Peach Trees At The Back Of Arthur's House
Arthur's Garden In Mill Cottage, Worcestershire
Across The Sloane Square, London
Sloane Square is a small hard-landscaped square on the boundaries of the fashionable London districts of Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Chelsea, located 2.1 miles (3.4 km) southwest of Charing Cross, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The square is part of the Hans Town area designed in 1771 by Henry Holland Snr. and Henry Holland Jnr. Both the town and square were named after Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753), whose heirs owned the land at the time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloane_Square
Partridges On The Sloane Square, London
with wood seating.
Partridges is one of the few family run food shops in Central London and still is supplied by some of the original suppliers since 1972. It was opened by Richard Shepherd in May 1972 at 132 Sloane Street. In May 1979 he was elected to Parliament and in May 1981 his brother John entered the business. In 1984 Partridges expanded into the adjoining premises at 132-134 Sloane Street and in 2004 it relocated to 2-5 Duke of York Square on the King’s Road.
In 1998 Partridges opened a second shop at 17-21 Gloucester Road – a sort of Partridges local. Although smaller than the mother ship Gloucester Road has most of the product range with a particular emphasis on American items. It also trades until 11pm seven days a week, one hour later than Duke of York Square.
Although still following the original ideals set up by Richard Shepherd in 1972 'above all to be the best' Partridges has diversified into other areas.
The Sloane Square store has a wine bar and café, a Saturday food market outside the shop and a growing export business for its own label products and a greater emphasis on organic and environmentally friendly products.
In January 1994 Partridges was granted the Royal Warrant as Grocers to Her Majesty the Queen and in 2008 John Shepherd (below) took great pleasure in becoming the President of the Royal Warrant Holders Association.
http://www.partridges.co.uk/thestore?sessionid=13357376458581ba9babeccb157288698417bb1c64
Dawn Sky Near The Coast Of England
Fortnum & Mason, London
About Fortnum & Mason
Founded on the same site in 1707, Fortnum Mason is a unique and beautiful store. Fortnum’s is renowned as purveyors of fine foods, hampers, teas and wine. It has five restaurants, from an award-winning wine bar to the funkiest ice cream parlour. Food may be first at Fortnum’s, but lift your eyes to the spectacular atrium, and let your feet (or the lifts!) lead to the delights aloft. From the serious fun of the Cookshop to the tranquil femininity of the Second Floor and the leathery comfort of Men’s Accessories, Fortnum’s is a theatrical oasis in the middle of Mayfair.
http://www.visitlondon.com/attractions/detail/170955-fortnum-and-mason
Bonjour Brioche On Queen East, Toronto
Half of the panorama of the Bonjour Brioche cake counter.
WHEN it comes to trendy neighborhoods, Toronto's east end has traditionally lagged behind more westerly hot spots such as Queen Street West or College Street's Little Italy. Now, however, Queen Street East is the new Queen Street West, with the formerly industrial stretch known as Leslieville emerging as Toronto's hippest place to dine, drink, shop and live.
East of the Don River, this neighborhood of crumbling Victorian storefronts was deemed gritty enough to stand in for Depression-era New York in the recent film ''Cinderella Man.'' Yet even as residents speculate about which chain will arrive first -- Starbucks? Gap? -- Leslieville is the latest frontier for restaurateurs seeking cheaper rents and a hipper clientele.
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Brunch is practically a competitive sport in Toronto, and Queen Street East is one of its premier arenas. The area benefits from the overflow from Bonjour Brioche, No. 812, (416) 406-1250, a few blocks west of Leslieville, where weekend lines for French toast ($5.85) and warm croissants ($1.15) drive some patrons to venture farther east.
SURFACING: TORONTO; Goodbye Gritty, Hello Trendy By SUSAN CATTO (NYT)
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00E5DA123FF932A05754C0A9639C8B63&sec=travel
UBS Towers - 1
UBS Private Equity Feeder Fund Nr. 10 GmbH & Co. KG and UBS Global Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH Towers.
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage, The Fountain, Frankfurt
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage - the Fountain in front of the hotel.
Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage At Night, Frankfurt
The street lights shaped the triangular garden and the traffic became the chase lights on the block.http://maps.google.ca/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hl=en&tab=wl
The Italian Chamber Of Commerce In Germany eV, Frankfurt
| Italienische Handelskammer für Deutschland e.V. |
| (The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Germany eV) A view from the window. http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.itkam.org/DE/&ei=hbqUT5nTAeav6AHazdmrBA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3DItalienische%2BHandelskammer%2Bf%25C3%25BCr%2BDeutschland%2Be.V.%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DdFp%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26channel%3Ds%26prmd%3Dimvns |
Intercontinental Hotel Elevator Lobby Decor, Dusseldorf
The transparent elevators framed the wall decor montage on each floor.InterContinental Dusseldorf stands alongside the world’s top fashion houses on the “Kö” , Germany’s most sophisticated mile. Less than half kilometres (500 feet) away are the K20 and K21 art museums and the Altstadt (Old Town). Favoured by business travellers as well as international trendsetters, the hotel is only minutes from the banking quarter and Messe Düsseldorf Trade Fair Venue.
http://www.intercontinental.com/intercontinental/en/gb/locations/dusseldorf
German Museum of Architecture, Frankfurt
Lobby column with tea pots.The German Museum of Architecture (DAM) is seen as one of the best addresses in Europe for information about architecture and its history. The Cologne-based architect, Oswald Mathias Ungers, designed the DAM as a ‘house in a house’, creating the largest exhibit and a symbol of constructional art. The twin villa was rigorously gutted in 1912 and surrounded by a glass hall, giving a transparent architecture. With a strict structure and consistently kept in white, nothing distracts from the sight of the objects. 24 large-scale models from the Stone Age to the present enable visitors to the permanent exhibition, ‘From the Prehistoric Hut to the Skyscraper’, to find out more about the history of construction and settlement.
The focus is on several large temporary exhibitions, which the DAM dedicates every year to modern and contemporary architecture in Germany and abroad. Conferences, symposiums, photo exhibitions and lectures complete the programme. With a collection of 180,000 architectural plans and drawings, as well as 600 models, the DAM owns a treasure trove of exhibition pieces. Engravings, sketches, drawings and scale models offer material for exhibitions on tendencies and periods in the 20th century from Erich Mendelsohn to Frank O. Gehry, from Mies van der Rohe to the Archigram architectural group. Our reference library, which has approximately 25,000 books and magazines, is open to visitors who would like to learn more about architecture.
Deutsches Architekturmuseum
Schaumainkai (Museumsufer) 43
60596 Frankfurt am Main
http://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=5021811&_ffmpar[_id_inhalt]=177771
Starbucks On Dundas Street After The Parade
Starbucks on Dundas Street, after the Santa's Parade (last Christmas), it was packed with customer trying to get some warmth.
CNE Arch On Dufferin Street, Toronto
Across the emptied parking lot, the CNE arch is the west main entrance and the glass domebuilding.
CNE Pylon Next To The Gardinar, Toronto
Hugh steel structure to support the LED signs parallel to the Gardinar.
Canada Bread On Liberty Street, Toronto
The yellow posts encircled the galvanized steel cladding and the stainless steel tanks on Liberty Street.
British Museum, Iron Age II - 1
Head of an Ammonite King Iron Age II, 8th Century BC.Egyptian style headdress founded in the end of the River Zarga near Amman.
Princi Milano - Flour, Water, Fire In London - 3
Claudio Silvestrin Architects have completed the new Princi bakery in Via Speronari (Duomo), in the heart of Milan. Silvestrin has chosen a sand-coloured porphyry stone that matches the colour of the bread-flour. Slabs of smooth porphyry cover the floor, while rough porphyry is used to texture the wall that faces the stretched 19m-long bronze counter. The mighty impact of this earth-wall is softened by the gentle features of a waterfall.
Princi bakery, Duomo, Milan, Italy, by Claudio Silvestrinhttp://www.dailyicon.net/2008/09/new-princi-bakery-in-milan/
Princi Milano - Flour, Water, Fire In London - 2
The sand stone wall, the black and white over-sized menu board on the wall, the softly lit recessed bread busket slots and the lovely cakes inside the glass case provided a complete
meal program of anyone. As you slides down the other end of the counter, you pick up your pizza,
salad, sandwich and hot food.
A girl's best friend?
