24 July 2015

Must try! Scrambled eggs on toast, as made by Ian McKellen (http://www.grubstreet.com/2015/07/ian-mckellen-eggs.html)

Some soul-searching to find ways to be who I want to be

Should I go freelance? Check Whitefox/Notion Press

23 July 2015

Palladian architecture

Dandies

Savory cornflakes (courtesy Valan)

Googling Kit Harington

Oh! and news about high tea at Brew Room! 

22 July 2015

Making a proper effort to wear my new reading glasses 

London Underground Map design - http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150720-the-london-underground-map-the-design-that-shaped-a-city 

Johnston typeface - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston_(typeface) 

Humanist typefaces - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans-serif#Humanist

Must use: Petit Serif, Hammersmith One, Sabon Next, Gill Sans, Frutiger, Optima, Baskerville, Perpetua

Must do: Listen to more music, especially opera; Find fish sandwiches!

Retire to a house in the hills?

Random thoughts while watching Kung Fu Panda 2

Oh look! They've gone for the Indonesian shadow puppet look this time. Gorgeous!

They have peacocks in China??

Po and Jack Black are pretty interchangable.

The greatest thing anyone will ever do in their life is to bring up a child. (Cant believe I thought that)

Po's story is a bit like Harry Potter's.

Why didnt the peacock just kill the soothsaying Ram when he took over?

That was good! Not on the same level as the first movie but still v good.

Its only been 1.45 hours. Felt like much longer though...

Raw Mango

Yesterday, I visited the Raw Mango exhibition/sale at Amethyst. Raw Mango is a good name for a label, and in this case its particularly apt. The collection is full of lime green, hot pink and other such slightly offbeat colours, which somehow seem to work surprisingly well shot through with silver and gold. The collection was called Songs of the Sparrow and pivotted around a simple sparrow, embroidered in various colours. Lotuses, paisleys and other motifs that form an integral part of the vocabulary of Indian design also found their place among the birds.

While all this feel-good (we are promoting traditional crafts!), luxury (amazingly soft material, vibrant colours, designer cache) Indianness doesnt come cheap, its not so far out of the realm of the possible either. By that I mean that I bought two saris. A mustard yellow/orange one with flashes of gold and a fushia pink one with delicate silver lines. All very diaphanous and luminous. Cant wait to find the right occasion for them!

Find of the day

We can play Angry Birds on PC! The human hand is of course easier to use than the mouse but for those of us who dont have touchscreen/smart/apple/android phones, at least, we now have a way to get our daily fix.
Goody.

The best part about going away...

...is the getting back. A week in Erode has made home feel fresh and beautiful again. Which reminds me, I better change the paintings, replace the cushions, give the dog a bath....