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Hat Couture

2011-06-15T08:17:00.001+01:00

Oh la la - with the Royal Wedding just passed and with the Royal Ascot this week, I don't think there's been a bigger hype about hats in the City! To embrace this staple statement fashion accessory of a truly glamorous outfit, Doreen, Rosie and I went to 1 Lombard last night to touch, try and get puzzled by Katherine Elizabeth's fabulous hat collection.

Air kisses to all of you out there!

Katherine Elizabeth's collection:

One of the wackiest hats out there!

Doreen in the cutest button a la Blair whilst I was struggling to balance a gigantic rose on my head - turns out i was wearing it backwards! Who knew!

Inspiration from the Royal Ascot 2011:

Classic hats moments of Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn:

Thursday is the new Friday

2011-06-09T23:48:00.000+01:00

Just had an intense workout session for my cheek muscles and abs! A is back in the City, which had to be celebrated in the most simplistic way - a (several) pint. As much as I love my dancing shoes - nothing beats the quiet half empty pub that might as well have been your grandparents' living room where you can work your way through the list of conversation topics that would have earned you raised eyebrows from any other 'normal' (i.e. eavesdropping) human being.

Random

2011-06-09T08:46:00.000+01:00

Our firm hosted a global conference in Madrid earlier this week where the highlight was the “give us your business card to get a chance to win an iPad2”. Supposed to be a “random” draw, Dad and his PA returned with a stack, tall as a brick, of business cards belonging currently hung over and potentially jetlagged suited and booted individuals around the world.

Turns out that a random draw works as follows:

1) Go through all the business cards and identify potential clients. Nice and friendly people that might become a good contact for various reason doesn’t count unless they are willing to spend in excess of a couple of million on your products. It doesn’t matter if they would be good contacts for some other department within the firm, if they are not interested in improving YOUR P&L, they’re not playing this game… OK? …moving on
Small side note here - occassionally it is acceptable to classify good looking individuals that you would like to date in the potential clients pile.

2) Ask everyone in your team (ideal number is around 5 people) to RANDOMLY pick a card from the potential client’s list.

3) This is the interesting part – amongst the few randomly selected individuals, identify the individual with i) the deepest pockets or ii) is in contract negotiation with the firm.

4) Make sure the Sales contact for the winning individual hand delivers the prize.

…and there you have it kids – the business definition of RANDOM…not to be confused with:

ran·dom adj.

1. Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective:

2. Mathematics & Statistics Of or relating to a type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution.

3. Of or relating to an event in which all outcomes are equally likely, as in the testing of a blood sample for the presence of a substance.

That’s the lesson of the day!

Quote of the day

2011-06-08T08:48:00.002+01:00

...we're used to bullshit clients for the past 5 years and we can do it one more time...

Ehrm... and you wonder why we're in a financial crisis?!

Today in numbers - the Bridget way

2011-05-26T20:01:00.000+01:00

2 teeth pulled out

8 anesthetic injections received in my cheek

2 dentist assistant's fingers crushed during panic attack - sorry

1 dentist's finger (accidentally) bitten - sorry again

3 super duper pain killers consumed within the same number of hours

2 valium tablets consumed (still waiting for the effect to kick in)

20 years of aging during the span of 2 hours

5 words successfully uttered in the past 3 hours

10 lines of mascara marks left on the plastic protective glasses

Latex

2011-05-26T13:18:00.001+01:00

Got a dentist appointment in the afternoon so brushed my teeth after lunch today. I know that quite a few people who regularly brush their teeth after lunch and I will save my thoughts on that for later.

Anyways, whilst I was brushing away under the 10000 Watt (ok - so I actually don't know what 10000 Watts does, but very bright, think 'tiny hairs on your face looking like stubble' bright), and slightly yellow light in the ladies - I notice something I the corner. At first sight it looks like a used gigantic condom!! Luckily it turned out to be a used latex glove - still slightly worrying to find that in the ladies but never in my life have I been happier to find a used latex glove!

Snappy, snap...

Glove lamp picture from apartment therapy

TGIF!

2011-05-20T11:25:00.001+01:00

Although she doesn’t remember it, Doreen fell and injured her head severely this morning (or possibly last night) – the dangers of riding a camel to work.

Out of the blue, she’s decided that she needs hair extensions. For those of you who don’t know her, she got a full head of long (18.5 inches – yes, we had to measure it this morning) medium brown hair. She might not have Beyonce’s volume but its beyond me why someone would want to go through the pain and hassle that comes with hair extensions.

