been less of a person if I didn't believe in everything happening for a reason.

Fran's coulda woulda shoulda

2007-03-05T12:05:00.000Z

coulda thought of a better list if i coulda been arsed.

woulda sat down and had a good old think with xanna if february didn't only have 28 days and march hadn't suddenly appeared.

shoulda put it out there to the a-listers to get some ideas...oh well next time.

here's a picture of faye dunaway for no reason.

Xanthe's "I secretly love..."

2007-02-14T12:53:00.000Z

jonathan ross and clive owen (some old faves never ever ever will die)
zac braff
jamie oliver
gordon ramsey (there is something about chefs, i probably could've included more)
vanessa feltz and anna reaburn (only on the radio, a sad reflection of my life)
peter jones - dragons den (i'm loving the dragon debate)
dom jolly
horatio from csi miami
hugh laurie as house
yehudi gordon
chris martin (only when performing on stage)
kate winslet - i'd like her to play me in the film of my life (perhaps a new list idea?)

Zoe's "I secretly love..."

2007-02-14T11:26:00.000Z

I secretly love.....

Luke - (b-a-b's FINEST customer!)

Liam from corrie (polly I'm with you!!)

Jennifer Aniston (We will be best friends one day - I love her!)

Reggie Yates 

Anna Raeburn

Dermot O'leary (doesn't everybody?)

Aldo Zilli

Jude Law

Jesse Metcalfe

Ashley from the last X factor

Aiden - from sex in the city

Jason lewis

The Rock

bobby briggs

Richard

Xanthe says I love my milkman - but I don't - I swear! 

However I do love Charles my N8 postman, 

Martin - my NW6 postman is nice too but not as loveable as Charles!

Ben's "I secretly love..."

2007-02-13T14:58:00.000Z

Sarah-Lou Platt
Penelope Cruz
Katie Derham
Dita von Teese
Billie Piper
Cheryl Hines (Curb your enthusiasm)
Clive Bull

ps Rosario Dawson

and Catherine Deneuve (in the umbrellas of Cherbourg)

Bee's "I secretly love..."

2007-02-07T18:28:00.000Z

i secretly love...
toby from 'the west wing'
paul auster
jamie oliver
jason lee (esp. in 'almost famous')
kobe bryant (LA Lakers basketball player)
robbie robertson
benicio del torro
ryan giggs
tony soprano
leonard cohen
justin lee cook
kate winslet
enrique iglesias
jon bon jovi (still)
and totally incomprehensibly...baldrick from 'blackadder'

Fran's "I secretly love..."

2007-02-07T18:21:00.000Z

Sally's "I secretly love..."

2007-02-07T16:20:00.000Z

I secretly love....
Steve Tyler from Aerosmith
Sam Allerdyce
Jimmy Nail
Martin Johnson
Bill Turnbull
Gordon Ramsey
Jeremy Kyle
Dog
Sean from Corrie - I wish I were a gay man sometimes so we could be together
Martin from Eastenders
And I have to mention him, but it's no secret, Daniel Craig

Polly's "I secretly love..."

2007-02-05T18:53:00.000Z

duncan bannatyne
liam from the factory in corra
dermot o'leary
daniel auteuil
stewart copeland
dustin hoffman
nigel havers
the boy from the foccaccia bar in melbourne
yves montand in his youth
gael garcia bernal (no secret)
kevin mccloud
james blake
beck
and in my youth i was known to have a soft spot for shakin' stevens and boris beckerwunderkind

ps. immodesty blaize

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2007-01-31T09:58:00.000Z

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Rosie's Desert Island Discs

2007-01-23T09:03:00.000Z

1. Gillian Welch - I dream a highway. Gillian always comes on my travels and this is the great value for money at 14 minutes of dreamy track

2. Nick Drake - Northern sky. Like Gillian, Nick is an old travelling friend and this is particularly beautiful

3. Mozart - Concerto for clarinet & orchestra in A major (adagio) - surely nothing in this world sounds more beautiful, I could listen to this forever and never get bored

4. The Rolling Stones - You can't always get what you want - so many reasons, youth, memories, stuck on an Island

5. Bob Dylan - I shall be released - inspired and inspiring. Something to keep my spirits and optimism going through the monsoons

6. Ben Folds Five - The Luckiest - so sad and beautiful, a reminder of those I love

7. Joni Mitchell - Both sides now - one of the few songs I know all the words too and don't sound too awful singing it, a happy childhood favourite

8. Prince Buster - Nothing takes the place of you. This was the toughest choice for me, the dance/happy number, I love this and it makes me smile

I would have to save Bob - I wouldn't last long without the constant reinforcement of the belief I was going to be freed from Island solitude

My book choice: War and Peace - Tolstoy. Always meant to read it and the 1500 pages would keep me going for a while, could even read it a few times and not get bored

Luxury item: A coffee plantation with roasting machine and percolator

Commercial break: A short film from the mill and the dam. (Apologies for quality in some parts).

