Our place is shaping up...

We rented a van to pick up furniture from ALL around London. We were creative and saved some mula by shopping online at the British version of Craigslist called Gum Tree. Felt like we were on a bit of a scavenger hunt throughout London...but we did it all in a day and 1/2...couch, coffee table, 2 bookcases, desk chair and BIG floor mirror...Check, check and check. It is shaping up day by day...WOOHOO!

"only REAL men wear pink!"

Hunter, this one is for you...

Michigan Ave ~ Chicago

So at our wedding in Sonoma, Hunter (Sean's highschool buddy) pointed out in his hilarious speech (had everyone in stitches...even the photographers assistant) and I quote "Only Real Men Wear Pink"! Sean I love you dearly and I love that you are confident in who you are...even in pink! So while I am busy in Chicago, packing up our condo for our big move, my lovely hubbie, my "real man" chooses a flat with a (are you ready for this????) PINK door!!! It can't be more perfect then that...Hunter you may have made our guests fall over in their chairs with laughter that day of our wedding...but you have now cursed us! :) We do love you...but how would you feel if YOUR front door was pink? I am still trying to figure out if our mailman will let it pass or will spit on our mail just because it is...........YES, that is right A PINK DOOR!!!!!

Progress on our flat (Kitchen & Living Room)

FURNITURE...HALLELUJAH!!!! More pix & furniture to come soon...phew.

Our flat...

You know...our apartment, place of dwelling, home, where we sleep & eat...our flat.

Cheerio...that's a cereal???

I do love the Honey Nut Cheerio's!!! BUT...this word "Cheerio" takes it to another level! I mean who doesn't love that little bee who pours honey on the oats. I mean the oats become so sweet and the cereal becomes on everyone's top ten list of breakfast choices. So here in England it is an actual word...yes, that is right...Cheerio! Means thank you, have a nice day, good bye...kind of all the above. To take you back a bit in time...my 3rd grade teacher was British, Mrs. Borgman. LOVED her. She said things like rubbish, trolley(bus), mum,etc etc...I loved her! School was such a treat! She introduced me to this amazing word of "Cheerio". Oh how I used that one around the playground...well no one quite knew what I meant. They'd give me a turn on the slide or monkey bars and I would say "Cheerio"...they would look at me like I had a snack for them. So fast forward...I CAN ACTUALLY use this word now in passing. HOW AMAZING!!! It is such a happy word, I mean if a word can be happy. So here we go, let me practice:
"Cheerio for today". That worked great, thanks for letting me practice my new word. I will have more to practice here on you...stay tuned. But for now, I just smile each time that word comes up and think of dear Mrs. Borgman.

El Sabio...Our Second Dinner Date On The Town!!!

Adorable little tapas resturant called El Sabio in Winchester. They have a great back patio on the river! Paella & wine! Yum!

Cooked dinner at home...in our window "table".

We cooked dinner at home (first din at our flat)...steak and CORN ON THE COBB!!! Missin' home already! :) We created a makeshift table in our window since we do not have a table yet. Look it's like a restuarant...flowers and candles. AWE!

Winchester...out & about...

Who's counting? WE ARE!!!

Yes, that's right...it had been 3 months of one of us in the UK the other in the US AND....drum roll please! We are FINALLY back together again in one place! YIPPIE! HORRAY!!! HIP HIP! Throw your hands in the air and way them from here to there...ok, so maybe I got a little carried away on that last bit. But as you can gather we are just tickled to be back together again! We are living in Winchester, England. Which for those of you that may think it is London (as most of us Americans do seem to think everywhere in England is London-HA!), I am here to tell you Winchester is not London. It is a city of about 40,000 people. We now have made that 40,002 people, most British residents, but two. By two I mean a man named Sean and a women named Hollis(that's me). Seems as if the locals are very curious about us two. They immediately know we are from America by the way we talk...imagine that! It's funny, they love our accents. They ask us if we are from NYC. It's like how everyone back at home thinks immediately of London when we say we are moving to England. Well to put us on the map for you better. We are about an hour SW of London. It is a beautiful city. Very enchanting and quaint! Soo much history with the Winchester Cathedral, castle ruins, the author Jane Austin's house,etc, etc...it is unbelievable and we keep looking at each other and giggling...saying "pinch me, pinch me do we actually live here?". Well we do, Winchester is our new city, come visit us soon! We are already keeping tally of the places we want to show our visitors! Anyway, until we meet again this will be our blog. Our goal is to keep you up to speed on all we are doing in our new city...you know us, we don't sit still for too long so be sure to follow along closely. We love you dearly and as our site states until next time...FROM WINCHESTER WITH LOVE.

One of our fav neighborhood resturants in Winchester...Zizzi.