InstaFriday - Week in Review

Here are some iPhone pics from the last few weeks.  February does not seem to be a very blog-worthy month.  I didn't take many pictures, not even the iPhone variety.  Here in England, February seems to be the most dreary month.  Gray skies and cold weather without the holidays to cheer things up.  January didn't feel this bleak, maybe because you are getting a "fresh" start with the new year after putting all the Christmas decor away.  

So here are a few pictures.  Maybe March will bring more!

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Last Friday, Michael had a date lunch in the city.  He has one Friday off each month, so it is a nice time to get together without the added cost of a babysitter.

We went to Barbecoa, a Jamie Oliver restaurant right by St. Paul's cathedral.  Wes and Suzette sent Michael a "gift certificate" for his birthday in December.  (Since gift cards are just catching on over here, this was really just a "go out to eat and we'll pay you back" certificate.)

Like everything Jamie Oliver touches, this restaurant was gorgeously decorated inside, with excellent service and great food.  The inside is filled with tables next to big windows with views of the cathedral.  This view would be even more incredible at night.  There are lots of low couches forming booths around tables throughout the restaurant.  Very modern looking.

You can see our view below.  Throughout our meal, huge fluffy white snowflakes fell.  They really seemed to float down.  They didn't stick, but it was still a magical site.

We started with a bread board.  Oh my, so delicious.  There were three kinds of homemade bread with a smear of homemade butter on the side.  The butter was basically the churned cream, and then they sprinkled big flakes of sea salt to the top.

We got a platter of ribeye to share.  It was a lot of meat, all melt in your mouth delicious.  Why doesn't the British beef taste like this when I try to cook it?

It was a really special lunch.  We had hoped to finish the afternoon with a stroll through Borough Market, but it was just too cold.  I am usually a trooper in the cold British weather, but this was just too much for us.  We wrapped up the day with Starbucks.

I don't have too many pictures of me just hanging around with the kids, so I kept this one that Michael snapped with his phone.  Jack was tired after school and needed a cuddle.

We are working our way through reading Goodnight Mister Tom at bedtime.  It is slow reading it out loud, but a great story so far.  We are going to see the play this Thursday when the kids have a day off.