Anyways, after some creative measurement techniques and too much squinting in trying to decide which color is closest to her natural color, there is now a parcel of nicely wrapped 100% human hair travelling towards us…. Exciting, exciting…

Mini world in East London

2011-05-15T09:03:00.000+01:00

I've recently noticed a series of interesting objects and scenarios glued to East London buildings. Does anyone know anything about this? Background, artist(s), story?

Or do you know of any clips that I've missed?

Kids these days....

2011-05-14T08:33:00.002+01:00

...or shall I say, ‘Parents’ these days...

My dear Papa is 35 years young, has declared himself single for life and hasn’t had time to/bothered to graduate from nursery school yet.

I sometimes wonder what has happened with today’s adults. We are more careers minded, wealthier, travel the world, drink and smoke more but sleep less. All good and well so far as we make the world spin faster every minute, but what worries me is when adults seems to have forgotten all about the basics.

Its not only nursery school my Papa has forgotten to leave:

· his driving licence is still green (i.e. learners licence)

· he called me the other day, sniffling and in panic asking how one chops an onion

· he arranged a holiday on his own for the first time this week (was relying on Expedia to wrap everything up nicely before)

· his idea of cleaning the bathroom is to pour a bottle of Mr Muscle down the toilet stool and flush. Apparently the bath/shower doesn’t needs to be cleaned as its being cleaned automatically when he uses it – I wish!

Makes you wonder what makes the world go round ey?

P.S. Of course he’s not my real Papa – but i still love him dearly.

Morning Sunshine

2011-05-12T08:23:00.000+01:00

Walk through Fashion Street everymorning on my way to work and although nothing makes me happier than a sunny-blue-skies morning....the street art here was the cherry on top this morning - very inspiring!

Bring on Thursday!

I'll be back....

2011-05-10T22:05:00.006+01:00

of course he will, ...question is - how soon do you think Mr Schwarzenegger will be back, waiting at the end of the aisle?

...who will she be?

...but most importantly, will she be wearing the black wedding dress?

28 May 2010

2009-09-02T21:50:00.009+01:00

The count down has started and you may wish to note the above date, 28 May 2010 as it is the release date of the Sex and the City Movie 2. New York City has been invaded by the Sex and the City crew. Although photos were only released today, they are featured in a number of blogs and websites. In case you haven't stumbled acrossthem already, here are some...

Sarah Jessica Parker/Carrie Bradshaw in sparkly blue/purple dress, white belt with golden buckle and a hot pink bag. A tad bit to many different strong colors in one outfit for my taste. I would have matched the dress with some retro white sunglasses and a strawbag for a more summery/beach feel. But love the shoes, so they stay on!

Urgh - What happened here?! I hope this is a "thinking about the past" scene and not supposed to illustrate 2009/2010. The make up makes SJP look like a she-male. If and ONLY if I'm headed to a costume party would I dare to attempt to recreate this look and I would add a pair of big (actually HUGE), silver hoop earrings to finish the look off.

I have of course saved the best for last. Elegant white dress, well accessorized with golden sparkly shoes (...straight from a fairy tale), chunky necklace and cute gold clutch. Only thing I would change would be to replace SJP with moi...

Blondes have more fun...

2009-08-26T22:51:00.006+01:00

My blonde friend's bday is coming up so I was browsing the world wide web for gift ideas/inspiration when I suddenly and stumbled accross this...(no words can describe how fun/smart/cute I find this so the pictures will have to do all the speaking in this post)

As for my friend, I decided not to get her the keyboard, at least not for this birthday, but there are plenty more birthdays/christmas to come...

For all of you out there who wish to buy this, you can do so here.

Coco

2009-08-19T21:11:00.012+01:00

I’m sure every female (and male for that matter) with the slightest interest in clothing or fashion have heard of Coco Chanel. What you may not know is that she was born today in 1883 to the salesman Albert Chanel and his wife Jeanne Devolle, who died 12 years later. Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel grew up in an orphanage where she was taught seamstress. It was the era of Jane Austen – when hats, petticoats and to-faint-for-corsets made up the basic wardrobe of any girl, except the young Coco Chanel who preferred slightly loosely fitted, masculine and sporty garments which allowed her to stay conscious the entire evening.

