we can drink sipsmith martinis every day

best gin martini ever.
http://www.sipsmith.com/

We can go see ballet whilst eating crisps and drinking beer.

Over the weekend, the Royal Ballet did several performance of Romeo and Juliet at the o2 Arena in East London, as a way to make the ballet more accessible to everyone.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/arts/dance/royal-ballet-courts-the-masses-in-a-london-arena.html

we can go to all of Erdem Moralioglu's hot spots.

I seriously need to go to all of these.

http://www.vogue.co.uk/15thanniversary/contributors/101222-erdem.aspx

we can go to polo in the park

It's three days of international polo in June. We'll have to go when the American team is playing.

More info here.

we can go to pubs and drink pimm's cup.

Whenever it's warm...

we can spend sunny spring days at kew gardens.

These massive gardens, located in SW London, are home to 1 out of 8 of the world's plant species. They also have one of the world's largest compost heaps...

http://www.kew.org/

we can go to hardwick hall.

This amazing house was built by Bess of Hardwick, the second most powerful woman in Elizabethan England after the Queen. It also used an uncommon amount of glass for the time, hence the rhyme: Hardwick Hall, more window than wall. It was also featured on the BBC show Britain's Best Buildings and has one of Europe's finest collections of tapestries/textiles.

http://nttreasurehunt.wordpress.com/category/hardwick-hall/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/bbb.shtml

we can go to the columbia road flower market...

We can visit the Columbia Road Flower Market on Sundays to get fresh flowers for our flat for the week.

(images from here and here)

speaking of taxidermy... we need this

Christian Lacroix's new ad has this brilliant taxidermied zebra that puts a twist on the traditional hunting trophy. We need this in our weekend castle...

we can go see knut whenever we like.

According to DListed, he's going to be taxidermied and housed in London's Natural History Museum.
http://www.dlisted.com/taxonomy/term/790

we should do a rotel tour of malta

 

We can take a 10 day adventure, it's like The Orient Express, minus the tracks. You get your own bunk space on the bus and get to see the sites in style.

 

 Our route, covering the whole island. Maybe we'll even find Achilles.

Rotel.

we should have dinner in the sky.

 

This was mentioned on Black Eiffel and could either be amazing or cheesy.

Details available on the site here.

we should hang out in lincoln's inn to find barristers...

Central for law offices and the courts, we can go to Lincon's Inn Fields when the weather is nice to pick up barristers reading their briefs outdoors, and then head to El Vino wine bar.

map from here.

we can go to the british library

Located in the Bloomsbury section in London, it contains almost every book written in the English language (over 18 million books).

All one needs is a reader's ticket and they can access books on all six floors.
(images from google)

we can watch great historical dramas and comic relief on bbc.

Can you imagine a major American network airing a spoof show this sophisticated, much less a show like Downton Abbey airing? We can watch programming like this, along with some truly amazing trash TV, all the time.

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/03/downton_abbey_spoof.html

we can do our shopping at the borough market.

They have amazing lunch food there, including the magic that is raclette and lots of other delicious delicacies. We can also take home incredible spices from Arabica and cheeses from Neal's Dairy.

http://www.boroughmarket.org.uk/

we should brush up on our u english

'Noblesse Oblige' captures most of the class differences (available on amazon) in British English. Although slightly dated, we should still brush up on proper terminology.

For example:
'knave' over 'jack' for playing cards
'scent' over 'perfume'
'loo' over 'toilet'
'rich' over 'wealthy'
'what' over 'pardon'
'good health' over 'cheers'

we should rent one of these. or all three.

Culzean Castle

 Eastnor Castle

Ackergill Tower

we should get a big group of friends together to head up north for a long holiday full of champagne croquet, late night dinner parties and perhaps some falconry.

i need to marry this future duke.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_Alexander_Nelson_Hood

we should be free during the 100 days port eliot is open.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/07/gown-exhibit-dumaurier-cornwall?CMP=twt_gu

we should have brunch in brixton at the breakfast club.

All the food we serve is homemade (even the elderflower cordial!) we buy fruit and vegetables from Brixton Market and the farmers’ market and our coffee is from the lovely Federation Coffee.

http://www.whatrachelate.com/?cat=148

we should get this car.

vintage mini countryman convertible.

or we could go with this morgan.

we should live here.

Details: "An impressive freehold residence of nearly 7,000 sq ft which opens directly onto “secret” private communal gardens. Presented in excellent condition, the house benefits from a lift to all floors, air cooling and is wired for a Creston AV system. Accommodation: Master bedroom, 4 further bedroom suites, staff bedroom, further shower room, reception hall, 2 reception rooms, dining room, garden room, kitchen/breakfast room, staff kitchen, 3 cloakrooms, roof terrace, patio."

 property listed on sotheby's.