My name is Stella

I called the dog Stella. List of reasons to follow

• Stella McCartney ( who I admire for her work on Chloe even though Pheobe did most of it and her vegetarian stance)
• Stella Tennant (who is ageless)
• Stella for Our Lady Of The Stars
• Stella for my obession with starsigns and online horoscopes

Yves Saint Laurent L'Amour Fou

What lies beneath

Another reason I am so concerned about, well the only two things I am concerned about, my tan and my weight is that I got some new underwear and I want to look good in it. It's so pretty - actually greener than it looks here. I got it from Gap - I don't think I have shopped in Gap at home for years but here they have a fantastic lingerie section. I remember looking around Coco La Mere with Bob when we were going to get coffee at Monmouth Street. I was picking up expensive pants and stuff commenting on how pretty and expensive they were.

Why would you consider paying £50 for a pair of knickers? Have you ever had sex with a man who took any notice of the kind of knickers you were wearing? The answer is no actually at no point ever in living memory (although there are a few years that I can't account for) has any man ever stopped at the first hurdle and said ' great pants by the way' and yet I would rather die than show up in a non matching bra and knickers set. Conditioned from childhood to associate wearing good underwear with survival of road traffic accidents and avoidance of  embarrasment  if one accidentally ends up having sex with someone on the way back from Tesco.

Lunch

I had a Reece Peanut Butter Cup shake for lunch. A meal in a glass. I am really worried about all the fattening food I have consumed on this trip. When Richard leaves tomorrow I am detoxing - fruit and salad only.
A list of things that I enjoyed but kind of regret:

• Eggs on Toast from Ballans twice
• Cheese Fries from Shake Shack twice
• Peanut Butter Cake (not nice) from Ice Box
• Coconut chocolate cake (fabulous) from Ice Box
• Reece Pieces Shake
• Dove Bar (only decent chocolate bar in US)
• Jelly Beans (white flavours only)

That's kind of it but it feels like more somehow.

Hello

This is my new dog. She is a present from JD who got her in some kind of 'buy one get one free' deal  on Chihuahua's in Essex. Or more likely 'buy one for a grand get another for £50 off)  At present she is called Gloria. I can't have that. I might call her Lola or Iris or any other 2 syllabel female name made up of around 4 letters. Suggestions welcome. 

She has a brother called Diego who JD is keeping.

Lime

I had dinner at my favourite cafe Lime on Alton Road. They do the best salads ever.

Little Sparrows came along to help me eat my taco's

State Of Independence

We spent the evening in a parking lot on Alton Road watching the July 4th Fireworks.

It was a really clean car park - no condoms or smell of gasoline