This week I have been

Reading

The 2011 Tour de France race guide.

Watching

An Idiot Abroad

Listening to

The xx

Discovering

(Or rediscovering) Hamlet - Nicki Greenberg's beautiful new version, thanks to the fabulous Snarkattack, who invited me along to see Nicki talk about the creative process behind the book.

Eating

  • An enormous serve of bangers'n'mash and a nourishing pint of Kilkenny at the Town Hall one dismal Tuesday evening.
  • A "Chachi" - chianina meatball sandwich - another brioche donut and some amazing chocolate tart at Beatrix, which Essjay has reviewed.
  • A lazy Sunday lunch at The Crimean. The Polish hunter's stew (bigos) was just the thing to revive me after a chilly bike ride.
  • Generous piles of fried food with oodles of chillies and sichuan peppercorns at Sichuan House
  • Succulent suckling pig at Liberteene.
  • An array of bright, zesty flavours at Chin Chin, where the only problem was having to choose only some of the items from what looks to be a menu that is all hits, no filler.

Links

Top Design – And the winner is…

I finally managed to catch the final part of the Finale and, once again, you can find my post over at Reality Ravings.

So far, there has been no news on a third season. The first season rated badly; the second season offered a new host (India Hicks replaced Todd Oldham), new catchphrase (maybe India couldn’t deliver “See you later, decorator” with Todd’s flair – she cast off losers with “We cannot live with your design”) and the occasional “Pop Design” to spice things up. That’s a whole lot of re-jigging for a new show. I think Bravo really should have a go at a third season, just to give the format a chance to gel.

Eddie Ross was the last contestant to be eliminated before the final and departed with the words “Eddie Ross is bigger than Top Design”. He is keeping the world informed of his work over at eddieross.com.

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