05/08/2013

city of dreaming spires

summer bucket list | pretend to be a tourist in my home town


oooh look pretty buildings

Despite living in Oxford for 16 years i'd never once walked around and appreciated it 
and i felt that such a beautiful city deserved to be appreciated every once in a while, y'know?

So Matilda and I pretended to be tourists on this blue-skied morning last week, and then fell asleep in the park


And this little shop deserves a special mention because it's just so perf;
lying almost forgotten in a little side street.
It's a time capsule literally spilling with vintage goodies, everything from '50s evening dresses to '80s comic books.

I told Zoe (fashiononymous) about it when she was visiting oxford last summer and she posted about it here (check it out!)

And, being named after my favourite (debatably) mythical creature, i could say it's pretty magical. 

9 comments:

  1. Ah this place looks so awesome! I went to Oxford in Easter just for a day-wish I'd known about this place then. Definitely want to go back some time
    Lucia xx

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  2. Just the name of that shop makes me want to get in! I would love to visit Oxford someday, it looks really nice! :)

    Fashionably Sparkly

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  3. Awww the buildings are soo pretty, omg! x

    http://crystalcosmicchic.blogspot.co.uk/

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  4. I might travel to England next year, so I will definitely take a look! (if I remember)

    Lovely blog, following you!
    Bian | Mortem Blonde

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  5. wow, i wish i lived in the pink house, it'd be so cool, haha! x

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  6. hey, I'm from Oxford too and I think I might actually go to the same school as you, but I was just wondering if you could check out my blog?
    xx
    jess
    wildvagabondss.blogspot.com

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  7. I would live in that store....

    Kate from Clear the Way

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  8. Ha, love it-being tourist in your on town/city. I've never been but looking at these photos, I sure are missing out.

    xoxo
    Ivy
    http://www.purrpleivy.com/

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