Camden Road

Camden Road leads off busy Camden Town. I walk now, I can't ride my bike. The other day walking back from the subway or tube with iPhone in hand, I noticed the different road markings and the different materials making the different patterns. Concrete, granite, steel, tarmac and aggregates and strong paint. It gives a new look at pounding the pavement.

Visual Essay

A visual essay on shape, color, light, entrances, concrete, paint, of images I have collected on Pinterest. It is an invaluable tool. I meet many designers who are using this site developing concepts for projects and with clients. It is so useful.

A Favorite

 

Vosgesparis, one of my favorite blogs is a story in concrete and gray, has started a new "concept page" a place to find the best from her sponsors, they will present themselves and their web-shops and offers to participate in giveaways. Sounds great!

But just a few words about Vosgesparis, a consistently good blog in all the tones of gray, charcoal, slate, steel, anthracite, concrete and black and white. Desiree shows us urban and industrial chic spaces and creates fantastic mood boards. I always enjoy her posts and will follow the new concept page. I hope you will follow too.

We had a few words in Amsterdam at Meet the Bloggers, one of the many I had met that day.

Mason and Taylor

Sunday brunch has always been a favorite, pancakes and bacon, lox and bagels with a gallon of coffee. Today with my son and daughter-in-law we went to Mason and Taylor for an English brunch with black pudding, quails eggs, and smoked bacon topped with a tomato and thyme sauce and bottomless cups of coffee. It was as delicious as the conversation was full of the stories and passions we were so eager to share. Great fun, I love family, food and conversation.

What we enjoyed as well was the craft elderflower beer,  a delicate and flavorful beer, like a the taste of early summer. Not my first choice of beverages, but this I would be happy to have again. The rest of their menu looked fabulous as we saw the roasts, partridges and puddings pass by.

Also fun was the restaurant, very industrial chic with exposed concrete pilasters, strings of light bulbs draped across the ceiling and rough floorboards. And I loved the touch of the 60's buffet.

On Bethnal Green Road