Tom’s parents were on their way back from Italy, so they stopped in to see us for the day. They brought us quirky little pencils, mine was a cat and Tom’s was a rabbit.

We started off the day with brunch at Cafe Laville, the restaurant over Maida Hill tunnel, and then had the clever idea of taking a canal boat from Little Venice to Camden. Tom’s Dad found a pair of bright yellow reading glasses in Italy, which have a magnet in between the two lenses, so you can pull them on and off quickly. Very futuristic and Euro chic!

The boat trip was lovely and I spotted many potential future houses. When we got to Camden, we went for a drink at the Hawley Arms, where Allison from America’s Next Top Model was taking photos of herself in the mirror in the toilets. We then continued our pub crawl to Gordon’s Wine Bar at Embankment.

We went to see the 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square, where a rather boring woman was trying to promote the shoes she sells. She was on her phone for most of what we saw. I’m going to start watching the live stream and get addicted.

On the subject of shoes, I saw these dreamy sets in the window of Irregular Choice. We interviewed their creator, Damien Child for the new issue of Snippets. In the evening we went for dinner at Vapiano’s and had coffee on Carnaby Street.

Tags: camden, canal, cats, irregular choice, little venice, regents canal, tom, tom's parents, trafalgar square

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