day off

he just keeps popping up.

dunks

new shoes! liberty print dunks. soph and i had planned to go to liberty when they were first released but we both figured they were out of reach, price wise. but there they were at the comme des garcons guerilla store, in my size no less, how could i resist.

ellie found a pair of the other ones in her size later on that day.

we're such sisters.

eating and drinking

this is bonanza coffee heroes, where tabea works. fantastic coffee, aussie style (flat whites and all).

a place called cupcake. (gluten free, pure chocolate).

that man was so monocle.

a little bar that tabea took us to. so many places felt like melbourne or sydney. there seems to be a very similar attitude to food and coffee in berlin, very relaxed and very social.

this wine bar was great. you pay a euro and get an empty wine glass, then there are bottles of quite a large selection of wines and you can pour yourself as many glasses as you like. then when you leave you pay what you think is about right - one or two euros a glass. such a good concept.

same place, different days.

silly

i met alain de botton this evening (that's him, the bald guy in the blue shirt). he's just written a new book called the pleasures and sorrows of work and monocle released a limited edition version of it. so when i went to have my copy signed, he asked me what i do and i explained my situation and we spoke briefly about monocle's take on architecture etc. do you know what, i didn't even think to tell him how much i enjoyed his book the architecture of happiness. what an idiot. probably for the best though.