I started this blog because I’d just quit my job as a graphic designer and decided to go on holiday for as long as possible, at least until the money ran out anyway. I’m not much of a backpacker and I don’t like poverty so I decided to go live with a friend in Los Angeles, Venice beach to be exact. I only knew about three people so I had a lot of free time. I just ate frozen yogurt at Penguins everyday. One afternoon I was searching the internet for the restaurant featured in Quentin Tarantino’s film Reservoir Dogs, the scene where Mr. Brown is talking about the meaning of Madonna’s song ‘Like a Virgin’ when inspiration struck. This, I must point out, is what I love about LA – it’s full of places that either feature in iconic movie scenes or were the last place so-and-so ate before they killed themselves. Hollywood is so romantic. Anyway it occurred to me that I should write a blog featuring my favorite places in London, the kind of places Sebastian Horsley, the Kray’s and Isabella Blow would have gone, the kind of places that make London so great.

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What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Having to go to work and feeling ill.
Where would you like to live?
Los Angeles
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Having a coffee whilst looking at palm trees and the ocean.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Worrying about small stuff.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Harold from the movie Harold and Maude.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Merlin.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
I can’t say that without being sentimental, I hope they know who they are.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Of course Wednesday Adams from the Adams family.
Your favorite painter?
Michael Sowa
Your favorite musician?
Yann Tiersen
The quality you most admire in a man?
Modesty and a strong and focused mind.
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Modesty and friendliness.
Your favorite occupation?
Drinking tea with a piece of cake and watching people in cafes.
Who would you have liked to be?
Edie Sedgwick before she lost the plot (but with my parents rather than hers).
Your most marked characteristic?
Through no fault of my own or meaning intention, I’m a bit of a goth.
The quality you most like in a man?
Kindness.
The quality you most like in a woman?
Frankness in friendship.
What do you most value in your friends?
Loyalty.
What is your principle defect?
Thinking the absolute worst of people who are not friendly.
What is your dream of happiness?
A happy family.
What would you like to be?
A better version of myself.
What is your favorite color?
Ivory.
What is your favorite flower?
Daisy.
What is your favorite bird?
Kestrel.
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Tom Wolfe, Shirley Jackson.
Who are your favoite poets?
I don’t read poetry.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Rosa Parks
What are your favorite names?
Merlin or Caspar for a boy Etheldreda for a girl.
What is it you most dislike?
People who think they are better than others.
What historical figures do you most despise?
I am not sufficiently educated to say.
What event in military history do you most admire?
Not really my thing.
What reform do you most admire?
There are lots of good ones.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
The power to heal would be useful.
How would you like to die?
In my sleep when I’m old.
What is your present state of mind?
I just want to read by book with a nice pain au raisen.
What is your motto?
Simple and Happy or Born to Lose, Live to Win like Lemmy from Motorhead’s tattoo.

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