OK - fair disclosure - the terrific fruit pie and pot of earl grey in the photo wasn't shot in Singapore. It was in Tokyo - of course. In a terrific patisserie called Qu'il Fait Bien.The fruits were fresh, juicy and substantial, the custard was light, and the crust...buttery and crisp. One thing though, get there before 3pm or you'll be queuing like mad.
Am in Singapore now. Just finished a tennis game (it was sooooo humid by 8 30am) and now I'm at a cafe at the beach wi-fi-ing and watching the terribly toned roller bladers go by while I'm having an Ok Earl Grey. (oooh, cute french guy with motorcycle helmet just walked by. No, Lauree and Michelle, I didn't have guts to chat him up.)
And of course, this being Saturday, I HAVE to read the NY Times. Even if it's only online. And I thought this little segment from the arts pages might amuse you. (Richard Serra sculptures were one of the first things I saw in Chelsea when I first got to NY.) Well, here it is:
Lost: 76,000-Pound Sculpture
Say, has anyone noticed a homeless 38-ton steel sculpture lately? If so, the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid would like to know about it. The sculpture happens to be the work of the American artist Richard Serra, and the museum paid about $220,000 for it in 1987. Now it seems to be missing, The Associated Press reported. The four stark steel slabs were exhibited and then sent to a warehouse run by a company specializing in large art. The company was dissolved in 1998, the daily newspaper ABC said, and when the museum's director, Ana Martínez de Aguilar, decided a few months ago to display the sculpture again, it could not be found.
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OK, so how did you determine that the cute guy was french without chatting him up ?
he was talking on his CELLPHONE!!
So there was some chatting involved :-)
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