2007-01-18T16:43:00.001Z

Ben's Desert Island Discs

2007-01-18T09:18:00.000Z

Kraftwerk - Tour de France

Morrissey - Suedehead
Antonio Pinto & Ed Côrtez - Metamorfose Ambulante
Scott Walker - Boy Child
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Sundown, Sundown
Led Zeppelin - Custard Pie
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Bob Dylan - Buckets of Rain

I would save Morrissey because it's the best one to sing along to.

Book - A Man in Full

Luxury - A hammock

Xanthe's Desert Island Discs

2007-01-15T08:11:00.000Z

music
baby, now that I've found you - alison krass.
the song for all my boys.

scientist  - coldplay.
because nobody said it was easy.

dreams - gabrielle.
because my dream came true when I met luke.

billie jean - michael jackson.
will always get me on the dance floor.

sugarman - don't know the artist.
just love it.

my way - frank sinatra.
my theme tune and karaoke favourite.

california dreaming - jose feliciano.
warms my heart.

my love is your love - whitney.
great singalong.

would save
baby, now that I've found you - alison krass.

book
the heart of yoga - t.k.v desikachar.
always inspiring.

luxury item
a radio.

Bee's Desert Island Discs

2007-01-09T17:43:00.000Z

1. bob dylan 'you're a big girl now' (blood on the tracks) for that all -grown-up on your own feeling: "you are on dry land"

2. neil young 'silver and gold' (silver and gold) for missing adam and izzy: "our kind of love never seems to grow old"

3. the ramones 'i wanna be sedated' (road to ruin) for rockin' out: "nothin' to do, nowhere to go"

4. tom waits 'gun street girl' (rain dogs) for being tough and scaring away the others: "blew a hole in the hood of a yellow corvette"

5. joni mitchell 'river' (blue) for feeling blue: "it don't snow here, it stays pretty green"

6. miles davis 'shhh/peaceful' (in a silent way) for being lost...

7. nick cave and the bad seeds 'breathless' (abattoir blues/the lyre of orpheus) for being found...

8. the faces 'ooh la la' (ooh la la) for everything: "i wish that i knew what i know now, when i was younger"
i would save nick cave, and thus be optomistic in a pessimistic way ;-)
book: harper lee 'to kill a mockingbird'
luxury item: a moleskine notebook and pilot pen (can that count as 1 item please?)

Sally's Desert Island Discs

2007-01-08T13:10:00.000Z

Songs

What a fool believes - The Doobie Brothers.
I love this song and my dad loved this song. It always seemed to be on the car when we were little.

Let there be love - Oasis
Reminds me of John, my little Liam wannabe

Girlfriend - Nelly and Justin Timberlake
Boy band and gangsta rap together - genius

The Flower Duet from Lakme - Delibes AKA the BA advert
Possibly on every now that what I call classical compilation album ever made and used in countless TV/Films/adverts, but beautiful and the piece of music we walked into the registry office with on our wedding day.

Superstitious - Stevie Wonder
The song playing when I kissed John for the first time

Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
I like to try and dance like old Kate in this video and the most tragic love story ever.

The Brazilian - Genesis
Makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up and I play air drums to this (in private).

Nobody's supposed to be here - Deborah Cox
If I get to the final of X-factor, this will be the song I belt out and no doubt will allow me to win.

I'd save
The Flower Duet

Book
Ray Mears - Essential Bushcraft

Luxury Item
The best Swiss Army knife you can buy.

p.s. If I could take a person it's be Daniel Craig as no doubt I'd get rescued at some point and it doesn't count as cheating when you're stranded on a Desert Island.

Fran's Desert Island Discs

2007-01-08T11:17:00.000Z

Wanna be startin' somethin' - Michael Jackson. This is the happiest, danciest song in the world. I never ever get sick of it. It's the best.

Carey - Joni Mitchell. I wouldn't go anywhere without Joni. This is one of my favourites. It was tough though.

If I were a bell - from the original 1982 cast recording of Guys and Dolls. I went to see it when I was 9. I know all the words. This is my favourite. It's so happy.

I am the black gold of the sun - NuYorican Soul. Reminds me of travelling round the world. It's a great car track. And it's very long, so good for a desert island.

