November 6, 2005

• it's cold in london now. i'm feeling a bit ill. i have never really liked the cold. why can't it just be warm? would that be too easy? ugh.

  
  

  i finally went to royal china baker street at lunchtime. we thought we were early but we still had to wait a good 20 minutes. this time i noticed that the curvy wall is clad in gold leaf (!!!) and has a little 'good fortune' statue stuck at the top of it, which you can only see if you look under the suspended ceiling. i wonder how much the gold leaf wall cost, but it is certainly bringing good fortune and good money, because the space looks infinitely brighter and the elusive light reflected off the golden wall creates a very special environment.

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