the nata

the nata

it's a portuguese touch of genius.

right ?

our man in china ( iphone pic )

amazon delivered to whitfield towers today.

our man in china by ming liu.

may i politely suggest you all buy this book a bit sharpish ?

go on now... trust me on this.

genius ( iphone pic )

yesterday when i popped into yauatcha to grab two of my five a day

( leave it )

i saw these genius new macaroons...

christmas pudding flavour.

ho ho ho !

some trainers i need to show you ( part two )

a few more pairs of glorias to show you.

1

htm flyknits.

remember the queues this summer ?

2

htm flyknits.

remember the queues this summer ?

3

dover street market x nike air force 1's

remember the queues this summer ?

4

the ultra rare blue edition dover street market x nike af-1's

remember the queues this summer ?

5

converse jack purcells

remember when i kept mentioning the queues this summer ?

it was annoying wasn't it ?

6

converse chuck taylors

no queues but nice shoes.

more tomorrow.

wedding photographers

if you know one thing about me it's that i like photographing

wedding photographers right ?

ok i also like postcodes, nicknames, small letters, socks, watches,

coffee, trainers, harris tweed, japanese things, cheap chinese food,

football, cockney rhyming slang and being miserable.

but photographing wedding photographers is something i very much like.

so imagine my delight in st james's park a couple of weeks back when in

the distance i spotted a wedding dress.

i upped my pace and quickly caught up with the 'bride and groom'

the lady in the cheap fur coat had a camera by the way, as did the bloke in the

union jack hat.

work it.

hmmm... the bloke in the blue jacket had a camera too.

i jumped over the fence to stand on the grass and get a better shot of the photographers

genius !

the happy couple and their troupe of photographers drew quite a crowd

wait a minute...

she's having a joke...

all of a sudden she was getting stuck in with a different groom

while their photographers helped themselves.

what the what ?!

i thought the groom on the left was crying at seeing his new bride leave him for another

then i noticed that he had a camera too

and i realised it was a camera club outing with a model or two acting as the

happy couple.

at least i hope that's what it was.

more from mr brainwash

this is a bit of a rubbish post but oh well.

i was going to tell you that the mr brainwash exhibition is back on.

so i went there again and took a few more photos, because the whole

exhibition has been re-jigged and there are lots of new pieces on display.

well...

there were lots of new pieces but..

the exhibition has finished again now.

oops !

oh well, look. here are a few of my favourites of the new pieces that were on show.

1

some dogs. maybe they are supposed to be like hmv dogs ?

they seem to be done in a krink style anyway.

2

hmmm...

3

nice.

4

grrr ! you know i'm still boycotting starbucks right ?

5

in fairness, this is a genius idea.

not in that size perhaps but a normal size can, possibly.

6

a massive polaroid camera. maybe 6 feet high.

7

frida.

8

er...

9

taxi !

10

can you name all the people in this bar ?

11

i like ryder.

i wouldn't want to take her shopping but i do like her.

12

and finally, i think i showed you this a few months back but this time it

was hung in a better spot.

a fantastic 'gainsborough' of mr and mrs beckham.

genius !

some trainers i need to show you ( part one )

2012 has been an amazing year for trainers.

soon i'll be boring you by talking about my top ten trainers of the year

but before i do that, i need to show you some photos i have in my blog folder.

some photos of trainers i've bought this year but not yet photographed

and told you about in great detail ( as i know you like me to )

so before i get around to showing you these in close-up and explaining

about the details, here are some photos of them on my plates.

1

a pair of very special liberty edition air force 1's.

wow ! these are nice. plus they're very rare.

2

liberty edition nike air max 1's

these are my first pair of air max 1's. they're rare and as you can see,

they are head-turners.

3

frankenstein edition nike air force 1's.

genius.

4

nike flyknit trainers... very comfortable

5

the elusive fourth colourway of the gaucho's gym af-1's

6

air jordan 1's

7

a second pair of nike af-1 year of the dog editions. 

i tried these on for a photo then but them back to bed.

8

ok, not strictly new shoes. i think i showed these last year.

but i just wanted to talk to you about the lace swap i did on them.

interesting stuff eh ?

more tomorrow.