Summertime - The Sundays. If Ben and I had a song, this would be it.

I just wasn't made for these times - The Beach Boys. I wouldn't go anywhere without Pet Sounds either. And it may be the most beautiful song I've ever heard.

Your time is gonna come - Led Zeppelin. I love it when the beat comes in at the beginning, it makes me swoon.

Walk on By - Dionne Warwick. I think this is my favourite Burt Bacharach song. But it was very hard to choose.

I would save Wanna be startin' somethin' just coz it's so darn happy.

My book would be A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe because it's an epic and you can get lost in it and it's very, very long.

My luxury item would be a mac laptop with broadband and I don't care what Ben says about reception. Then I could write, design, email, watch DVDs...I wouldn't need to go home.

Zoe's Desert Island Discs

2007-01-07T12:23:00.000Z

8 pieces of music....
Aint no mountain high enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Tarell

Lets get it on - Marvin Gaye

just the way you look tonight - Frank Sinatra

You've got a friend - carol king

Somewhere over the rainbow - Eva Cassidy

Sunrise - Nitin Sawhney

Working 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton

Keep your head up - Tupac

Holiday - Madonna

I'd save - Marvin & Tammi

One book.....
A million little pieces - James Frey

One luxury item....
wanted to say Jesse Metcalfe, but as no humans are allowed my luxury item  would be a mobile phone - with endless battery and reception. I'd be lost  without my loved ones, but I'd also go CRAZY not be able to talk/gossip with  anyone! 

Polly's Desert Island Discs

2007-01-05T16:21:00.000Z

Tiny Dancer - Elton John because it's the one i love to sing along to with a fake microphone in my hand and real emotion in my voice
Philosophy - Ben Folds Five because i play it to mills and she loves it too. we sing to it in front of the mirror
Meglio stasera - Ennio Morricone because fran and i love the version in the pink panther
Copacabana - Barry Manilow because i love a bit of cheese and i once got an american friend to write down all the words for me so i could memorise it and i still know all the words to this day
Sexx Laws - beck, just because
Love Cats - The Cure, reminds me of some fun times in the '80s
Lady - Mojo because melinda and i find it hysterical and the whole lady/ladle thing. i'll always remember getting out of melinda's car in front of my house and it was playing on the radio and she turned it up really loud.
All night long - Lionel Richie because it was the last song i played at my wedding and the crowd went wild!!

Would save meglio stasera.

Book: Room with a View - EM Forster

Luxury item: Battery operated DVD with box set of Sex and the City. If I could take a person it would be Melinda. We'd have so much fun dancing to 'Lady'.

Random lists no.5 - Ben's films of the year

2006-12-24T16:45:00.000Z

1: Hidden

2: Volver

3: Pan's Labyrinth

4: Bug

5: Casino Royale

Ben's "All I want for Christmas is..."

2006-12-24T16:24:00.000Z

Some new jeans

Jarvis Cocker's new album

The population of London to be halved overnight
(the disappeared shall include people who smoke in public, drink alcohol in the street, read the daily mail, live upstairs from me, and travel on the poor bus).

Roast chicken

A job within walking distance of my house

The ability to finish a book

More trainers

The 3rd series of Lost

To jump off my favourite rock into Lake Atitlan

Happy Christmas!

2006-12-22T15:16:00.000Z

Commercial break

2006-12-21T08:22:00.000Z

Zoe's wonderful bake-a-boo bake shop and tea room is now open, serving breakfast, lunch and a wide variety of hand-baked treats including, of course, the best cupcakes in the whole of London, if not the entire world!
Do visit her site www.bake-a-boo.com for more information or contact info@bake-a-boo.com

Better still, visit bake-a-boo at 86 Mill Lane, London NW6.

Well done Zoe!
xxx

Zoe's "All I want for Christmas is..."

2006-12-19T07:57:00.000Z

All I want for Christmas is......

more hours in the day

To clone myself!

My loan to be cleared

a PA! (and a cleaner - following the trend here but it is needed)

a chef to make the bake-a-boo lunches

to be able to afford Christmas presents for all who I love

to own and live at 28 Wood Vale

a holiday in the sun and the time off to actually go  there

a cath Kidston mobile phone, actually anything from Cath would be more  than fine (by the way I love her)

to be able to dress up and wear high heels and jewellery to  work!

to go christmas shopping in New York.

to be able to eat cream with my dairy free Christmas pudding!

a kiss under the mistletoe

some expensive jeans

for Martha Stewart, cath or Nigella to come to my shop for tea

a Tiffany box with a lovely silver suprise inside!

Bee's "All I want for Christmas is..."

