the perfect cup for tea

My favourite cup. A cup that is the right size, the right weight, the right colour, the right design and in some cases a nice history. A new addition to the cupboard but straight to the top place spot is this Tracey Emin designed cup. I'm a big TE fan. I find her art inspiring, exciting, challenging, emotional. I like her too and I think it's this personality that comes through in her work that draws me in. Bunny purchased this for me the day before starting my new job as a good luck gift - my own special mug for the studio. As it happens I leave it at home as I worry someone might borrow it and break it! The message on the back in all it's simplicity is how I feel when I fall in love - I wear my heart on my sleeve. Depending on my mood I can read it and fill it with emotion - urgency, desperation, sorrow, dreaminess. .........

And as for the front.............well need I say more

fishfinger s/wich #1

I'm caught up in a fishfinger sandwich obsession at the moment. Like when you return from a day's shopping spree with all new purchases in different shades of the same colour, I am finding myself eating them 3 or 4 times a week. Part of the process is in perfecting them and making sure the next is better than the previous. This one from last night was delicious and had addition of sundried tomatos. From research I have decided that the greenery has to be rocket only. Ketchup and Mayo definite additions. This simple dish which is so comforting and takes you back to your childhood will have pride and place at Love Street

Chanel Cloakroom

I popped into Beach Blanket Babylon in Shoreditch last night pre a client event and in my brief time there I managed to eat half a bowl of penny sweets and take this shot. The cloakroom attendant was diligently preparing for the evening to commence. I have sign envy and imagined only Chanel coats being allowed into this VIP cloakroom. I don't think my vintage fur coat would have cut the mustard so kept it on. The Chanel type and logo are so iconic and while I try not to succumb to labels it's one that has such romance about it I can't help but be drawn in.

The Whitechapel Gallery

I went to visit the Whitechapel Gallery this week with view to potentially use it for a creative forum type event. Unfortunately the main space was too small but it was such a treat to go around the gallery in private. When we walked into this room I was not sure if it was an installation or not - maybe I'd stumbled into the United Nations HQ. The tapestry is in fact the life size tapestry of Picasso's Guernica, his anti fascist message. Rockefeller who commissioned the tapestry donated it to the United Nations HQ where it has hung ever since as an anti war message. The blue curtain you see represents the curtain that was drawn across the tapestry when Colm Powell gave his infamous speech about WMD in Iraq. The round table is offered to anyone to use free of charge for meetings / debates whatever and the only requirement is that the discussion is recorded. These recordings are then collated and will make up a wider part of Goshka's exhibition. I thought this was a really lovely idea and now just need to think of a reason to get a few people together for a chat.

Pop-Up Cinema

We went to see Exit through the Gift Shop at the Lambeth Palace on Saturday. Situated under the arches near Waterloo Bridge in an authorised graffiti area the cinema was a real treat. Cosy warm with traditional red velvet seats and bottles of cider to see us through the film. There were also some rather crazy installations that had everyone reaching for their cameras - kinda like we were all at a zoo or something! I love this photo of Bunny posing by the ice cream van - it's like he's jumped into a cartoon world and the guy behind the counter with the Mona Lisa is a funny distraction. It's one of those art within art within art type scenarios.

Oh and the film? It was bloody amazing! We laughed out loud (highlight was Banksy revealing the million pounds he innocently made with princess diana's face - ooops) and exited with big smiles on our face. Result.

fish & chips #1

I love, love, love, love fish and chips. Can I imagine serving it in Love Street? - probably not. Mainly because I don't believe I could do it justice. A fish-finger sandwich though is another matter and I've been working on perfecting this of late. I'll be showing the results when I'm satisfied. This was taken the other week at The Refinery behind the tate modern. It was not my meal so can't comment on taste sensation but I thought the presentation was fun.

how do you like your eggs

This chocolate is from Fortnum & Mason and was too good just to eat without a thought. It needed admiring and playing with for some time beforehand. I amused myself greatly with the makeshift frying pan (camera lens cap) and the way my little chocolate heart became a heart egg. The minute detail on the chocolate also becomes more apparent when you look at it against the thread of the cotton pillow. It really did taste as good as it looked.