Sophie C : Sophie Do

What I especially love about having a camera on my phone is that I can take photos of things I wouldn’t have had the chance to ten years ago.  Things I would have had to attempt to remember, and in all likelihood just completely forget.  Like when you’re walking along, and you suddenly come across … Continue reading »

It’s been six weeks since I returned to the hive of a busy office. I had forgotten that the stereotypes are 99% true. Here’s my Top 10 employees… I’m pretty sure they exist in EVERY office! Manager Bees: 1. The Control Freak: Masks his own failings by constantly barking orders at others and questioning all … Continue reading »

Although I live in central London I am lucky enough to find myself absolutely surrounded by cherry blossom trees come spring-time, and I just cannot resist getting out my camera to snap them when they’re in full bloom.  Sadly the wind has now blown their boughs clean, but on the plus side that does mean … Continue reading »

Yes, summer is almost upon us.  Yes, the sun is finally out.  Yes, it has been pretty damn hot over the last couple of weekends.  Yes, I imagine you would be sweaty and uncomfortable if you are wearing jeans.  And yes, I’m sure you’d like nothing better than to strip off and feel the sun … Continue reading »

Favourite lunch // mmm… posh burger @ Cobblers Cove, Barbados Favourite dairy // Goat’s cheese @ Soller market, Mallorca Favourite snack // Vanilla fairy cakes – homemade, of course! Favourite with toast // love, love, love Marmite Favourite impulse-buy (because they just smell TOO good) // Freshly sugar-roasted peanuts @ Tower Bridge Favourite salad // Avocado, … Continue reading »

Just wanted to post something short and sweet this afternoon, to share a little piece of my weekend… I had a great afternoon in South London with good friends yesterday – an art exhibition featuring Ben’s brilliant work, accompanied by the musical stylings of Germano and Sarah in celebration of Gabriel’s recovery.  Love to them … Continue reading »

Some good news to start this post – after three months of very enjoyable lazing about I have finally got a job. I started on Monday. And, now, very nearly the weekend, I can safely say that this has been the slowest week I’ve experienced in a long time. Being employed really isn’t all it’s … Continue reading »

…………………………………………………………………………………………………… ‘At this stage in his life, his main criterion for choosing a career was that it should sound good in a bar, shouted into a girl’s ear, and there was no denying that “I’m a professional photographer” was a fine sentence, almost up there with “I report from war zones” and “actually, I make … Continue reading »

When exactly did children start getting such good ‘stuff’?  When I was younger (ugh, I don’t mean to sound like some sort of pensioner) everything was so much less ‘cool’ (okay, yes, sorry, putting the word cool in speech marks certainly does put me into the pensioner category).  Here’s some evidence I gathered first-hand from … Continue reading »

Okay, so, I’m not a ‘proper’ Londoner, because I was born in Kent, but that’s just a minor technicality – I live here and I love it, so in my mind that more than qualifies me.  I don’t think there’s anywhere else in the world I’d so easily forgive for being so overcrowded, polluted and … Continue reading »

Topic #71: Write a haiku about something that drives you nuts. Write it in a post. . Hate those slow walkers, Like snails along the pavement: GET OUT OF MY WAY! . I know it shouldn’t annoy me, but it really really does.  Especially in London, where it’s so crowded sometimes, and anyone not walking with … Continue reading »

Let me set the scene: It’s lunchtime.  I am sitting in a cafe.  Slowly eating a bowl of soup.  And a wedge of bread and butter.  In my hands is a book.  A copy of Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ no less.  I am happily reading my book.  I am happily eating my lunch.  There is nothing in … Continue reading »

Topic #73: Grab the nearest book (or website) to you right now. Jump to paragraph 3, second Sentence. Write it in a post. I wasn’t intending on doing a post on this topic, but after picking up the book at the top of the pile next to me, opening it at a random page, and … Continue reading »

News that made me smile today… even although it’s a Monday, which, as everyone knows, is the hardest day to raise a smile Good news for dog-lovers – or, more specifically, I should say lovers of this little fellow in particular: . Adorable isn’t he?  There’s nothing more effective than using a cute animal to dupe the … Continue reading »

So far, 2011 has me at a bit of a loss.  Last December I was feeling really positive about quitting my job and was looking forward to a fresh new start in a whole new year.  But now, half way through March, I’m wondering where the last three months have gone and realising that I’ve … Continue reading »

Within in the last month I have been on the receiving end of some particularly poorly-made cups of tea.  For this reason I feel that it is appropriate to document how it should be done. In just six easy steps. Would-be tea-makers take heed! . The Kettle. Make sure it is clean.  Limescale is a … Continue reading »

So, after signing up to WordPress last year I very much neglected the actual process of writing on my blog, and therefore pretty much completely defeated the purpose of setting it up in the first place.  But this is something I’m now aiming to rectify. You see, from this week onwards I will attempt to … Continue reading »

As it’s so cold outside right now I want to post some photos of two amazing weeks I spent in Barbados in January, where I lived in flip-flops and completely forgot what it felt like to wear a coat or scarf. _____ South Coast: Crane Beach, my favourite place on the island The water is … Continue reading »

I have a serious case of snow envy today.  The Home Counties have been swathed in the stuff overnight, and yet the majority of London has received only a sprinkling in comparison.  As I peered out from behind my window blinds in the early hours of the morning I presumed that it was just raining, … Continue reading »