Beautiful Scraps

>> Ah, month goes by and another Assouline-published book gets added to the "List of Coffee Table Books to Buy Before I Become Too Old to Carry them With My Arthritis-Induced Hands".  The list is growing of course because somehow things like solo meals at indulgently expensive restaurants, impulse buys at Topshop and duped-buys at… Continue reading Beautiful Scraps

Cases and Scribbles

Holidays are coming, so says Coca Cola, DFS, Currys/PC World and anyone else who wishes to instill in me a sense of X'Mas spirit in products that err… aren't all that festive at all.  I'm also starting to get the "Would you like to compile gift guides for your readers?" emails that come like clockwork… Continue reading Cases and Scribbles

Home Comfort

>> I was aghast when it opened.  I almost ALWAYS say "Bah… " like an agitated OAP, whenever I walk past it.  Then one rainy day with time to kill, I did what I never thought I would and went into TK Maxx on Charing Cross Road, where once upon a time, Borders lay.  Don't… Continue reading Home Comfort

Marvelling at Marble

Alright, yesterday was a bit chunky and a bit zany with colour.  It may or may not have given you a headache.  I'm soothing one at the moment.  I blame the Rioja last night though.  So here's to gentler things today with some marble marvels that I've come across of late.  Anna Jazewitsch is a… Continue reading Marvelling at Marble