Man of the House's opinion on the interior layout: "It looks like a jewelry store." And it did. First you have the understated storefront, and then you have this long stretch of flat glass display cases (as opposed to slanted ones), one full-sized baking sheet deep, with everything spread out like edible jewels - JEWELS I tell you! Who needs diamonds when you can choose among both savory and sweet pastries, artisan breads and even that ubiquitous macaron! I was more fascinated by the length of the floor plan with the baking area - and baker - located in the clear open at the far end. It's for certain that they do much of the baking at a main production center...this shop was way too clean to be pumping out everything by themselves.
t's stand up service along and opposite of the pastry case, which was fine by us since we were on the go. The cream-filled and chocolate brioche were good, and not overpriced like I thought they'd be. This is Milan, right? The rest of the stash (assorted focaccia and a green olive-tomato flatbread) were great the next day after being warmed on a cast iron skillet. The loaf shown below is wholewheat - thick and chewy - and when toasted, turns plain ol' peanut butter and banana slices into the crowning jewels over a piece of bread. Bling! Bling!
http://rubbahslippahsinitaly.blogspot.ca/2009/11/princi-bakery-in-milan-girls-best.html
Princi Milano - Flour, Water, Fire In London
The water runs along the latch of the bar with up lights and reflections on the sand stone walland the counter.
The review below by NYT Travel, used the Milan site as the base for the review.
In Milan, choosing where to eat can be a lot like finding the right table in high school: it’s daunting. Foreigners are stuck in tourist traps, the cool kids fit in their skinny jeans by eating the nibbles at the achingly trendy bars, and the fashion crowd can usually be found at the local Nobu, thoughtfully situated in Giorgio Armani’s megastore.
But then there’s Princi. This chic bakery is dedicated to high-quality fresh bread using traditional recipes, made with organic wholemeal flour and baked throughout the day in a beech-fired oven.
The founder, Rocco Princi, opened his first store in 1986 and has since expanded to five stores. Princi’s outlets are striking in their minimalism, designed by the architect Claudio Silvestrin, with lots of straight lines, designer stools and diffused lighting warmly reflecting off wood, bronze and stone. It may be sleek and modern — they’re particularly proud of the fact that they remain open 24 hours, and on Sundays — but the rhythm of Princi remains quintessentially (and infuriatingly) Italian.
Here’s how it works: First, decide on which mouth-watering choice, from simple and sublime focaccia to a square slice of pizza topped with juicy tomatoes to more substantial meals like lasagna or an aperitivo later in the day. Get in line to pay, then get in another to collect your choice.
While the whole experience, especially at a busy lunchtime, can resemble one of the riots that often take place when the city’s two beloved soccer teams play each other, it’s worth it when the taste reaches your lips.
Princi is perhaps the closest Milan has to an eatery that is all things to all the people in Italy’s financial and fashion capital, serving laborers an espresso in the mornings and refueling bankers with a glass of wine or a beer on their way home.
The Milanese are obsessed with two of life’s most profound questions: What should I wear and where is the perfect place to eat? And Princi has found a way to combine the two. All of the staff uniforms are designed by “King Giorgio” himself. They even cut up the pizza into tiny little squares, all the easier to avoid dirtying one’s tailored suit.
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/travel/19Bite.html
Manga At The British Museum Drawings By Hoshino Yukinobu
The poster in front of the entrance to the Japanese Room in British Museum,a show of the Manga at the British Museum drawings by Hoshino Yukinobu.
An exclusive opportunity to see the original drawings from the manga series Professor Munakata’s British Museum Adventure.
Hoshino Yukinobu (b.1954) is the creator of Professor Munakata, one of Japan’s most famous manga characters. Millions of readers eagerly following his adventures in the fortnightly magazine, Big Comic.
Hoshino first visited the British Museum in 2009 and was inspired to work on a Professor Munakata mystery in the unique setting of the Museum. Japanese readers followed the series for five months, first published in Big Comic, before the thrilling mystery was bought to a close with a dramatic final scene that sees the Rosetta Stone in grave danger.
All ten episodes will now be published as a book in English by the British Museum Press, and to celebrate, Hoshino has lent the Museum his finished drawings (genga) and sketches and even two of his fude brush pens which he used to draw this adventure.
