The Art of Nonversation: Researching, cooking and such

So I've been temping yesterday and today at this Communications Agency in Notting Hill. It's good, kinda boring, but nowhere near as horrific as that data formatting job last week. I am still in full possession of my will to live so that's a good sign. The only sucky part is that the hours at 9-6, which is very common here. It's really long so I take my lunch around 2 or 2:30 to help the time pass.

I must say that I had no idea my weirdo story would spark such interest. I will do my best to report further on the other weirdos I meet cause there are tons. Last weekend while waiting in Liverpool Station I saw some ridiculously strange things including a man who from the front looked bald but from the back had a little patch of unshaved hair so long he had it pulled into a ponytail. He was also wearing quite fitted capri pants. I stared at him long and hard trying to comprehend exactly what was going on. I also saw a girl in dress so short it and tight it rode up and showed her bum when she walked. I know I have been known to wear some pretty short things, but there is a limit to how short I will go and bum-bearing dresses is it.

Sidenote about short dresses/skirts: professional skirts and dresses go suprisingly short over here. Things that at home I would hem and haw trying to decide if it was too short for work (and then wear anyways) are totally fine over here. It's fantastic!!! I think it's cause everyone wears flats to work cause they have to take the tube.But really, it's nice :)

Anyways, I've posted a pic of my delicious afternoon snack I had at work today. It was a limonada or Italian lemon soda and a cinnabella (I think I made that up, but it was called something like that). It was a homemade doughnut. VERY similar to the ones I had in my cookbook. It's inspired me to make some cause they're delicious and easy to make. I had it at this little Italian cafe/restaurant in Notting Hill. I've walked past it a dozen times and never noticed it until today.

OH! And while on the topic of food, I made my own version of Moxie's Warm Mosaic Dip last night. It was delicious. The only difference between mine and Moxies was that I mixed the mushrooms with minced lamb which was amazing. It was lamb and mushrooms with a ton of garlic and red onions topped with diced tomatoes topped with seasoned goat cheese. I ate it with naan bread which was the closest thing I could find to flat bread. So delicious. I didn't take a pic cause it didn't actually look very appetizing, it just smelled and tasted amazing. I still have some left. So good. I wish I could share it with you all so that you could tell me what good cook I am ;)

Oh, and there's also a picture of Mabel the dog! Isn't she adorable??!!!