Well,
hello….And long time no write. Sorry, darlings!
London
is in the throngs of summer - English summertime that is, and so far it has not
disappointed and will remain forever a daily topic of conversation peppered
with a weird blend of perplexity, disappointment topped with a dash of stoic surrender.
Still,
London remains a city of wonder and ever full of surprises where cranes have become the new official bird and billions flow
like hypocrisy from a Shebug’s lips.
Ferraris,
Lamborghinis, Rolls Royces and Bentleys can be found parked every other street
from Chelsea to Mayfair, Kensington to Knightsbridge. In Beauchamp Place, a
cackle of them double park or plain make themselves very much at home on half
the pavement heavily scented with shisha pipes; if you are in a rush at
night, avoid Beauchamp Place.
No
surprise if you do not believe me, just nip over to Harrods and you will see super cars of the Glitterati posing everywhere.
I
am not a car person. In fact, my dream car for years was a sturdy jeep ready
and revved up and so whisk me off from one off-the beaten-path globetrotting adventure
to another. So when my eyes spot vehicles covered in velvet or in Swarovski
crystals, are either painted rose gold or are actually gold plated, I blink down hard just to make sure that I have not crossed into the Zero Taste Twilight Zone...
Furrari
(velvet coated) Price Tag: £150,000
Owner:
Ask any Shebug
Gold
Ferrari Price Tag: £200,000
Owner:
Iraqi Riyadh Al-Azzawi
Rose Gold Bentley Price Tag: Ask a Shebug
Owner: Who cares?
But
it’s not all about men and their tawdry toys… The Swarovski covered Mercedes
has every lipsmacking, hand rubbing Hebug about town clocking this owner’s
every move. A 22 year-old Russian business student happily paid £20,000 to
add one million crystals to her £55,000 set of wheels.