2006-12-12T18:03:00.000Z

all i want for christmas is...
a bigger flat
a new frock and a party to wear it to
for someone to hurry up and build a train from london to new york as flying with izzy is so unfun
to be offered a groovy university teaching job where i can 'unpack' things on a regular basis
for my sister and el skype-o's love to be true
for adam to dress up as the hanukkah armadillo
for my dad to make a speedy recovery
a tea cozy
'decca: the letters of jessica mitford'
new york prices in london - wowzers!
for led zep to play in my garden after eff & ben's - maybe to launch the led zep reunion garden tour!
to celebrate festivus - a holiday for the rest of us!
a little snow would be nice

Clare's "All I want for Christmas is..."

2006-12-08T07:26:00.000Z

Useful things
Chocolate
Absinthe from www.lafeeabsinthe.com
Hair bobbles from Accessorize -- I like little clips and hairpins best
A mesh sponge bag for when I go away
Almost anything from www.greenpeople-organic-health.co.uk
Blended incense from www.starchild.co.uk (I like the airy ones best)
Hat, scarf and gloves set
A brown or black silky petticoat -- knee length would be most useful

House Things
A tray that you can put photos in like Fenella has
A fleecy underblanket for the bed I don't have yet
A bed
A decent Thermos cup that doesn't leak
A new apron -- washable and with a pocket
Good candles
A couple more string bags
A case of wine -- English if poss
Hot chocolate (I like Green and Blacks)

Writing Things
Lunch sponsorship: £3 pays for a sandwich so I don't have to make my own lunch, which means I can write in the morning.
A ready meal pack from Cook
Books on my Amazon wishlist
Subscriptions to the National Geographic, London Magazine, London Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Mslexia, Interzone

Polly's "All I want for Christmas is..."

2006-12-08T07:23:00.000Z

for milly to sleep through

a cleaner

for the dust to disappear

some sunshine

for milly to grow some hair

a top shop voucher for ever day of the  year

someone to show me how to use skype so i  can joke with the ladle

david gest to come and tell me some ridiculous  stories and make me chuckle

to wean myself off the crap tv i watch ALL  day

4 calling birds

Fran's "All I want for Christmas is..."

2006-12-07T18:07:00.000Z

Isi's two front teeth (they seem to have stopped half way)
For TV Quick to ring me up and say they really need a new Coronation Street reviewer
For Clive Bull not to move slots from 8pm to 10pm
No comedy presents
A really good thesaurus
For it to stay this mild
A large, unexpected windfall
To casually work the phrase "Let's unpack that" into a conversation
One of those beautiful, crisp, sunny mornings favoured by me, Rosie and my mum
Some time
The house with the green window frames on Mount Pleasant Road
For Led Zeppelin to reform and play a gig in my garden
Comfort...and Joy
x

Xanthe's "All I want for Christmas is..."

2006-12-07T16:49:00.000Z

...for my children to like each other
...a cleaner
...to go to thailand

Random lists no.4 - 'Sally's Daniel Craig list'

2006-12-06T09:59:00.000Z

Sally's "All I want for Christmas is..."

2006-12-06T09:23:00.000Z

All I want for Christmas is....

A Kelly bag
Diamond stud earrings
A digital SLR camera
Our own house
A Land Rover Defender
A Cath Kidston mobile phone
A new wardobe of clothes
A laptop with wireless
A jewellery box from Smythson
All new make up
A new set of kitchen knives
BUT....will be over the moon with.... Seeing the boys faces on Christmas morning

Nomi's 'Some things you may not know about me...'

2006-11-24T18:02:00.000Z

I read the end of magazine or newspaper articles first to see if I want to read the rest
I call sam my husband to anyone who doesn't know me
if i go under a ladder or signpost I bite my tongue and count to 10
I used to pretend to be a singer in front of hundreds of people - usually a charity event- and would dedicate 'my next song to someone very special to me'
I hate the taste of coffee
I secretly think about my wedding alot
I've been in therapy for many years
That playing certain card and board games scares the living shit out of me and my heart will pound throughout
That i've lost my purse more times than i've told anyone

Ben's 'Some things you may not know about me...'

2006-11-10T18:24:00.000Z

I like country music

My son shares one of his middle names with my first cat

I secretly fancy Cheryl from Curb your Enthusiasm (and Billie Piper)

I don't like writing with blue pens

When I was 9 I knocked one of Charlie Ward's teeth out.....he started it

Fran and I have an extremely childish rivarly about who can get their sunglasses on first when the sun comes out

I can't stand Al Green

I've never taken my wedding ring off

Interlude

2006-11-07T16:41:00.000Z

Blimey you lot are enjoying these lists! I'm meant to be working on something else today and have spent half the time moderating your comments. I'm very pleased this list was such a winner.

x
ps. this was just an excuse to have a bit more trebuchet on the blog. What a font! Who knew?

