Udderbelly

I love silly! Silly is not stupid, silly is not self conscious, silly is irreverant, silly is not subtle, silly is childlike, silly is fun and funny, silly is necessary to cope. I love silly! And what is sillier than a purple cow? I'll tell you what is sillier... An upside down purple cow, that is in fact a tent! Yes this summer the Udderbelly tent has landed on Southbank and brought with it much ridiculousness and Pimms and cider - all such good things. Outside the tent is a glorious little cider garden, complete with picnic benches, umbrellas and foosball. The setting is perfect, with a view of the London Eye and the Houses of Parliment, and of course many vitamin D starved sun worshippers cripsing themselves rather revealingly in the first watery rays of the English summer - but what would a London sumer be without pink Poms (she says, rather pink herself).

One happy birthday kid

My lovely friend of Charlotte has had a week of Birthday celebrations (as you should) and we ended these off on Friday with a good splash of summery beverages in the shade of said purple cow. Charlotte is silly, in the best way, and looked totally at home among the cow print, astroturf and udders. A variety of comedy shows will be held inside great violet belly well into July, so try and catch one, I am gonna...