Off to Soho at the weekend to see the Tooth Fairy – a charming tale of a professional ice hockey player whose game, and life, have slipped. He spends his days reducing grown men to tears, by whacking the teeth out of their heads on the ice, and his evenings making children sob by telling them the tooth fairy doesn’t exist. The rat!
Enter Julie Andrews in the role she was surely born to play, as the bossy head Tooth Fairy, and soon all is redeemed. I’m sure I should know who is playing our ice hockey-playing protagonist, as he looks famous in an OJ Simpsonish sort of way (though without OJ’s past, one hopes). In any case, to prove there is something in this film for everyone, he spends a lot of time with his top off. Oh, and there’s also a plethora of fairy accessories to die for (vanishing powder, shrinking toothpaste, sweets that make you bark like a dog) and Billy Crystal doing a fairy cameo. What more could you ask for?
On our way back from the film, we kept seeing elephants – no, not the result of a heavy night, or even a feelgood film overdose. It was all part of the Elephant Parade, which has positioned a herd of 250 elephants all over London, in order to raise money for the endangered Asian elephant. Each of the artworks is the size of an adolescent elephant, and they are all for sale. Have a look at the website here. There’s something gorgeous about the randomness of seeing elephants dotted around as you walk through familiar bits of London, though I didn’t love any enough to cart back to Dulwich – but then, I haven’t seen them all yet. Perhaps there is even a Dulwich elephant, featuring four-wheel drive, enormous diamond stud earrings, fitflops, an Orla Kiely handbag and three or four small blonde elephant children misbehaving while mummy elephant talks on the phone? Keep your eyes peeled!
Oh, and while I’m here, a big thank you to the divine Respect Organics for sending me cake. You darlings! We tested all the varieties (chocolate, banana, ginger and carrot) with exemplary thoroughness, but carrot came out on top. Yumsville.
I can’t get enough of those elephants, they’re great aren’t they? Lots of people are snapping them and tweeting too
They are just lovely. Do you remember the cows a few years back? Nice thing about the ellies is that they are for a charity
They look really cool. We are hoping to make it to the Big Smoke to see them before they disappear!
Hope you make it, they really add a lovely surreal touch to London 🙂
Thank you so much for getting us an invite…I think we may have passed each other a few times but I was too embarrassed to ask, “Are you …?” ;0S X
Oh no, so sorry I didn’t clock you!! Did see the divine Dulwich Mum which was great. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, though x
Oooh, would love to see the nellyphants!
I hear the nellyphants are very keen to meet you too, hop on a train x
How lovely – I want an elephant! I wonder if there is a pink and sparkly ‘English Mum’ type one!
There was a beautiful gold one encrusted with jewels which we could fight over! Didn’t see a pink one but there MUST be one somewhere xx
Ooh, I was writing about the Elephant Parade over on Have a Lovely Time recently. Wasn’t sure it actually existed, truth be told! I want to see that film. Sounds pretty good x
Oooh, will go and have a look at your article. Did you see a pink sparkly one for English Mum? The film would be great as a half term treat – won’t change your life but it is sweet x