westendmum

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About me

Gender Female
Location London, United Kingdom
Introduction First time mother of Erbie (August 2008) with a long suffering partner – The Guardian Reader (The GR). And a trying mother-in-law – The Belle Mere.
Interests fashion, design, books, cinema, France, Greece, London, Avignon, cakes, cooking, flora and fauna, sloe gin, cocktail bars, afternoon tea, Liberty, NYC, hotels, gardening, allotments, real ale, seaside, picnics, traveling, typography, photography, art, collage, the sixties, Biba, Twiggy, Blondie, Gerry's, Soho, Noho, blackberries, toadstools, caterpillars, lichen, tea, coffee, writing, beauty products, Chanel, Thames, Selfridges, Primarni, charity shops, Post Office Tower, roses, parks, swings, gloves, handbags, shoes, AbFab, SJP, Kate Moss, Goldie Hawn, pedicures, saunas, swimming, french, Johnny Depp, Audrey Hepburn, poetry, LT, shiny things, peacocks, stately homes, jewelery boxes, treasure.
Favorite Movies An Affair to Remember, Sex and the City, Casablanca, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Amelie, Jungle Book, My Fair Lady, Funny Lady (yes the BS one), Roman Holiday, Singing in the Rain, Goodfellas, James Bond, Fight Club, The Big Lebouwski, Withnail and I, Spinal Tap, The Life of Brian, Pink Panther.
Favorite Music Mozart to Mancini, Sandy Shaw to Stone Roses.
Favorite Books I haven't read in so long. Sarah Waters, 'The Nightwatch'. Colette, Oscar, Waugh, F Scott, Camut, Gide, Sartre, Beauvoir. 'The Old Man and the Sea', The Life of Pi, The Time Travelers Wife.