Zoe's 'Some things you may not know about me...'

2006-11-06T11:49:00.000Z

Some things you may not know about me.......

Just like my sister I NEVER iron anything - EVER!
Also like my sister I don't like breaking rules or the law for fear of being told off - it's quite scary how much I related to this when reading her list!

When I was in primary school I got hit in the head with a cricket bat when I was backstop when we were playing rounders - a few years later when I went to secondary school the same boy threw a cricket ball at the same place in my head - both times I passed out! I think he had it in for me? Actually whilst on the subject of being hit by balls - also whilst at Hampstead I got knocked out by a basket ball in my temple and got hit in the eyebrow with a ball from inside a computer mouse - out of all these injuries I would have to say the mouse ball was the worst and most painfull!

I never walk under road signs on the pavement
I never walk across three consecutive drains in the pavement
Despite the whole world not understanding this - I hate the smell of bacon
After having the rubella vaccine at 13 - I got german measles at 14
I think about my wedding alot - although this mostly reminds me how utterly single I am so I try not too!
I always wear matching underwear.
I hate birds
I still watch Twin Peaks, on really old VHS's, I know most of the lines now, but still discover new things, and I have always fancied bobby, quite a lot.
I once tried a cat biscuit and licked my cat to see what it felt like!
I have a really bad phobia of public toilets, anywhere!
I know what my childrens names will be, including accompanying middle names! and I will never tell anyone until they are born - except my future husband, who of course does not exist yet.
I always lie about my life to cab drivers.
I know most celebrity gossip!
When I was younger - if me and kim went to buy alcohol we always bought catfood and tampons at the same time, when we didn't need them, because we thought it made us loook older

I actually hate cupcakes..........just kidding!!!!!

Clare's 'Some things you may not know about me...'

2006-11-05T15:48:00.000Z

'Some things you may not know about me'

I am convinced I'm unloveable
I can't always remember how to spell acommodation, committee, recommend and liaison
I feel uncomfortable being awake and not wearing a bra
Thinking too much about babies makes me cry
I love it when market stallholders know me, and yet feel intimidated because they ask where I've been when I miss a week
I like it when huge things happen in my life and I don't tell anyone about them
I always have a proper handkerchief about my person
I like the taste of aniseed but not mint
When I answer the phone, I've probably just said 'Oh bugger off' to it

Ellen's 'Some things you may not know about me...'

2006-11-04T17:10:00.000Z

I pee in the shower - always, I can't help it.
I like people who make me laugh, but my favourites are the ones that let me be silent.
I'm upset that I don't enjoy surveys like I used to.
I'm worrried that I should move house and job before I get pregnant.
I always wanted to stay in hospital and when I did I enjoyed it.
My form of meditation is plucking.
My house is dirty and I don't especially care.
I've noticed recently I watch telly like my mum - with my mouth open.
I love posh noodles but rarely indulge.
I never go anywhere without deciding my route in advance, even the kitchen.
I still don't like tea or coffee but have trained myself for olives and red wine.
I wish I could be bothered to draw / paint

Xanthe's 'Some things you may not know about me...'

2006-11-03T10:17:00.000Z

I never iron anything…ever.
When I was younger I’d hide used custard cream biscuits minus the creamy centre under my parents bed.
i’m enjoying watching hell’s kitchen USA and adore Gordon.
I can’t spell.
I haven’t worn black for 6 years unless the occasion required it.
I worry that toddlerdom is an insight into my children’s teenage future.
I don’t like being ‘hard’ xanthe, but I can’t help it.
I think about Thailand every day.
I like to flick through each page of a magazine first, before going back to read it.
I’ve never had mumps.
A boy at primary school held a potato gun at me in the outside toilets of the infants playground.
I spent a whole day in a thai prison, and didn’t pee once.
I don’t like breaking rules or the law, for fear of being told off, but will happy cheat at any quiz, if possible.
I don’t like planning the future.

Bee's 'Some things you may not know about me...'

