Thursday, October 31, 2013

Boo! The Mousetrap and Highgate Cemetery

Major Metcalfe in the cellar, Mrs. Ralston in the kitchen, Mr. Paravicini in the drawing room…we saw Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap at St. Martin's Theatre right before Michelle left London. Begun in 1952, it is the longest running play in modern history. It began as "Three Blind Mice" a BBC radio drama. When it became a play, Christie thought it would not run for very long so she gave the rights to her nephew as a 9th Birthday gift - jackpot.  Michelle and I have been reading Christie books for a long time and we had a perfect night of wine, cheese and MURDER!!! The playhouse and the set were charming and the story was delightful. Brian enjoyed it too. 

The three of us spent an October Saturday at Highgate Cemetery. This cemetery is on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens and it is a great place for a walk because of the amazing trees and the fantastic funerery architecture and sculpture dating from 1839 to the present. We found the monuments for George Eliot, Anna Mahler and Karl Marx. Michelle spent a significant amount of time with the cemetery cat. 

Sunday, October 27, 2013

31 in London - Happy Birthday Brian Marshall

Brian Marshall at 31- better looking than ever, living in London, taking care of business - internationally.

Dear Dina sent Brian's favorite - Bulleit Bourbon
Irene & Joe Birthday scratch card, rap song and BULLS TICKETS! 
MKTG Office - BIG BIRTHDAY BURRITO
Birthday dinner at Pizza East in Shoreditch


THE BEST - FaceTime Birthday talk with Mom :)
Long London walk home
Birthday chat with the Brotim 

Sweet delivery from Roo
No substitute for a Roo Cake, but delicious
Besties
Saturday walk
Borough Market
Wright Brothers Oyster & Porter House
Porter for the Oysters
31!!!! A wild and crazy guy
We did this. We sang "Afternoon Delight" with a theatre full of British people.
Favorite Sunday Breakfast


Saturday, October 19, 2013

Marrakech: Jardin Majorelle



Jardin Majorelle is easily one of the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen. French painter Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) came to live in Morocco in the 1920s and spent 40 years turning his Marrakech home into a living work of art made with bougainvillea, hibiscus, palm trees, yuccas, cacti, orange and olive trees, roses, bamboo, papyrus and water lilies. After Majorelle's death, Pierre Berge and Yves Saint-Laurent moved in and continued to cultivate the gardens. Today it is open to the public and is home to the Berber Museum, a very wonderful cafe, Yves Saint-Laurent's memorial and his Love Gallery.