Farm Girl, Notting Hill

Although we live in Cambridge, when Summer comes around we try to make the most of the warmer weather and head to London most weekends for brunch and a wander around our favourite neighbourhoods. We live just near the station, so can be from our front door to a cafe in less than an hour.

If we weren’t in Cambridge, I’d live in Notting Hill in a heartbeat. I love the leafy streets, the pretty pastel terrace houses, hunting for vintage treasures at the Portobello Road market, and settling into one of the bohemian little cafes for hours on end with brunch, the weekend papers and plenty of coffee (go on a Saturday for the markets and Friday or Sunday if you want the place to yourselves).

Dress // bag // sandals // sunglasses // purse

After a particularly hectic couple of weeks, this weekend we made the most of the blazing sunshine and headed to Farm Girl (one of my favourite new cafes at the start of Portobello Road) for rose lattes and a stack of berry pancakes. If you’re lucky, you can get one of the pink tables (pretty much made just for Instagram) outside on a sunny day, where they don’t mind how long you loiter.

Afterwards we wandered over to Westbourne Grove to restock at Aesop and pick up a new candle for summer at Diptyque (Choisya, which smells of gorgeous orange blossom on a warm evening), and then spent the afternoon strolling those gorgeous leafy streets and imaginary house-hunting (we’ll take the big white mansion overlooking the private garden, thank you very much).

Wearing: Boohoo lace dress (also in black) // Valentino bag // Miu Miu purse (very similar style here) // Zara sandals (old, but very similar style on sale here) // Tom Ford sunglasses // Lulu Frost crystal necklace + ring // J.Crew pearls // Michael Kors watch.
Beauty: Estee Lauder ‘Wicked Sweet’ liquid lipstick // NARS ‘Orgasm’ blush // Deborah Lippmann ‘Naked‘ nailpolish.

What are your favourite weekend traditions after a hectic week? And do share any favourite London gems that we should visit next!

Love, Miss B xx

Photos by Amber-Rose