My girlfriend Heloise back home in Princeton, N.J., is one of my best readers…she reads my blog and sends lovely, enthusiastic messages which inspire, and make me wish she were here to partake in the grand, Bellini search. She makes art and writes, and lives with her art historian husband Gill, and their younger son Luke- the older son is travelling the world.
When Heloise last visited London, I told her about my quest, and she responded with the following, which she has very kindly allowed me to share, a sort of Bellini coming-of-age story, involving her handsome Luke. Heloise writes:
