Turnbull and Asser and Watermelon

Posted on 2012/08/25 17:51:51 (August 2012).

[Saturday 18th August 2012]
Very summery today - quite hot in fact. I put on suncream to go out to the shops.

We had a very pleasant stroll from the flat, through St. James's Park and on to Jermyn Street. I wanted to buy a new shirt, and decided to try out Turnbull and Asser, which turned to be significantly posher than any of the other shirt shops on Jermyn Street I had been in to date. The staff were incredibly well spoken. The chap I spoke to also had what I assumed to be a very dry sense of humour - when I mentioned at one point that I'd managed to lose my wife he replied in unwavering deadpan RP "how very careless of you sir". I also showed my ignorance by asking if a shirt made with a twill weave was some kind of easy iron shirt, to which he replied "Absolutely not - all of our shirts are very difficult iron". You have to admire that level of commitment to doing things properly. The cotton of their shits did have a very luxurious feel to them. I bought a rather bold striped shirt, which, a few days later I discovered was indeed very difficult to iron.

We popped into the Japan Centre whilst in town for a quick spot of lunch. Chie was rather pleased to discover they had cold noodles on the menu - particularly called for on a day like today given that their air conditioning appeared to have broken, and the whole shop was like an oven. We also made a visit to the National Gallery to see the other Titian exhibition, although it was a bit too interpretative and not really my cup of tea.

On the way back home we stopped off at the street market in Pimlico, and bought a watermelon. You know, I don't think I've ever actually bought a watermelon before. I carried this home and it was surprisingly heavy - suddenly I have a lot more sympathy for Chie and the extra weight she's having to carry around at the moment. The watermelon weighed about the same I think.

We ate the watermelon out in the gardens - it was still hot outside - and this was rather lovely.

chie no onaka no hou ga suika yori ookine?!

Posted by yoko at 2012/09/04 16:02:56.

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