52 posts tagged “london”
Went shopping for holiday stuff yesterday and took some pics along the way.
Carnaby Street has gone retro with its Christmas decorations this year. Not really doing it for me personally.
Just got back from seeing Muse. Brilliant as ever. Played a good mix of old and new stuff - just enough off the new album which suited me. No Stockholm Syndrome though.
Fab stage set and lights as you would expect from Muse playing an arena. Took loads of pics which need a severe edit but here are a three I've quickly grabbed off the camera. Need to go to bed and get some sleep now, got a busy day at work tomorrow :0(
Which do you prefer? City life or country living?
Without a doubt city life. I grew up in the country and London terrified me to the extent that I vowed I would never live here. After graduating it became immediately obvious that if I was going to get a job in the media I needed to be in London.
So I arranged a couple of interviews at temping agencies, found somewhere to stay for a couple of weeks, packed a few things in a bag and jumped on a train. Didn't know a soul but on my second day I was at the National Gallery when I bumped into someone I knew at University.
That's London for you. I've been here for 17 years now and I can't imagine living and working anywhere else.
Lets face it no where else would satisfy my cinema and theatre addiction and give me such a wide variety of cuisines to dine on beforehand!
My Flickr pages are full of other reasons I love London
Never taken the time to have a good look at the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace. It is beautiful, especially in the sun.
Weather was gorgeous in London today. Clear blue skies and just enough breeze to take a bit of fierceness out of the sun. Too good an opportunity to miss trying out my replacement camera.
This is my favourite shot I think. Taken at the little known (by tourists anyway) roof garden at Cardinal Place.
There had been some sort of outdoor entertainment the day before, hence the beer bottles, which were curiously grouped together as if someone has started collecting them up.
There were only three people making the most of this quiet, secluded green space one of which was a sunbather.
More of today's piccies on my Flickr page.
How many times a month do you eat out in a restaurant? Do you wish you dined out more or less?
This is probably going to sound extravagant but in London it is so easy to eat out relatively cheaply and there is soo much choice. So I tend to eat out once or twice a week regularly but it can be more depending on what I'm up to.
For example last week I was taken out to lunch by a PR to a Chinese restaurant on Baker Street, went to my favourite Phillippine restaurant on Charlotte Street with Mosh on Friday and had a curry with friends in Olney, Bucks on Saturday night (OK that last one wasn't in London).
Tomorrow night I'll have a pre-theatre bite to eat probably somewhere on the South Bank and on Friday am going out for a surprise birthday dinner (about which I can say no more for fear of accidentally spoiling the surprise).
Did I ever mention I love London.
After a day cooped up on a training course (more online stuff with www.adam.vox.com doing an expert job once again) I've escaped to my favourite place for a stroll: South Bank.
It's warm and bright and I have an evening of theatre at the National ahead of me. The play is Black Album and is based on the Hanif Kureishi novel by the same name (hope I spelt his name correctly not on internet to check).
But first a bite to eat in the sun with Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince* - as is always the way with the books it has hooked its claws into me from the outset and I'm sure I'll devour it in a matter of days.
* want to see if my criticism of the film's plot changes and choices are justified
NB links added after original posting and I didn't much enjoy the play it couldn't decide what it wanted to be.
And finally the skateboarders I mentioned previously.
