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Amy flouts the smoking ban on night out with 'Good Blake'
Last updated at 11:42am on 15.02.08Amy Winehouse enjoyed a crafty cigarette in a no smoking zone on a shopping trip in London last night with her increasingly 'good friend' Blake Wood.
The rejuventated Rehab singer, who appears to be winning her battle with drug addiction, hit trendy Carnaby Street with the American artist and photographer who shares the same name as her husband.
The pair visited Mod and retro stores in one of London's most famous shopping streets, but Amy clearly forgot there is a ban on smoking indoors as she was seen walking around indoor shopping centre Kingly Court, while still lit up.
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Amy Winehouse and Blake Wood at London shopping centre Kingly Court last night. The singer clearly forgot the indoor smoking ban
Their appearance together will do little to dampen speculation about the nature of their a friendship.
Amy and Blake looked comfortable in each other's company as they strolled around the shops, while the singer chainsmoked and drank Starbucks coffee.
Both were dressed in black jeans, with Blake wearing a black cardigan and Amy in a black satin bomber jacket. The singer also wore a patterned Hilda Ogden style scarf wrapped around her beehive.
Her freshly-made up face, and newly manicured nails were in stark contrast to the harrowing pictures of her seen last month, when she was caught on camera smoking crack cocaine.
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The other man: Amy was seen out again with the other Blake in life. She was accompanied on a trip around London's Carnaby Street by American artist and photographer Blake Wood last night
Although Amy has attempted to downplay gossip that the two are romantically involved, by telling friends that artist Wood is homosexual, a newspaper rubbished the claim.
The Sun claimed that Wood, who has been nicknamed 'Good Blake' because of his clean-living vegetarian, teetotal lifestyle is bisexual.
She was first seen with the lanky, long-haired American at a London Fashion Week party on Tuesday night, as she headed to the East End for her first big night out since leaving rehab last week.
According to the Sun, one partygoer said they looked like every inch the loved-up young couple and Blake couldn't keep his eyes off her.
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Rejuvenated: With a freshly-made up face, and newly manicured nails Amy looked a world away from the harrowing images of those broadcast of her caught on camera smoking crack
The source said: "Blake held her bag all night and was snuggled up behind her when she was in the DJ booth, putting his arms around her waist.
"When a romantic song came on she came out of the booth and slow danced with him. They were gazing into each other's eyes.
"They were very openly tactile. If I didn't know she was a married woman, I would have said they looked like a loved-up young couple. He couldn't keep his eyes off her."
And the report claimed the pair have been staying together in a London hotel since Amy left rehab on Friday.
Referring to the pair's relationship, The Sun quoted a source saying: "Amy's husband wouldn't be happy if he knew how close they'd become."
