Health kick update

Painting by Tamara de Lempicka
I haven't done too well today on the exercise front today.  Bit of an understatement!   I got up at 10am and had my lemon and hot water followed by an English breakfast tea on the terrace in the sun.  Amazing we actually had some sun at last!   I had a call to say my afternoon meeting had been moved.
Then I thought I'd have a lie down for half an hour and woke up

Gorgeous green

Hedy Lamarr looking fabulous in green
This post is dedicated to the lovely Alex who's favourite colour is green.  I'm always looking out for green things for her on Ebay.
I rarely wear anything green although I love it as a colour.  I love brightly coloured make-up and I wear an Urban Decay emerald green glittery eyeliner a lot.

I own one dark green dress which I wore last week.  It's quite

My favourite painting

La Dormeuse, 1927 by Tamara de Lempicka
I love Tamara de Lempicka's paintings and this is my favourite.  I have five of her paintings.  I bought it in New York about twenty years ago.  I remember thinking it was really expensive, about $1000 which was a lot for me at the time.  It's a screen print from the original and is very good quality.  Everyone that comes round likes it.  It has a lovely

Madonna's Manhattan apartment

Photography by Steven MeiselMadonna for Vogue Italia, 1991
I love to look at people's houses and how they put things together. I have a huge collection of World of Interiors, House and Garden and Elle Decoration. I love any books on interiors and seeing great design from any period, but I especially adore antiques. I think they made things with a quality you rarely see these days.
It would be