Chinese New Year is always good fun with friends in London but nothing beats the smell of burning incense in the humid air, the sound of crickets and the whirring fan, the familiar sounds of metal spoons clinking against thickly scratched glass mugs, why hello, Singapore.

Into the future

Sometimes when you look out of the sky, you marvel at the beauty of nature-- big strokes of rich and princely colors cross the skies on an evening like this, teasing and beckoning me to my love in the castles of the kings. I drag a heavy suitcase of worldly possessions hurriedly down the stairs of montparnasse and skip onto the bullet train to a new beginning. On Friday 27 Jan 2012, we got pacsed.

Autumn in Kensington Palace, an evening of fashion and fairy tales

WHAT DO PRINCESSES DREAM OF?

The Candle's burnt out long before the legend ever will.

 

Kensington Gardens November 2011

The last two months have been a bit of a whirlwind and there are lots of bits bubbling here and there, and having had to move out of my flat, relying on the kindness of friends who are putting me up in their lovely home in Clapham, I really couldn't ask for me - and thus the lack of updates. I digress.

Last autumn we visited the Kensington Palace for the 'Enchanted Palace' installation. 

A beautifully crafted view of the royal residence, bringing to life the history of royals who have inhabited Kensington Palace.

Each room was themed, each representing a princess who lived, and died, often of a tragic death. It was a quest and a little adventure to guess which princess the room was designed for.

 Brilliant lighting by Chris Levine

A dress for a rebellious princess 

 The room of lost children

Peter, the Wild Boy 

the room of dancing princesses

Magical. Exquisite. Whimsical. Mysterious.

 

17 December 2011 -- last day at the breakfast club