2006-11-03T10:12:00.000Z

some things you may not know about me are:

i can hold my breath under water for a rather long time

i have a phobia of being trapped in a cave surrounded by stalagtites and stalagmites

once, when i was at school, i watched 'stand by me' 37 times during half term and can still recite all the words

i was always envious of people with middle names, so i gave myself two: gabriella cynthia

i like rod stewart's music quite a lot

sometimes i go by rebecca lubinsky to see how it sounds

i never got into the sopranos

at uni i didn't wash my hair for a month to see what would happen

i can cook a mean spaghetti vongole

the faulkners have distant relatives in tasmania

i have a teensy crush on eminem

in new york i used to serve decaf and pretend it was regular coffee when we'd run out. once i did it for a week.

Sally's 'Some things you may not know about me...'

2006-11-02T08:16:00.000Z

I am not frightnened of dying
I make John text me whenever he gets to where he's going
I am petrified of the dark
I think wearing perfume is bad luck
I pick my nose
I'm brilliant at making flat pack furniture
In my younger days I snogged two girls - seperate occassions and under the influence
I know all the words to Jump around by house of pain
I never take the first magazine/newpaper/book on display off the pile/shelf
I love Dog, the bounty hunter
I've had two blood transfusions
I could eat olives until the cows come home
I hate Natasha Kaplinsky with a passion

Rosie's 'Some things you may not know about me...'

2006-11-01T18:30:00.000Z

I have a scar from being chased by a barracuda

I would play cards until dawn, any game I don’t care, doesn’t even have to be cards, any game, except chess and that’s just because no one has taught me how to win yet

I am scared of driving in London, it’s not the driving that scares me, but other drivers

Sometimes I can’t resist the urge to bake

I hate the phone and in an ideal world would communicate without it

I’m a really good singer without an audience

I love hanging up washing in my garden, much less keen on taking it down

Given a choice (and the eradication of scurvy) I could live without vegetables

My legs tingle when I am tired

I see the world in numbers and shapes, everything has a pattern or dynamic, sometimes it is easy to see, sometimes it is more difficult to interpret

Polly's 'Some things you may not know about me...'

2006-11-01T08:43:00.000Z

some things you may not know about me are...
that i call the area where i live, the 'ghetto'
that i feel the need to read the number plate of every car i walk past, or 'something bad will happen'
that punctuation mistakes make me angry, especially misplaced apostrophes
that grammar mistakes make me angry
that when i read magazines i have to read every page, including the ads, or 'somethng bad will happen'
that i secretly wish i was an actress or a singer
that i am scared of birds and butterflies - in fact anything with wings
that i enjoy ironing
that it took fran and i about 5 days to work out the time difference between uk and italy after the clocks had changed
that i once watched bridget jones twice in a row with the ladle
that i find animals acting as humans very amusing indeed
that i think cats are really evil
that i make emilia listen to 'meglio stasera....' many times over while i memorise the words

Fran's 'some things you may not know about me...'

2006-10-31T18:08:00.000Z

Some things you may not know about me are...
That laurel and hardy crack me up
That william shatner’s last album is one of my favourites
That I secretly fancy simon cowell a tiny little bit
That I have a note on my fridge that says “kill richard and therese” and another one underneath that says “yes, wring their scrawny little necks”
That I have an etsy shop CLICK AND VISIT!
That I have an alter-ego CLICK AND VISIT!
That we call the 210 ‘the poor bus’
That we have a running score for university challenge and ben’s probably winning by a small margin
That when I’m on the computer, I play masquerade by the carpenters over and over again and sing very loudly into a pen
That I hate see-saws
That I collect vintage sewing patterns and vintage teacups
That I’m a slow reader mainly due to an OCD, which requires that I take in every word absolutely thoroughly
That I have a pathological fear of lateness, which manifests itself in recurring dreams
That I have a pathological fear of parties (the grown-up kind not children’s…although, that’s another story).
That I am fiercely competitive in a passive aggressive way.

Miss Woolly's 'i don't understand...'

2006-10-24T13:32:00.000Z

i don't understand...
swaheelie
how tripe could appeal to anybody
why the clouds are so low in London
where my time goes when I'm pottering around at home
why moving house can't be arranged by Samantha...in just one blink
cricket
why people don't like the beach as much as me
doctors reports with all those long words

Ben's 'i don't understand...'

2006-10-15T18:02:00.000Z

I don't understand...
Lost
Why the people upstairs are such W******
How to watch digital TV and tape a different channel
Why people watch Eastenders
Fran's handwriting
Why my dad likes to crack unfunny jokes all the time

Random lists no.3 - Best Pizza 2004

2006-10-15T16:54:00.000Z

Tiramisu - Santiago

Il Forno - San Marco, Atitlan
The Mall - Liberia
Vino & Queso - Antigua
? - Bocas del Toro
Pizza Pronto - Liberia
Piccolo - Panama City
Hotel Linda - Samara
Pizzeria - Santa Elena
The Bar - Antigua

Nomi's 'i don't understand...'

