Someone said this title conjured up images of their grandmother with a Carmen Miranda style fruit-bowl on her head.

Perfect I thought. I love to dance.

'Exotic' is my family history, their love of travel and adventure, the years I have spent following that passion, in New York, Paris, Borneo, Cuba, Norway. It is the love affairs, the late nights, the risks, the mystery.

'Tea Lady' is the warm, reassuring essence of woman. The knowing, the care, the thoughtfulness. The mysterious inner world only we understand.