When I boarded the tube a few days ago, following a conversation with a friend who is moving to Hong Kong, I began questioning why I am so loyal to ruddy old England. I was surrounded by sweating, angry-looking beings, all of whom were ignoring each other, regardless of the fact that their personal space was being shamelessly invaded. Just when I too was considering a little change of location, I looked up and saw a crazed man looking up at the ceiling and talking to himself. Then I looked down. On his lap, the newspaper was folded - in a very familiar way - so just the crossword and clues were visible.
I'm sticking in England, with my people.
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Saturday, 10 March 2012
Sweetest thing I have ever seen
Yesterday I saw the sweetest thing I have ever seen (one of).
I was haughtily striding through Euston tube station and I saw a busker with half an arm playing a guitar. A small sandy haired child was staring at him in the way that children do, with no embarrassment or guilt.
I passed the child and his father, and I over heard his father say "You can do anything you put your mind to."
#film-like moment.
(Joking with the hashtag)
I was haughtily striding through Euston tube station and I saw a busker with half an arm playing a guitar. A small sandy haired child was staring at him in the way that children do, with no embarrassment or guilt.
I passed the child and his father, and I over heard his father say "You can do anything you put your mind to."
#film-like moment.
(Joking with the hashtag)
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Monday, 27 February 2012
LFW 2012
The Saturday of London Fashion Week - unfortunately the only day I could get to due to prior engagements - saw Somerset house predictably full of hot babes, photographers and fashionistas a plenty.
Didn't get to any shows but the NEWGEN collection was great - particularly the beaut Christopher Kane model, Grace Veenman.
I also very much liked the millinery work of one William Chambers. His hats and fascinators were fabulous - featuring leather flowers, the style of which reminded me of the factory I went to in New York, M&S Schmalberg (http://afingo.tumblr.com/post/12196347367/afingo-tours-m-s-schmalberg-fabric-flower-factory).
All in all, a fun, buzzy and well executed event that makes one proud of London's fashion - with Somerset House being the perfect location for the reams of photographers and bloggers and press and models and fashionista types.
Didn't get to any shows but the NEWGEN collection was great - particularly the beaut Christopher Kane model, Grace Veenman.
I also very much liked the millinery work of one William Chambers. His hats and fascinators were fabulous - featuring leather flowers, the style of which reminded me of the factory I went to in New York, M&S Schmalberg (http://afingo.tumblr.com/post/12196347367/afingo-tours-m-s-schmalberg-fabric-flower-factory).
I was also impressed by Bank jewellery designers. I had never seen pieces like them, which I think is an impressive feat for jewellery ranges. There were some animals and anchors and normal things like that, but also some beautiful rings. My favourite were probably these tiny ships in tubes.
The Antipodeum Salon Show in the Embankment Gallery Showcase was great. Geoffrey J Finch outdid himself with these slick cuts and range of fabrics, including fur and plastics.
All in all, a fun, buzzy and well executed event that makes one proud of London's fashion - with Somerset House being the perfect location for the reams of photographers and bloggers and press and models and fashionista types.
Thursday, 23 February 2012
G&T recipes - mit rhubarb
I have been recently experimenting with variations on my tipple (revolting word), BEVERAGE of choice. This evening I added some boiled rhubarb to it and although it looks like sick or underwater foliage, I think on the whole it was a success.
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
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