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I can tell you it's official , my Summer has ended , I spritzed the last of my Lovely bottle of Antonia's Flowers perfume , which Mr Double U bought me whilst on a Business trip to New York early  this year . It's an amazing heady scent of freesia , made in East Hampton , Long Island , and I first wore it when I was about 22 years old , so I was a little concerned when I received the gift that I may have  "outgrown" it like I have with so many of the perfumes I used to wear . Thankfully this was not the case ,it was like being re-united with an old friend that you've missed and love . Anyways now it's turned all wintry on me I've returned to my usual "Pot-Pourri" by Santa Maria Novella which I'm addicted to . Another smell I can't get enough of is Bamford's Jasmine Pebble Soap ,I only wish they did a full range of products to go with it . Well now you know what I smell like !

  

Earlier this week I took Miss Double U to see the opening of the Documentary " Diana Vreerland : The Eye Has To Travel "  at the Curzon cinema in Mayfair .

It was just at the end of London Fashion Week so quite a few "faces " were there , Justine Picardie the new Editor of Harpers Bazaar was hosting the Q&A after the screening , talking to Lisa Immordino Vreerland the maker of the film and Diana's grand-daughter-in-law . Miss Double U 's face was a picture when she realised the gentleman in the audience making a comment during the Q&A was actually Manolo Blahnik - one of her heroes , in true Carrie Bradshaw fashion ! The film was great and truly gave a sense of the woman and her enormous personality and energy, quite inspirational .                           

I had the pleasure of going to see another Style Icon , Kevin Rowland , playing with his band the Dexys [ nee - Midnight Runners] at the Barbican last weekend . It was a surprise Birthday treat for Mr Double U and we had an amazing time. Rowland is Legendary , an amazing performer who has managed to retain the anger and verve of his youth and delivers  it to his audience on stage with a lot of style . We agreed  it was more like going to see musical theatre than a concert . Go See !

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Ciao bella

During our Summer visit to New York , Miss Double U and myself 
visited a cinema in Williamsburg Brooklyn  called Nitehawk which has an interesting concept - they serve drinks and food to complement the movie you're watching - neat idea eh ! We watched Woody Allen's new film ,"To Rome with Love " and they ran some great Italian commercials before the main feature ,including the above Lambretta advertisement which I Love ! We had made plans to dine after the movie but they were serving some great Antipasti and Prosecco . We both thought the movie was pretty good and definitely put us in the mood for an Italian trip ! 



                    m.m.w

Erin Gra Mo Chroi [ Ireland of My Heart ]

About 4 weeks ago I woke up on a Sunday morning with great pangs of 'Irishness',it was like a thirst I needed to quench ,but how could I ? I couldn't just up-sticks and catch the ' Boat train ' like I used to in my younger days , no , the closest I could get was to tune in on RTE i-player and catch the latest 'Late Late Show' which is an institution of a program in Ireland , but I was a week too early , they were still on their Summer break . However , what I did discover and watch that morning transported me not only to Ireland but to a different era of my life -1987- it was a special edition of the L,L,S when Gay Byrne - the master of ceremonies  himself - used to host it and it was celebrating 25 years of the Dubliners , an amazing Irish folk band . There were plenty of special guests like Christy Moore , The Furey brothers , U2 and the Pogues - all of them looking so young - so I thought I'd give you all a little taste of my Irish medicine .


                   m.m.w