Brunch in Singapore... A story in pictures

On Sunday, I went with my sister to the "Pink Brunch" at Equinox Restaurant on the 70th floor of the Stamford Swisshotel in Singapore.

To help you imagine the Pink Brunch, take any food buffet you've ever seen in your life and then multiply it by many awesomes and add an entire, separate room for desserts. Plus, you're on the 70th floor, so include the astonishing view. Then, as a final touch, add endless pours of pink Moet & Chandon. Hey presto! You've got it!

First off, we started with some of this:

(Note the amazing view!) And then we had some of this:

And then, for a change, one of these:

 (No, not the napkin. It was too early for that! The Bellini, made with, of course, pink Moet.)

And then we had some more:

And then we realised how PRETTY it was!! All those lovely BUBBLES!

And then the Pink Pather arrived. I'm pretty sure. I still don't quite know why.

Then it was starting to get a little late, so we also had a coffee. That's it in the martini glass:

Then the bar closed and we had to leave. Awww. But we went back to our hotel and I recovered with one of the world-recognised antidotes to too much champagne, one of these:

And we didn't see the Pink Panther again.

Living the life of a romance heroine...

I'm taking a short (very short) holiday this weekend which feels very much deserved, even if I'm finding it hard to believe how indulgent it is.

Senosa Resort and Spa, my home this weekend.

Want to know what I did yesterday? (Warning, if you went to work, cleaned the house, washed clothes or did any other kind of domestic duty, the answer is probably "no".)

Ate my breakfast while watching one of the many free-ranging peacocks on this resort scavenge for crumbs.

The sound of peacocks crowing adds a distinctly
regal touch to any location. 

Had my feet bathed in salts and frangipanis. Had mud and oil smeared all over my body. Was massaged for 90 minutes or so. Had a facial.

(There are no photos of this. Consider yourselves
lucky. You don't need to see it.) 

Went for a swim in a therapuetic waterfall pool.

The water was actually cold, thus my somewhat
startled posture...

 Had a cocktail by an entirely different pool.

Drinking cocktails by the pool was a goal for this weekend.
Score me: several points!! 

Had another cocktail, just to be sure I'd definitely achieved that goal.

It's important to double- and triple-check the
quality of your hotel's cocktails, I find. 

Went to dinner. Ate delicious food.

Very dark photo, but glam restaurants are like that.

Went to bed.

No photos of me in bed, but here's a rather fuzzy
photo of my quite glam bathroom. 

Today I'm heading out for a brunch of endless Moet & Chandon. Wish me luck -- all this decadence is exhausting. :)

PS -- don't forget you can get a little slice of glam for yourself by leaving a comment on the blog and going into the running to win a pair of gorgeous Riedel wine glasses.