Sunday, 20 February 2011

No wonder I was still thinking pink when I went to this exhibition of Chinese robes at the V&A.
(Even though the emperor's colour was yellow.)
I'd just been to tea at this very pink teashop.
A hop and a skip from the house where Mozart once lived. (I'm sure Mozart would have liked tea and layer cakes.)
And then I nipped in to a very desirable parfumerie for a free spritz of rose absolue scent.
It is a very exclusive part of London.
There were piles of tweedy blankets on the benches outside another cafe, so customers could snuggle over a cappuccino on chilly days.
And nobody had nicked them.
How posh is that!
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10 comments:

  1. Darlene20 February 2011 at 18:37

    The links wouldn't work for me, Mary, but I did whip over to the V&A website for a peek. I could weep for all the wonderful exhibits I am missing. What is the name of the teashop so I can weep over that as well?

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  2. mary20 February 2011 at 18:40

    I think you beat me to it, Darlene... I'd only just finished writing and hadn't done the links yet. But the teashop is the new Peggy Porschen shop. For a real sugar high.

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  3. Darlene20 February 2011 at 22:20

    Oh my goodness! THAT is going on my list of places to visit...definitely!

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  4. mary20 February 2011 at 22:22

    And they serve proper strong tea, Darlene!

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  5. Lucille23 February 2011 at 21:48

    Might have to change our venue Mary and then I can pass by your deli for an olive tin too!

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  6. mary23 February 2011 at 22:18

    You have to time it right for those olive tins, Lucille! They don't linger long on the pavement.

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  7. StuckInABook24 February 2011 at 14:13

    Hi Mary, 'Speaking of Love' was in your currently-reading, and now it is not... did you finish or give up? I love this book, and was hoping you would too... :)

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  8. mary24 February 2011 at 17:26

    I gave up, Simon ... I'd read so many good things about this since Cornflower chose it for her bookgroup, but somehow it didn't realIy take off for me. I started it twice but never got very far into it before something else began to look more enticing. I see that I made it as far as pg 60 - not far given the length of time it's been sitting around - but that story-telling festival scenario put me off ... even as a child I didn't like fairy stories. I think it simply wasn't the right book for me. And so eventually I faced up to the fact that currently-reading was more likely currently-fallen-down-back-of-the sofa!

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  9. StuckInABook27 February 2011 at 22:17

    What a pity! But we have so many other books in common that I shan't mind :)

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  10. mary27 February 2011 at 23:33

    Maybe one day I'll give it another try, Simon.

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