It may be winter outside....

Well, actually, it definitely is winter outside. It was wet and freezing today, but if you want to join the London cafe society, all you have to do is head for St Christopher's Place. This chique little street is set back off Oxford Street (a picture of the connecting alleyway is on My Other Stuff), and casual tourists (and many Londoners) will just pass it by.

But, if you go through, passing by the shops - like Mulberry, L'Occitaine en Provence - you will come into a small square with a fountain and five (good) restaurants and Bistros. You can sit outside in any weather, protected by heaters and canopies and watch the glitterati come and go. My recommendation is Carluccio's, the one in this shot.