She started off her career as a hat maker and the Chanel fashion house was founded in 1910. About her clothes, she once said: “I gave women a sense of freedom; I gave them back their bodies: bodies that were drenched in sweat, due to fashion’s finery, lace, corsets, underclothes, padding”. Her clothes were about freedom, simplicity and elegance. This becomes very clear in the recently released movie, Coco avant Chanel, where Audrey Tautou portrays a strong minded, independent young woman. After watching the movie and despite knowing that it may not be 100% accurate, I now see the Chanel brand in a different light. I admire the strong and determined woman who went against the existing fashion and set the new fashion.

Today the fashion house is headed up by Karl Lagerfeld and sometimes I wonder if the Coco has not lost along the way. Their cosmetics contains so much perfume that it is giving me rashes and headache rather than freedom, their clothes are so expensive that I would have to sell my body to afford a piece. Even if elegance is still lurking in a corner, Coco must has taken the simplicity with her to her grave.

Oh well, what do I know?!

Happy birthday Coco!

30 things to do before 30

2009-07-22T21:26:00.000+01:00

Try snowboarding
Try rock climbing
Try surfing
Try diving
Been a tourist in New York
Been a resident of New York
Been a tourist in London
Been a resident of London
Tea and scones at the Ritz
Dine at Claridge's
Experience the northern lights
Do 'Europe by train' - alone
Go to Australia
Go to South Africa
Go on Safari
Go to China
Go to South America
Moved out from parent's home
Dance on the bar
Get a second professional qualification - i.e. another acronym after my name on business cards
Studied abroad
Cut my hair short - think Twiggy, Selma Blair
Buy and learn how to use a 'paparazzi camera'
Change area of work
Buy a car
Meet and recognise a celebrity when out and about (not surrounded by paparazzi)
Intensely involved in a significant charity project - i.e. save (parts of) the world
Intensely involved in a significant creative project
Read Gone with the Wind
Read War and Peace

Wild Poland

2009-05-14T23:07:00.006+01:00

Considering what to do this weekend?
Like photography?
Hate paying expensive entrance fees?
Want to spend as much time as possible outdoors?

Was rushing along east wards on the Southbank when I suddenly saw an avenue of amazing wildlife and nature scenery photographs on the Southbank. Turned out to be the Natural Heritage of Europe's Wild Poland exhibition. Since I was running late for dinner, I didn't get a chance to enjoy the photographs but has made a mental note to return during a weekend, lunch break, or have a spare moment... another Zoe confession "Hi my name is Zoe and I am a hopeless time optimist"

Finished this lovely day over a pallet of tapas at Las Iguanas with my dear, over stressed and exam writing sister. Although they don't do the best tapas in town, it is our ultimate comfort de-stress food! Why add the stress of having to pick a dish when you can have them all?

Jungle Fashion

2009-05-10T20:03:00.004+01:00

New day and I still haven’t found my way out of the jungle, for my near and dears this is no surprise as navigating has never been my strong side. Slightly off the topic, but here’s a Zoe confession: “Hi, my name is Zoe and I have been lost whilst driving with a Sat Nav”

Back on the jungle track, my current ocean of inspiration, when it comes to work place fashion, is Kim Raver’s character in Lipstick Jungle, the chic, slick and fists-of-steel Nico Reilly. Her wardrobe cheekily sneaks in carefully selected bold pieces with ample oomph which turns the plain office attire into a personal power suit.

More often than not, this magic piece is a necklace. Unfortunately I have not been able to find a picture of my all time favourite Nico outfit. More frustratingly, I cant even recall which episode it was featured in! She was wearing a black shirt which was appropriately buttoned, i.e. no attention seeking cleavage and not fully buttoned. Underneath the shirt, she was wearing a big, bold, beautifully detailed bright coloured necklace that was half concealed by the shirt collar but rebelliously peeking through the opening of her shirt. If any one knows which episode this magnificent assemble was spotted, please let me know.

Until then, you will have to make do with the following master pieces:

Imagine how plain this would have looked with a thin silver chain would have looked around her neck.

On its own, would you have worn that necklace to work? Not in my wildest dreams would that necklace have been allowed to even cross my mind! But paired with a sweater in the same colour-family, it looks great.
For those of you who still feel that this is a bit too much, opt for a similar couple, but in conservative colours such as black, grey, sand, eggshell, cream, off white - OK, I'm taking the piss, but you get my point.

At her late husband's funeral - with ingredients so simple and classic like pearls and black, it is easy to end up with something conservative and border line boring. The two strings of big pearls adds the oomph factor.

A tad bit too much cleavage for my taste but notice the dramatic bows on each sleeve - she certainly got one or two ace up those sleeves

Finally three beauties on my wish list: from left to right, Dori Csengeri, Agate Cabochon and Siman Tu.

