Update January 13: thank you all for emails and phone calls, I had two wonderful days and feel truly spoiled! So many parcels with beautiful words and gifts and more cool Moleskine notebooks and beautiful Fifties design books: all so inspirational!!! I’ve promised myself to start sketching again this year because it’s extremely relaxing and I’ve been neglecting it: pencil and ink drawings. There are a few more people I need to reply to which I will do this morning. Back to normal life again today *hehe*
The best year [and more to come]: I’m embracing it with a huge smile thanks to all of the wonderful people that are close to me. Thank you for making me feel blessed, thank you for being part of my life, thank you for all the wonderful gifts in any form or shape that I have received and that I’m still receiving today. I’ll try to reply to emails asap but things have been hectic today already: telephone and email-wise *LOL* And I promised a special someone to spend some special time on my special day so some might have to wait till tomorrow…
Sunday I celebrated with a movie at the Odeon in Leicester Square, a drink at the pub and Afternoon Tea at Claridge’s, what an amazing experience that was… There was friends, extremely tasty sandwiches, beautiful decorated cakes, I chose Jasmine tea, wonderful live jazz [piano and double bass] and the staff of eight even brought me my own cute birthday cake while the musicians played ‘Happy Birthday’. More about the movie in another post, it left a deep impression on me…
Claridge’s Mayfair the Lobby
Claridge’s Mayfair the Lobby
Claridge’s Mayfair the Foyer
Claridge’s Mayfair the Foyer
Having Afternoon Tea: delicious array of finger sandwiches
Having Afternoon Tea: freshly baked raisin & apple scones, tea-infused jam and Devonshire clotted cream
Having Afternoon Tea: a selection of sweet beautiful pastries
A special Cake accompanied by a jazzy piano and double bass version of Happy Birthdaypresented by the Claridge’s staff…
Hello Viendrin! Happy birthday!!!
That place (Claridge) looks wonderful. I have read somewhere before that it is one of the most beautiful places in London 
I wanted to tell you Happy Birthday in Dutch
I hope I am saying it right (I found it online :):
Gelukkige birhthday!! or better in Spanish
Feliz cumpleaños amiga!
Hi Amiga, thank you so much for the birthday wishes
The place was absolutely amazing!!! And best of all, live jazz 
It was magical, plain magical. I feel so blessed today Wen, all the wonderful words, presents etc. and your comment here which is another gift!!!
It’s very difficult to translate happy birthday into Dutch because we use only one weird word for it which is probably impossible to pronounce to most people as well *LOL* But I so appreciate you for trying, that is such a sweet gesture, it put a happy smile on my face! The translation is: ‘gefeliciteerd’ and the extended version is: ‘gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag’ which translates to: ‘congratulations on your birthday’ [verjaar-dag=birth-day]. Dutch seems to be tough
I love your Spanish translation, thank you for teaching me
*hugs my friend!*
WOW that was truly amazing it seems! Wow wow wow!
Hugs and I left a happy birthday on my blog but not yours. Duh.
Beautiful Capricorn!
hugs hugs hugs
Happy birthday! And, my, those desserts look sooooo good!
Hi Monica, yes it was an absolutely fantastic experience and I don’t mind doing it again one day *hehe* Thank you for the wishes and hugs back at you!
Hi Bitter Chocolate, thank you so much
Yes the cakes were extremely finger licking delicious *LOL* It was like the horn of plenty 