2006-10-11T17:42:00.000Z

I don't understand...

why i still watch home and away
heavy metal
why i don't put my keys in one place
how my pregnancy is going by so fast
why dads can sleep through babies crying and mums can't
the size of my boobs
why ols tells me the same thing over and over and over again
the purpose of mosquitoes
buggies that somehow look like office furniture
my love for karaoke
where our money goes

Random lists no. 2 - Recent things i feel guilty about

2006-10-10T14:57:00.000Z

A page from: point form #1 - a zine of lists.
Compiled, curated and collected by Becky Johnson

Taken from the sweetiepie press etsy shop

Clare's 'i don't understand...'

2006-10-08T17:03:00.000Z

Rechargeable batteries
Most of the functions on my phone
Why everyone is in such a hurry
Golf
Competitiveness at table tennis
How the designers, manufacturers and peddlers of not-fit-for-purpose shoes sleep at night
Where my weekend went
Quantum mechanics
How I can lose things in my tiny flat
Where dust comes from

Commercial break

2006-10-07T18:44:00.000Z

Pippa & Co.

Xanthe's 'i don't understand...'

2006-10-06T11:15:00.000Z

Why Ky won't let me use his scooter
Limescale
Why teleportation hasn't been invented
So many channels, but nothing to watch
Why it always rains on the weekend
What Scott does for a living
Violence and arguing
Why my children always have to stamp in puddles
The obsession with football
Why it has to get dark at 4pm
Cosmo's obsession with Adam, his baby
Why there is nothing nice to wear in my wardrobe
Those late night phone-in quiz shows, where 
no-one gets the right answer
Why money doesn't grow on trees

Bee's 'i don't understand...'

2006-10-03T13:52:00.000Z

i don't understand...

my hair
why so many people read the da vinci code
movie stars who are in rock bands
people who eat gefilte fish (ie all of adam's family)
jeans tucked into boots
why i feel like having another baby even though i'm knackered
the government
bob's born-again period
izzy's fascination with flowers (but it's adorable)
most of my PhD
why i wasn't a teenager in 1967
the american pronounciation of 'parmesan', but i kinda like it
why she gets on the plane with victor lazlo

Zoe's 'i don't understand...'

2006-10-03T13:42:00.000Z

I don't understand...

why I am always single!
why I can't read a map
spots
how bluetooth works
where tears come from
why people in Muswell Hill are so  RUDE
Hypnotherapy
why cake makes you want tea and tea makes you  want cake
How aeroplanes stay up
why Zeppo died
why butterflies only live for one  day

Xenia's i like list

2006-10-03T07:02:00.000Z

I Like:
Getting ready to go on a night out
my mums pies
my little Greek granny (yiayia!)
Getting into bed when I have changed the sheets
Digestive biscuits with margarine on top
Sleeping
Playing with Frankie and Phoebe
Walking on a frosty morning when I'm all wrapped up
Meeting friends for coffee in town
Going home to mums for Christmas
Baby's feet
My dad after a pint of guinness
Lighting a fire and making a nest with Ian
House programmes
Wine and pringles with Kate
Saturday mornings
Being in love
Freddie Lundbergs Abs
My sister's impression of "Alien"
Working from home

Polly's 'i don't understand...'

2006-10-02T18:01:00.001Z

i don't understand...

why carol vorderman feels the need to wear party  frocks for countdown

why they served ferrero rocher at the ambassador's  reception

why emilia doesn't laugh at my jokes or love my  singing

why there's never anything good on telly on  saturday night

how my flat can get so dusty

why australia is so bloody far away

the wardrobe department at gmtv

how the ladle and i can laugh at the same things a  million times over

how shan manages to snore through the night and not  hear emilia

how emilia manages to snore through the night and  not hear shan

why everyone in queen's park has a  bugaboo

why top shop don't reward me with free clothes for  my loyalty

the sienna miller/kate moss  obsession

Fran's 'i don't understand...'

2006-10-02T12:57:00.000Z

Sally's 'i don't understand...'

2006-10-02T11:22:00.000Z

I don't understand....

every language other than English - very poor
people who stare at the buggy in a really horrible way
why it's so hard to walk with patience for just two seconds
what I did that never really let me be accepted
why Amy isn't here
every episode of 'Waking the dead'
the fascination with Katy Melua
binary code

Random list no.1 - Woody's Manhattan List

2006-09-29T09:58:00.000Z

Groucho Marx
Willie Mays
The second movement of the Jupiter Symphony
Louis Armstrong's recording of Potato-head Blues
Swedish movies
Sentimental Education by Flaubert
Marlon Brando
Frank Sinatra
Those incredible apples and pears by Cézanne
The crabs at Sam Wo's
Tracy's face

Sam & Ben's i like list

2006-09-28T15:18:00.001Z

We like....

