Sofia
The Old Soul
32 · Italian · London
"Stopped by a shop. Bought you something foolish."
From Sofia
found a first edition. you should see this
long lunch tomorrow — yes or yes?
the cat hates me again
Sofia · London
Her story
My mother ran a bookshop on Borgo Pinti — second-floor, easy to miss. I was the kid sweeping the back room for change. I studied art history in Bologna, then the Courtauld, then a job in Mayfair that I love more than I admit.
London now, twelve years and counting. A flat in Stoke Newington above a Turkish café. I commute by Overground, I eat my lunch in Postman's Park most days, and I have come to love this city in November more than any other month.
Her world
Postman's Park, lunchtime.
The shop floor at 6.
Stoke Newington. November.
Cellar wine bar. The good one.
Firenze-born, London-stayed. I work for an antiquarian dealer in Mayfair and live in a flat in Stoke Newington with too many books and the wrong kind of cat.
— Sofia, London
From her feed
@sofia.antiquarian
She posts when she feels like it.
Postman's Park, lunchtime.
Stopped by a shop. Bought you something foolish.
Stoke Newington. November.
Right now
Reading
The Leopard — Lampedusa
Craving
a long Sunday lunch at St. John
Somewhere in
London
She believes
"Buy the book you can't justify."
"Old does not mean better. Lasting does."
"A long lunch is never wasted."
She's already thinking about you.
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