The Fine Print:
A warning or disclaimer may be called for here, if not careful, the, what I call 'magic pieces', could easily result in you experiencing one, or several, of the following:
• The curly finger from your manager for inappropriate attire
• A note from HR saying that you’ve offended half of the office
• A brown envelope
• An arrest by the fashion police
• Random people asking you where the costume party is.
The above list is by no means exhaustive and I, Zoe de la Jacobs will, at all times, not be responsible nor assume any potential liability as a result of what others choose to wear.

W*nk#r

2009-05-08T14:32:00.003+01:00

13.46
From: Zoe
To: Mr. Client
Dear Mr. Client,
Hope you are well. For your information, we have now reached an agreement regarding stage 3 of this project and are in the position to draw up draft documentation. We aim for these documents to be with you for review by mid next week.

In the mean time, do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries.
Have a nice weekend.
.............................................................................................................................
14.04
From: Mr. Client
To: Zoe
Thanks for the up date. I am currently in the middle of a game of golf, looking out over a turquoise Ocean in a sunny Palm Beach with 24C sun, forecast to reach 30C by lunch. This is what I call paradise. I will no doubt have a better weekend than you!

Do your best to enjoy your weekend! Speak to you next week.
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Unbelievable what generous amount of arrogance some of us have been blessed with, there is clearly enough to go around the town with plenty to spare!

If anyone, or if you know anyone who has been robbed of their arrogance, or is lacking some - let me know!

Just do it... (Race for Life!)

2009-05-06T20:12:00.012+01:00

...i've just done it. I am not referring to the beautiful flow chart I put together earlier during a dull moment at work.

...I am talking about Cancer Research's charity run, Race for Life. I have signed up for the 5km City race on the 31 May and think you should join me! I am not a runner, I haven't put a foot in a gym since the start of this year (and probably last year as well) and my idea of exercise is to walk up or down the escalators to the tube! If I can do it, you can do it and we'll get there together! Race for Life with me!

For inspiration, peek at photos from the New York city equivalent, the Revlon Run/Walk for Women which took place this past weekend.

Hug and fire

2009-05-05T14:48:00.002+01:00

The angel on my shoulder has been pulling my ear all morning. In my previous post I discussed what I admire in the Lipstick Jungle characters and forgot to mention how Wendy Healy inspires me. She is the only mum, ran a movie empire and was voted the most powerful woman in one of the episodes. She also represents the human characteristics, that is supposedly present, but well hidden in every executive and powerful business woman.

In the pilot episode, Wendy has to fire an underperforming movie director but he failed to get the message. When reciting the event for her friends (note, these are not exact quotes):
Nico: ...hang on - what do you mean HE won't let YOU fire HIM?
Wendy: oh, yeah, well, I called him and I fired him and we hugged
Nico: YOU HUGGED SOMEONE YOU FIRED?
Wendy: I've huged and fired before. You don't have to be cold and nasty to be in charge.

I admire the Wendy philosophy and try, very hard, to think and behave in true Wendy spirit, but it is difficult when you have mentally challenged colleagues...

It's a jungle out there!

2009-05-04T21:35:00.004+01:00

Based on a novel by Candace Bushnell, Lipstick Jungle tells the story of three friends;
• Nico Reilly – editor-in-chief of Bonfire Magazine and married to Charles (who eventually dies) but has an affair with a 25 year old Kirby.
• Wendy Healy – president of Parador Pictures (until she gets fired) and married to Shane with whom she has two children.
• Victory Ford – fashion designer and dates (and later gets engaged to) billionaire Joe Bennett.

These three women are my heroes. They are funny, silly, girly, powerful and more importantly - they are all passionate about their careers without compromising on the family/social life aspect. Is this realistic? – I will leave that for another post, or perhaps even a book. For now, let’s assume that all clouds are pink and roses grow on thorn-less stems.

The true reason for having devoured all twenty episodes is the fashion it displays. Nico has given me hope of finding a way for my personality to shine through black/marine/grey office uniforms and watching Victory has showed me how to spice up my ‘free time wardrobe’ and even encouraged me to take up sewing again! Needless to say, these 47 minutes episodes have had a significant impact on my wardrobe and life.

If you are scratching your head, trying to figure out where you’ve heard that name - Candace Bushell, she wrote a column in the New York Observer called Sex and the City, which later became the foundation for another TV series and movie.

Boston Tea Party

2009-04-05T21:46:00.010+01:00

Weekend again, I am now convinced that someone is systematically stealing 2-3 hours from me everyday! Because it was just January and now it is April?!? How did that happen?

