Riverside pub in the heart of Oxford. These riverside locations are beautiful to sit and have a scenic luncheon with friends! They also have B&B. Inking this one into my sketchbook! I love the names that these English people give to their pubs! They have their own little charm! Location: The Head of the River Folly Bridge, St Aldate’s, Oxford Contact: +44 1865 721600 … Continue reading Oxford | The Head Of The River
I don’t know if you all have noticed but New York has a signature style in their dwellings. They have a metal stair case on their street frontages. Has that rough, rugged look. So many movies and TV series have taken us through them. The balcony scene in West Side Story, Spiderman etc. Anyway, this one in 9th Street was captured on paper by me! Continue reading NY Moments | Staircase on Street Frontage
The Headington Shark is a rooftop sculpture located at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford, England, depicting a large shark (25 foot to be specific) embedded head-first in the roof of a house. It’s creepy, but it has become a piece of history for Oxford! It had ‘crashed into the roof’ without planning permission, in August 1986, the 41st anniversary of the dropping of the second atomic bomb … Continue reading Oxford Moments | Shark On The Rooftop
Hertford Bridge is a skyway joining two parts of Hertford College over New College Lane in Oxford, England. Its distinctive design makes it a city landmark. Known to the locals as the ‘bridge of sighs’ because college students would sigh under it on their way to take their exams. It’s a pretty bridge, and you can walk underneath the bridge to the Turf Tavern and sympathize with the students over a pint. It … Continue reading Oxford | The Bridge Of Sighs
Nope! This is not your council run local library. It’s a “members’ club tailored to the design, literary and theater worlds.” They have everything from book discussions to whisky tastings to exhibitions to theater night to live music. It’s a creative hub for the creatively curious minds. I cannot review this place because I have never been inside it. Didn’t you notice the “members’ club” … Continue reading London Moments | Library London
Oxford has many little streets, and I tried recreating one in my sketchbook! This is how Wesley Memorial Church looks like from the St. Michael’s Street! Accompanying my sketch is a picture I captured of the same with my iPad! Continue reading Oxford Moments | Pretty Little Streets
The Bora Booktique 