On a wander around Westbourne Grove this weekend I came across this amazing geometric mural splashed across the end of a terrace and dappled in low winter sun. For the New Year it’s a clear candidate for a new Twitter wallpaper – revolved and repeated into the abstract aztec style pattern below – it feels fantastic. Chef’s Kiss!
It’s nearly time to say goodbye to 2011 so here are eleven of my favourite songs from this year. Chef’s Kiss!
Machu Picchu – The Strokes
Holiday – Chris Coco
Kill For Love – Chromatics
The Look – Metronomy
Going To A Town – Flowers and Sea Creatures
Beautiful Object – Glass Candy
Into The Night – Azari & III
I Can Get Love – Toro Y Moi
How Deep Is Your Love – The Rapture
Nap On The Bow – New Look
Daylight – Thundercat
What’s that scent? Halston Man of course. Spiced, light and decadent, with a lingering clean citrus feel – this eau de toilette comes in a shiny curved flask and is fast becoming a new favourite. Chef’s Kiss!
Chef is very pleased with this blue jumper given by Sequin Sue. It’s from COS and is knitted from cashmere wool that runs from minty green to pale blue to heather, and then back again, over and over, for a hazy soft look. Chef’s Kiss!
On Bonfire Night Chef and Sue wandered to Ravenscourt Park for a fireworks bonanza and a go on the bright lit spinning ride. Here are some pictures of the sky that night. Chef’s Kiss!
Happy Halloween. Today, Chef is facing down the spirits with these Moomin Hattifatteners, in white and black on a wooden badge. Spectral, Chef’s Hiss!
It’s nearly Halloween and so it’s time to reveal Two Face – the pumpking of Stamford Brook – he smiles on one side and snarls on the other. Beastly. Chef’s Hiss!
With menacing bleeps and a sinister tale, today’s treat is Chef’s favourites Glass Candy, heralding Halloween for the last time in their scary video directed by Alberto Rossini. Deathly, Chef’s Hiss!
And on we go – today, a little glimmer of light in the dark with these neon green aviator shades – cheap and fearful, and available from the V&A postmodernism shop. Lethal, Chef’s Kiss!
No Halloween count down can be without a pumpkin or two, so to start off small here’s a munchkin from Waitrose – carved with a star and just right for a tea light. Chef’s Kiss!
