Christmas Bucket List

This is the plan: 1. Make snow angles for 2 hours 2. Go ice skating 3. Eat an entire roll of Tollhouse cookie dough 4. Snuggle.

Sorry I just finished watching Elf & couldn't help myself. 

In addition to watching Elf, this past weekend me, Julia, Kim, Nina, Adrianne, & Brittany went all around London finding anything to do that would get us into the Christmas spirit. To start off the day we headed to Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland. 

A view of the Winter Wonderland last in the day. So pretty at night!

Nutella Pretzels. Best idea ever.

Nina & Kim on the swinging chairs. Looks a little cold up there!

Next stop: The Natural History Museum's Ice Rink

This is definitely the most beautiful place to go for ice skating around the holidays. Especially late in the afternoon when the Museum & surrounding trees are lit up.

We had a long day, so we all were very excited to get in bed & warm up before heading to Damarios for a delish Italian dinner. 

Another Night in London

I love walking around London at this time of year! All the stores and restaurants are decked out in greenery & lights. Puts me in the best mood! Bellaria was no different!

One of Oxford Circus' witty holiday signs.

Bellaria is a cozy Italian restaurant in Oxford Circus I found on Top Table. I usually find recommendations for restaurants through friends & family, but Top Table didn't let us down. 

We loved our own personal cove in the basement. We could chat & laugh as loud as we wanted! 

Cheers! 

Love Barrio Central!

After dinner we took a short walk over to soho for a couple drinks.

Mojito-what else would I get?

I am not totally sure what the bartender was putting into this particular cocktail, but when he lit it on fire it smelled like cinnamon! So Christmassy! 

Turkey Day with Tea

Since we did not have the traditional turkey option for Thanksgiving, we decided to splurge and treat ourselves to The Mad Hatter High Tea at the Sanderson Hotel. 

Little potion bottles with our choices of tea

The Mad Hatter Tea was certainly a little "mad." We were served chocolates in the shape of tea cups, cheesecakes that looked like tear drops, and even magic marshmallow mushrooms.

Plus, we all may have been talking a little too loud for tea and made a bit of a raucous. But hey, people don't call us "loud Americans" for nothing. 

After a fun day at the Sanderson hotel, we were please to see that it was dark outside and Oxford Street was all up in lights! 

I love the holidays