Lovecrumbs

Oh how I love a good cake! As many of you know I'm an enthusitic baker and like nothing more than an outing to a quaint little cafe for a spot of tea and a sugar fix.
My new favourite haunt for such indulgences has to be Lovecrumbs, a refurbished tearoom on West Port between Edinburgh's Grassmarket and Tollcross areas (known to locals as the pubic triangle due to the large number of strip clubs!).
The shop has a bit of a ramshackle vintage feel to it. It is an airy open space with dark walls and turquoise pinted tables. The space has a really current and elegant edge which feels conpletely unique, displaying their cakes and pastries in 60s wardrobes and on wonderfully open, uncluttered windowsills.
If the interiors sound good the cakes were something else, brownies, scones, tarts and sponges with unusual combinations of flavours. I chose to go for a fig and rose layered sponge (it was so so pretty) which had a beautiful light delicate taste when I could finally stop staring at it! The tea was served in pretty vintage china cups with a little chopstick holding a bag of loose tea leaves, I really did feel like I was at a geishas house!
I think it's safe to sat that I will be frequenting lovecrumbs on days off work for a drawn out cake fix so long as the ques don't get too long, what a wonderful and unique find, I can't wait to return!

Sunny days

I am not the most tolerant local when it comes to the Edinburgh festival and tend to stick around my immediate neighbourhood of Causewayside as any further and I would be stuck in muddle of zombified tourists and mental performers and promotors who seem to be on a combination of ecstasy and red bull.... Bearing in mind my movement limitations I decided to explore a venue on my doorstep which I pass everyday, Summerhall (the former Royal Dick vet school). The building itself is beautifully grand and has a real presence about it with a grand facade and beautiful staircase, it has become a centre for the arts with studios and spaces for workshops. Summerhall are currently displaying an exhibition by Jean Pierre Muller, a Belgian artist who has incorporated music and visuals in small beach style huts, colour, musical notes and association were vital to the work and it really brightened the space. I added some colour into ny wardrobe too with a some lemonade pointelle socks with scalloped edges, worn with zip side jeans. I might pop on some tab sandals for drinks later but for the time being flossys will have to do...

Summer colour palette

This is exactly what I would love from a summer wardrobe! It has been difficult to incorporate a great deal of these ice cream shades into outfits, that is until the Edinburgh international arts festival began yesterday.

The weather might not have improved but there is a definite buzz in the air mixed with colourful performers and even more colourful festival workers!

It might be long overdue but it feels as though summer is FINALLY here!