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!

10 comments:

Darlene said...

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?

mary said...

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.

Darlene said...

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

mary said...

And they serve proper strong tea, Darlene!

Lucille said...

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

mary said...

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

StuckInABook said...

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... :)

mary said...

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!

StuckInABook said...

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

mary said...

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