Showing posts with label ISABELLE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ISABELLE. Show all posts

Monday, June 3, 2013

PLACES: WHEN THE SUN SHINES


DID YOU KNOW THAT LONDON IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLACE WHEN THE SUN SHINES?
ON SUNDAY MORNING WE WAKE UP TO GOLDEN LIGHT, AND WE GET AN URGE TO HEAD EAST.
SO WE HOP ON THE MOTO AND GO FOR AN ADVENTURE,
BOHEMIAN DRESS FLAPPING IN THE BREEZE. 

(WE WOULDN'T RECOMMEND TAKING PHOTOS ON YOUR PHONE WHILE MOVING AT HIGH SPEEDS. BUT WHAT CAN WE SAY? WE LIKE TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY.
WE WERE GOING EAST AND FEELING, YOU KNOW, EDGY.)

AND THEN WE LAND, AND LOOK AT THINGS 
ON THAT EASTERN BLOCK.




VISIT AN OLD FAVOURITE, THE MOST CHARMING TANNER &LAWSON
AND FALL COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH SOME RATHER ROMANTIC FOXES

AND THEN WE GO FLOWER PICKING,

AND COLOUR SWATCHING.



THATS ALL VERY TIRING.
SO WE CALL OUR MAIN MUSE ISI, AND HER MAIN MAN, AND WE PULL UP A CHAIR TO CATCH UP AND CATCH SOME RAYS.
AS USUAL, SHE IS ALL CHIC IN BROWN SUEDE AND BALLERINAS. 


AND WE GET A MOVE ON TO FEED OUR BOHEMIAN BELLIES TO STAVE OFF WINE-INDUCED SUNSTROKE



AND BEFORE WE REALLY KNOW IT,
ITS TIME TO GO BACK TO WHERE WE CAME FROM, BEFORE THE SUN COMPLETELY DISAPPEARS.
BUT NOT BEFORE STUMBLING UPON
SOME PRETTY AMAZING SPARKLY SHOES WE SPY ON COLUMBIA ROAD:


ONE OF OUR BROTHERS SAYS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BEARD OR A BIKE IN EAST LONDON, YOU'RE KIND OF AN ASSHOLE.
WE HAVE NEITHER, SO WE KNOW TO LAY LOW AND WHEN TO GO HOME.
AND WE LAND AGAIN IN THE WEST, WITH AN ARMFUL OF PINK PEONIES AND A PINK NOSE.

ITS MONDAY TODAY. BUT ITS SUNNY. 
WE'RE INTO IT.



Sunday, May 29, 2011

FILM: THE BIG NIGHT

I AM CONSTANTLY REMINDED AND CONSISTENTLY ENCHANTED BY THE NOTION OF LIFE AS A BANQUET (THANK YOU AUNTIE MAME).
AND REALLY, WHO BETTER TO DEMONSTRATE SUCH A TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE AS A DELICIOUS DINNER THAN STANLEY (TUCCI) AND THE ALWAYS PROVOCATIVE ISABELLA (ROSSELINI) IN THIS CULT CLASSIC:
SCENES FROM ANOTHER KIND OF BIG NIGHT; A BIG BIRTHDAY FETE FIT FOR A PRINCE, UP ON THE ROOFTOP:
WEEKS WERE SPENT HAND CUTTING AND STITCHING YARDS AND YARDS OF WHITE BUNTING, WHICH FLAPPED OVER A FEAST OF ARANCINI, ROASTED TOMATO PORKLOIN, SAFFRON PAPARDELLE AND CHOCOLATE CAKE. SURELY PRIMO WOULD  APPROVE. 

Saturday, April 9, 2011

BOHEMIANS: ISABELLE, SPOTTED.



ITEM No. IT 0002: LIMITED EDITION ICON TROUSERS IN CLASSIC LEOPARD.
(LIMITED EDITION MEANS WE MAKE A HANDFUL)
100% COTTON STRETCH, MACHINE WASHABLE.
SIZES 2, 4 AND 6.
$228.00 USD