Mummy
Daddy
Grandma
Auntie Alice
Doing poos
Eating
Pulling hair
Being a twin
Trains
Waking up at 4am
Screaming

Xanthe's i like list

2006-09-27T17:29:00.000Z

i like...

no 73
sushi with luke
summer days and evening picnics
the heath
questions from the boys - "why do we have to grow?” "what is the sky?” “how do you make a fridge?” "what noise does an eagle make?"
early nights in clean sheets
silence
boys eating ice cream – more silence
dianna the osteopath
‘House’ with hugh laurie
it when a plan comes together
the laughter of my boys playing rough n tumbs
the smell of jasmine
the ‘parking angel’
boo’s cakes
ray la montagne
driving listening to the radio
thursday night yoga
i like and feel very lucky to have such amazing people in my life

Emilia's i like list

2006-09-26T12:43:00.000Z

I like...

mummy's big kisses on my cheek

presents from auntie ladle

my little bagpuss mouse

nonno's moustache

mummy singing twinkle twinkle

listening to meglio stasera...

staring at the clouds

lying on daddy's legs

fighting to get out of my swaddle

watching deal or no deal of an afternoon with  mummy

my pram

sleeping in that big bed

sssshhhh pat

Isi's i like list

2006-09-25T12:33:00.000Z

i like:

giving teddy and nora cuddles
biting carnival's ear
bouncing in my cot
pointing up in the air
saying dada
bathtime
crazy nonno
tickling mummy and daddy's feet
mummy singing the banana splits song
toast and jam
taking mummy's hairband off
daddy's goujons.

Ben's i like list

2006-09-25T12:30:00.000Z

I Like:

smoked mackerel on toast
making silly faces in the mirror
rough n' tumbs
isi's face
listening to clive on lbc (97.3)
swimming at the heath
the radio times
buying new trainers
going for walks with franny
going to the cinema on my own

Sarah's i like list

2006-09-25T12:26:00.000Z

I like.............

To know what I'm getting involved in? is this a money making venture girlies ?????
The muppet show which has been playing in our house for the last 2 weeks (not only on the tv)!!!
Heinz salad cream (just paid 3 euros for a bottle which had 99p marked all over it).
Receiving phone calls from long lost girlfriends!!!!!
The rain.
Week-ends with Bert and the kids.
Bert's paintings (most of the time!!)
Going to PTA meetings just for the excuse to go and get pissed afterwards.
Sticking up for old ladies when nobody will give up their seat on the bus.
Chocolate.
Vicks vaporub.
When I wake up to Elliot and Charlotte singing to one another.
Learning Italian.
Seeing my family.
Summer holidays in Rayol as a family.
"Thinking of You" by Sister Sledge.
Living on the Port of Nice.
Coffee mornings with other mothers (sad state of affairs).
Elliot's tennis teacher! (such a sashi thing).
Being able to spend time with my children.
My dad's sense of humour.
"Merde actually" the book I'm reading at the moment.
"Nouvelle Star" on French telly.
Swimming in the sea.
Shopping in San Remo.
Cigarettes (only with a glass of wine).
A glass of wine (only with a cigarette).
English sense of humour (only really appreciated when living abroad)!!!
One of the judges on the really dodgy "Novelle Star" tv programme.
Going to bed.

Goodnight
xxxxxxxxxxxx

Miss Woolly's i like list

2006-09-16T18:00:00.000Z

I like:
my morning coffee
Hanging out with the Little Fella
making bread
riding the ferris wheel in Paris with Lalde and the Big Fella
knitting
the smell of spring
Japansese tea (actually most things Japanese)
Miss Woolly
walking around the Tan at dusk
trips to Lorne
baking cakes
smiling at people in the street
laughing hysterically with lalde
eating, drinking & being with my friends
dancing like a crazy person

Sorry

2006-09-16T10:15:00.000Z

Sorry i lost all your witty comments list lovers...i had to re-post everything.
x

Polly's i like list

2006-09-16T10:11:00.000Z

I like…
emilia's little toe
isi's laugh
talking nonsense with the ladle
shan in stripey tops
papa's tomato sauce
my morning coffee
drinking campari in the sun
to'sho'
looking at my wedding photos
gael garcia bernal
tootsie
uncle benny and auntie franny taking emilia for walks