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Year-end Wrap-up, 2010!

2010 was a pretty wild year with lots of life changes. I spent the first half in southern California and the second half up north and then in London! It was last January that I found out it’d been accepted to grad school, and now here I am about to start my second semester. It’s crazy. I miss California, especially the warm weather, my friends, and the beach, my cat and my family, but I’m loving being in England so much.  I really feel like this was meant to be, like some strange force is pushing me toward my goals.  I have a lot I want to accomplish in 2011, a good deal of which has to do with the subjects of this website.

One of the cool things about pond hopping (and continuing with the location scouting theme from previous posts) is that I saw a lot of places where Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier lived, worked, played, etc, as well as exhibits and other things.  So, to wrap things up for 2010, here are some photos I took this past year.

I hope you all have a bright, joyful, and prosperous new year!  Thanks for all of your amazing support in 2010!

Kendra


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Classic film poster exhibit at AMPAS

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Merry Christmas from VivandLarry.com!

The holidays are here!  Snow has blanketed the ground, and everyone is going home or elsewhere for Christmas (or trying to–the airports are closed!).  I’m spending Christmas in Scotland, but before I go, I wanted to leave a little gift to all of the lovely Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier fans out there.

I know updates at vivandlarry.com have been lacking since this past summer, but hopefully bigger and better things will be happening soon.  As a Christmas gift, here are 20 new photos of Larry and Vivien.  I hope you enjoy them.  Some are quite rare!  Huge thanks to my good friend Mark for sharing some of his amazing collection with me and therefore you as well 🙂

Happy holidays!

Kendra

Vivien Leigh waves to her fans and photographers in 1946

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Flowers for Vivien Leigh

Yesterday, in honor of Vivien Leigh’s birthday, I decided to get some flowers and take them to 54 Eaton Square.  I have to admit I was hesitant and felt a little strange doing it.  But I know from the Viv and Larry Facebook page how many people talk about going to Eaton Square when/if they go to London.  So, I decided to represent the fans at large.

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Classical to Soothe the Soul

This past Thursday, I attended a baroque concert at the famous St Martin in the Fields church in Trafalgar Square.  The programme was Mozart, Pachelbel, Bach, Handel, Purcell, more Mozart, and Vivaldi performed by the City of London Sinfonia.  This is not the first time I had seen a classical concert at St Martin in the Fields, but it was the first time that I’d seen a program so packed full of beautiful music!
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