Anyways, on the good side, spring is here - or so it feels. P, C and I strolled around in central London. The highlight of the day was the magical Fortnum&Mason on Piccadilly. Stepping through the green doors works like a time maschine for me, leaving the 21st century London for the Jane Austin world. The thick carpets, the detailed and rich details of the interior design, the impressive wooded furnitures, and of course, the tea! I can imagine the characters from any Jane Austin novel picking out tea from one of the many loose tea jars behind the counter, covering the entire wall.
We returned to the 21st century with lovely green tea, a fruty tea, jam and sugar stirrers as souvenires from our mini trip back in time.

The hats and gloves completes the look by adding that extra layer of ladylike elegance, even when are plowing through the fields.

So sweet and summery

May not be the best photo of Mr. Darcy, so lets focus on the simple yet cute dress and romantic hair instead!
Oh, if the men would start dressing like this again. ;)

Networking

2009-03-30T19:28:00.003+01:00

After work drinks with one of the leading law firms made me realise that not all lawyers are dull and boring. For some, completely unjustified reason, I previously ranked them after librarians (nothing against librarians) on the boring-list.

Setting the scene: To facilitate our ongoing relationship, our team was invited for drinks and canapés in the private rooms of XYZ LLP.

Result: I went with the intention to show my face, conduct a few stiff conversations about work, weather and the public transport system in London. Apart from the first three and a half minutes with one of the partners, I completely forgot that this was a work do. We ticked off topics such as travel, embarrassing party moments and theme party costumes (including the dearly loved and hated bunny suit!)

Epilogue: The importance of networking is often underestimated and neglected when in reality it plays a significant part in people’s careers. Networking is not only about who you know, but how you conduct yourself in a professional social environment. Many see professional and social as two distinct, unrelated situations, and in some cases they are, but more often than not, they are intermingled and mastering the networking evenings can be just as important as perfecting your due diligence.

Design Museum

2009-03-22T18:40:00.001Z

You’ve got to love them, lazy Sundays. Spent mine catching up with my favourite P, after a long brunch at the Real Greek we strolled aimlessly eastwards, enjoying the first sun beams, mingling with the hoard of tourists and ended up at the Design Museum. I’ve only been here once before, for a Jimmy Choo exhibition. Today’s menu featured the Brit Insurance Design Award and Hussein Chalayan - it went down like a juicy stake with tender asparagus followed by a gooey rich chocolate mousse. Highly recommend it if you haven’t been there yet/before.

The Brit Insurance Design Award covers a broad mix of categories such as fashion, architecture and media. My personal favourites are:

Miuccia Prada’s Trembled Blossoms video, a short colourful anime video with a magical fairytale showcasing Prada clothes and bags.

Video showing the set up of Viktor&Rolf’s dollhouse exhibition at the Barbican Exhibit. I'm a sucker for 'behind the scenes' shows and this was a fastforward, 24/7, uncut video of the room where construction workers built the giant dollhouse.

Is Not Magazine Issue #11. Poor P had to drag me away from this exhibit - a huge piece of wall on which loads of scribbles, random articles and fun stories were printed. I was spell bound by the lay out and the randomness of the content.

Hussein Chalayan is a Cypriot designer and Central Saint Martins graduate. He is famous for his innovative designs and use of unconventional materials in his collections. As for the highlights:

Video of his Spring Summer 2007 collection, loved the transforming dresses which are not only beautiful to look at, but a dream come true for indecisive time optimists like myself. Imagine, two or more outfits in one! A single item that will take you from day to evening. Can’t wait for this to become available to us common folks.

Video of a girl travelling in a pod displayed in 5 screens from different angles. Must sound strange and my vocabulary is not able to make it justice even if I try. The effect of the multiple screens was an incredibly engaging video where I felt like I was the one travelling in the pod.

This dress. The dress is simple in that it is all of the same fabric and the detail is so bold that it almost can speak, or even scream - 'elegance, glamour and down to earth'.

For the 'after-dessert-coffee' we browsed the museum shop, which can be considered an event in its own right. It contains a variety of design related (fashion, interior design, photography, you name it!) books for inspiration, crazy and clever designed gadgets and plenty to touch, poke and pick on.

This is what I call recharging the batteries to kick start a new week. Bring it on!

