RATHER THAN sit around watching the terrible progression of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and waiting for the awful news that seems all but inevitable, we're keeping ourselves busy with work as the distraction of choice. It's also made us realise that we've haven't had a chance to visit any places in Eastern Europe yet, despite the fact one of our writers was from Ukraine...
MORNINGS FOR THE PAST WEEK have begun with chocolate croissants and a freshly-baked baguette from a pastelería in our neighbourhood that won World Confectioner 2018 and couldn’t be more deserving. Everything in their pastry cases looks absolutely perfect and incredibly delicious.
A FEW STOLEN MOMENTS here & there, of what has been happening around here lately . . . snakeskin pumps and marble staircases, quaint narrow laneways & romantic cobblestone streets, castles and antique china and white wicker baskets at favourite florists, gilded chairs and bedroom toile and roses, roses, roses, and it’s all in a day’s work . . .