Ali and I didn’t do much for valentines day. It was late by the time we left work, so we headed to Chinatown for some Peking duck at Wong Wong (which is probably better than the more famous SangKee, at least more relaxed) before heading home for a red-pink Gin. In Chinatown we ran across an old fire-engine (exciting my curiosity for old forms of transport) which turned out to be a film location services engine, as some filming was going on down a back alley.

Old fire truck

On location in Chinatown

When we arrived home, we found that the view of the filming from the apartment was even better. We couldn’t find out what was being shot, but there was definitely some green-screen action and a man in a superhero costume… It seems we often end up living in film location hot-spots; our road in Kentish Town was regularly taken up by film trucks, and famously starred in the (king of romantic movies) Hugh Grant film About a Boy.

Green screen superheros

In lieu of a card, Ali made me this really rather excellent pair of Valentines antlers from post-it notes (I’ve long since learnt not to question her when she buys random multi-coloured packs of post-its in the shop).

Post-it antlers and bike wheel

I responded with a really rather rubbish attempt at a post-it bike wheel, complete with messenger cards between the spokes and a heart shaped axle (which probably wouldn’t give the smoothest of rides). The Philly skyline also got in the romantic mood, turning red-pink to celebrate the day.

Red-pink skyline

Red-pink Gin