Double parked

2009-03-19T22:16:00.004Z

I love food but not even I can handle two lunches in one day. I am currently working on a deal with ‘two up’ (my manager’s boss), he is what you would get if you merge Donald Duck and a politician, (pick a politician, aaannnyyy politician!) and this morning, he finishes off our catch up meeting with a ‘make yourself available for lunch with the client at 12.00’. I don’t mind client lunches, but had, since some time back, accepted an invitation to attend a corporate lunch event starting at 13.00. Luckily both lunches were to be served in the office. Perhaps it is a consequence of the credit crunch but increasingly many of our corporate events are held in the office now days, not that I am complaining because it saves me from zipping from one end of London to another. I was 20 mins late for the 13.00 lunch but managed to have two lunches in one day, which I now can conclude is a tad bit too much food for one day - so don't try this at home folks.

Red Nose Day continues...

2009-03-15T00:51:00.006Z

For all of you out there who already miss Red Nose Day, do not despair. I have compiled a few lovely red items that will carry the 'dress down day'-feeling forward and brighten up any day – be it bank holiday, Monday or even bad hair day! (click on picture to enlarge)

Red hat – Red Hat Cool Stuff Store
Red shoe – Aldo
Red agenda – Louis Vuitton Monogram Vernis
Red tank top – American Eagle Outfitters, Lace Boyfriend Tank
Red scarf – TieRack
Red cocktail ring – Accessorize
Perfume – Hugo Boss Woman
Red nail polish – Chanel
Red lipgloss – Christian Dior
Red purse – Mulberry

Did you know...

2009-03-13T11:45:00.006Z

• Comic Relief was launched live on 25 December 1985 from a refugee camp in Sudan.
• The idea was inspired by the success of comedy shows for Amnesty International.

I don’t know if it was the knowledge of that it was the Red Nose Day yesterday, or if it actually was because of the Red Nose Day, but on my way to the office, I noticed unusually many red details. Red lipstick, red coats, red scarfs, red hats, red bags, red shoes, red shoelaces, even red busses and red phone booths!! Ok, the busses and phone booths might have been red before yesterday. It is interesting how by knowing something and by consciously looking for particular details, you see it everywhere – but without the knowledge of the Red Nose Day, my brain wouldn’t have picked it up. It makes me think, how much information do we just zoom by everyday, that our brain processes without actually processing it.

We are all turkeys

2009-03-11T10:14:00.001Z

Picked up City A.M. on my way to the office, the front page quotes Ben Bernake saying that the ‘Crunch may end this year’. My brain immediately jumps on the archive train and digs out an extract from the Black Swan. A farm turkey’s “confidence” is plotted on a graph over its lifetime. Each day, as the turkey is feed and given a roof over its head, its confidence and belief that the owners genuinely cares for him/her increases, until say two weeks before thanksgiving, when s/he is, sometimes ruthlessly, beheaded and s/he realises that what s/he interpreted as evidence of love, really was not. Lesson here is, we tend to look for evidence that supports our theory, fail to see the bigger picture and might even dismiss events that contradict our theory as ‘noice’. I am not criticising Mr Bernake, because I don’t think it is humanly possible to distinguish from true evidence of where this economy is headed from the ‘noice’. We might all just be a bunch of turkeys.

Lunch

2009-03-06T14:55:00.001Z

My manager, your average British 50-something, 3 kids, beer drinking Man United maniac, is a rather relaxed dude for being a banker and made the mistake of letting me manage my time at work. That resulted in me taking a 2 hour lunch break. Three colleagues and I went to the pub and got a table by the window with the view over a construction site. “How unfortunate” – one might thing, but for us it was heaven, being blessed with the view of 6-7 as-hot-as-it-get-in-the-UK-guys while enjoying a fine medium done beef burger with chunky chips and one too many cocktails.

Me, myself and Zoe

2009-03-01T11:45:00.004Z

I'm a fashion loving Londoner working in the City - that's me in a nutshell. Should also mention that I hate, with passion, to 'describe myself' - you say too much and your audience will think that you're self obsessed bitch before falling asleep, you say too little and they'll think you're a plain average chic AND THEN fall asleep. Its an art form I yet have to master - til then, this blog to feed you with bite size pieces of me.

I recently had a revelation and now have the answer to the famous 'Miss Universe' ambition - Saving the world. In today's language, that means beating the crunch.

The pink girly me says that if I just keep on practising my favourite activity - shopping, I am doing a great deed for humanity.

The sensible, logical finance side of me is sceptic but says that if enough people join me, we might just pull it off.

Join me in the fight against the crunch and witness many more internal personality wars - watch this space!

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2009-01-01T22:50:00.001Z

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