In this display you can see the development of Professor Munakata’s British Museum Adventure from conception to finished work. This is an exceptionally rare opportunity to uncover the process of how the first British Museum manga was created.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/manga_at_the_british_museum.aspx
David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture - VII
Hockney's from traditional oil painting to his iPad painting between rooms.This week’s New Yorker cover is by David Hockney, who also produced the art featured on the first iPad edition of the magazine. Hockney regularly “paints” on the iPad, and despite the technological chasm between a paintbrush and a touchscreen, his iPad works are remarkably recognizable. The Economist’s Intelligent Life supplement ran a long article by Karen Wright about her encounters with Hockney in Summer 2010. Though he is losing his hearing, at 72 Hockney has more drive and curiosity about life than most people half his age. He pushes the limits of technology, not just in his use of the iPad but in his photography. Known for his photo-montages, he now takes panoramic shots with the help of nine cameras mounted on top of his Jeep. Wright quotes the artist as remarking that “People think we are from Google Maps.” Hockney has hardly fallen behind the times:
He picks up his iPad and slips it into his jacket pocket. All his suits have been made with a deep inside pocket so that he can put a sketchbook in it: now the iPad fits there just as snugly. Even his tux has the pocket, he tells me. I ask him if he still draws on his iPhone and he snorts. “No! That’s just a phone now.”
http://sowellread.wordpress.com/tag/sernon-on-the-mount/
David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture - VI
From the exhibition booklet :Hockney's fascination with the The Sermon On The Mount lay out in the biblical scene that it portrays, but in the spatial effect that Claude achieved. Hockney noted how Claude compressed the geography of the Holy Land, with Mount Labanon and the Sea of Galilee on the right, and the Dead Sea and the River of Jordan on the left, and how the dimishing size of figures in the crowd is cleverly employed to create spatial depth.
How refreshing it is to see someone at the top of his game, who has the freedom to be self-indulgent and the bona fides to simply rest on his laurels, choose instead to keep pushing the envelope.
http://sowellread.wordpress.com/tag/sernon-on-the-mount/
David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture - VI
One of the study painting of Hockney's - "The Sermon On The Mount", a sketch from the painting.The top part is a reseach piece from his notes.
He recently painted a version of Claude Lorrain’s “The Sermon on the Mount” (1656), and he is”restoring” the painting, digitally stripping the grime and dust from a photograph of the Frick Collection original.
http://sowellread.wordpress.com/tag/sernon-on-the-mount/
David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture - V
Winter Timber, sketch from the painting.Trees and Totems : Hockney's imagination is given freer rein when he works from memory in the studio rather than directly from observation.
David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture - IV
The tunnel early autumn, October 2005, sketch from the painting.A quick dip into the adjoining room of vintage Hockneys shows that this ability to evoke rather than replicate has always been his strong suit. In student works such as Fields, Eccleshill (1956), he paints in the fashion of the day. By his early twenties, though, Hockney has found his own way of encoding landscapes in shapes and colours that have nothing to do with reality but are entirely recognisable as real. No Yorkshire house has ever been the Jaffa-orange of the ones in The Road to York through Sledmere, and yet the colour resonates in the way that red brick does in the long-shadowed late afternoon. It is more than just prettiness. Hockney's look is decorative for sure, but then so was Matisse's
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/reviews/david-hockney-ra-a-bigger-picture-royal-academy-of-arts-london-6292725.html
David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture - III
May Blossom on the Roman Road, 2009, sketch of the painting.Each picture is roughly two metres high by five wide and is made up of eight canvases, two deep and four long. The joins between them impose a grid on the work's surface, suggestive of Modernism but also allowing us to take in a vista that would otherwise be too large to see. More than this, the gridded surface of the Three Trees pictures places a distance between us and the landscape, so that seeing becomes remembering, an act tinged with loss. The trees themselves have the Englishness of Constable or Rudolph Ackermann, a love of place made urgent by Hockney's having once misplaced it. And his talents as a colourist, as a painter of coded forms, come to the fore in this quartet. Up close, the ploughed field of Autumn dissolves into dots, some of them in a very un-Yorkshire shocking pink. And yet the feel is absolutely that of a field in autumn, a time of day.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/reviews/david-hockney-ra-a-bigger-picture-royal-academy-of-arts-london-6292725.html
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